Wes Studi
Keynote Speaker: Award-Winning Native American Actor
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Wes Studi Biography
From small-town Oklahoma native to internationally acclaimed actor and musician, Wes Studi credits his passion and multi-faceted background for his powerful character portrayals that forever changed a Hollywood stereotype.
Drawing from his rich life experience, Studi moved audiences with unforgettable performances in Dances with Wolves, The Last of the Mohicans, Geronimo: An American Legend, and Heat, as well as James Cameron’s Avatar, Paul Weitz’s Being Flynn and Scott Coopers Hostiles. Breaking new ground, he brought fully developed Native American characters to the screen, and then took his craft a step further highlighting the success of Native Americans in non-traditional roles.
In 2019, Studi received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Award, an honorary Oscar statuette, given to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement.
Acting was never a goal in Studi’s youth. The eldest son of a ranch hand, Studi was born in 1947 in Nofire Hollow, in Northeastern Oklahoma. He spoke only his native Cherokee until he was 5, which he continues to speak it today. He joined the U.S. Army after high school and while stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, he volunteered to serve one tour in Vietnam.
After an honorable military discharge, Studi returned home with a fire in the belly, and became seriously involved with Native American politics. He joined the American Indian Movement (AIM) and participated in the Trail of Broken Treaties protest march in 1972, where hundreds of Native American activists marched on Washington. He was also one of the protesters who briefly occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs Building there.
Not long after, Studi channeled his feelings toward positive change. Shortly after Wounded Knee, Studi moved to the Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where he worked for the Cherokee Nation and later attended Northeastern University.
After college, Studi shifted his attention to running his own horse ranch and became a professional horse trainer. It was during this era that he began acting at The American Indian Theatre Company in Tulsa in 1983 as an outlet for pent up feelings. Studi first took the professional stage in 1984 with “Black Elk Speaks” and was hooked. He has been acting ever since.
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Wes Studi is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Acting Speakers, Television & Film and Native American Heritage. The estimated speaking fee range to book Wes Studi for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Wes Studi generally travels from Santa Fe, NM, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Tantoo Cardinal, Booboo Stewart and Sean Astin. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Wes Studi for an upcoming event.
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Meet Wes Studi, a charismatic late-blooming actor | Newsday
Wes Studi was a late bloomer. The American Indian actor, 70, a Cherokee from Oklahoma, didn't appear in his first film until he was in his 40s. But since then the charismatic performer, a Vietnam War vet and former rancher, has mesmerized audiences with his portrayals of American Indian warriors (“Dances With Wolves,” ...
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Wes Studi has been shattering Native American stereotypes for ...
Wes Studi on Native Americans in Hollywood, Donald Trump and his meaty role in the western "Hostiles."
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