Wes Studi Filmography

Cosmic Radio

Actors: Jonathan Sachar, Irene Bedard, Michael Madsen, Wes Studi, Seymour Cassel

Synopsis: The owner of a Idyllwild counter-culture radio station finds his modest business unexpectedly threatened when the daughter of a conservative senator comes to town and sparks a heated political tempest by attempting to undermine a push to clear cut a nearby forest. Now, as the unassuming citizens Read More

Comanche Moon

Actors: Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Linda Cardellini, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Elizabeth Banks

Synopsis: The Lonesome Dove saga continues in this prequel starring Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Linda Cardellini, and Rachel Griffiths. Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Agustus McCrae may be getting up there in years, but their determination to capture Comanche war chief Buffalo Hunt, Comanche horse thief Kicking Read More

Three Priests

Actors: Michael Parks, Olivia Hussey, Wes Studi, Alexander Martin, Julia Jones

Synopsis: A romantic rivalry strains the bonds of an already fragile family relationship in this independent drama. Jake Sands (Michael Parks) runs a ranch on the plains of Montana with his wife Rachel (Olivia Hussey). Jake and Rachel have two grown sons; Joe (Aaron Duffey) is a dutiful young cowboy who Read More

Older Than America

Actors: Adam Beach, Tantoo Cardinal, Bradley Cooper, Georgina Lightning, Wes Studi

Synopsis: The truths of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama starring Adam Beach, Tantoo Cardinal, and Wes Studi. Traumatized by the strange visions that grow more vivid with each passing day, a young woman of Native American heritage begins piecing together a Catholic Read More

El Camino

Actors: Leo Fitzpatrick, Elisabeth Moss, Christopher Denham, Wes Studi

Synopsis: Human disconnect, frailty, and redemption serve as the predominant themes in director Erik Weigel's drama about a man who learns that his childhood friend is dying, and sets out for Washington, D.C. on a mission to record the man's final farewells. The last time that Elliot (Leo Fitzpatrick) saw Read More

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Actors: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Wes Studi

Synopsis: Director Yves Simoneau explores the plight of the American Indian in the later half of the 19th century in this docudrama exploring the effects of westward expansion and based on the book by Dee Brown. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Miracle at Sage Creek

Actors: David Carradine, Wes Studi, Michael Parkes, Tim Abell, Sarah Aldrich

Synopsis: When disaster strikes and necessity dictates that the festering rivalry between the Franklin and Red Eagle families be set aside in the name of survival, the resulting tale of brotherhood gives testament to mankind's remarkable power for forgiveness in this family-oriented Western starring David Carradine Read More

The New World

Actors: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, August Schellenberg, Wes Studi

Synopsis: Terrence Malick, the universally acclaimed American filmmaker responsible for the key 1970s features Badlands and Days of Heaven, returns for a rare directorial outing with the sweeping period piece The New World -- an epic dramatization of Pocahontas' relationships with John Smith and John Rolfe. Malick Read More

Christmas in the Clouds

Actors: Timothy Vahle, MariAna Tosca, Sam Vlahos, Graham Greene, M. Emmet Walsh

Synopsis: Ray (Tim Vahle) has just returned from college to run a Native-American ski lodge. A laid-back place where employees' children play in the lobby and the handyman has a habit of macking on guests, the lodge isn't exactly four-star travel guide material. So when Ray learns that a travel guide Read More

Christmas Miracle at Sage Creek

Into the West

Actors: Matthew Settle, Josh Brolin, Skeet Ulrich, Keri Russell, Matthew Modine

Synopsis: Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, the sprawling six-part, 12-hour TV miniseries Into the West covers 65 years of American history, from the first major migration westward in the mid-1820s to the massacre at Wounded Knee in the early 1890s. The story is largely seen through the eyes of two Read More

The Alamo

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Jordi Mollà, Emilio Echeverria

Synopsis: Re-teaming Dennis Quaid with John Lee Hancock, the director of 2002's The Rookie, The Alamo retells the story of the historic 1836 battle in the Texan War of Independence. Facing 4,000 Mexican troops, 186 Texan soldiers and volunteers -- including William Travis (Patrick Wilson), Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton Read More

Animal

Actors: Terrence Howard, Chazz Palminteri, Ving Rhames, Jim Brown, Paula Jai Parker

Synopsis: A notorious gangster must reconcile his past in order to make a future for his criminally-minded son in this crime-drama starring football superstar Jim Brown and Pulp Fiction star Ving Rhames. James "Animal" Allen (Rhames) reveled in a life of violent crime until he was placed behind bars. Upon Read More

A Thief of Time

Actors: Adam Beach, Wes Studi, Sheila Tousey, Peter Fonda, Graham Greene

Synopsis: This adaptation of Tony Hillerman's A Thief of Time keeps that book's original storyline. The protagonists Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) and Jim Chee (Adam Beach) are a pair of Navajo police officers whose beat is their reservation. They must investigate why some important historical artifacts have Read More

Edge of America

Actors: James McDaniel, Irene Bedard, Tim Daly, Wes Studi, Delanna Studi

Synopsis: Native American filmmaker Chris Eyre directs the made-for-TV sports drama Edge of America, based on a true story and shot entirely in Salt Lake City, UT. James McDaniel plays Mr. Kenny Williams, a black man from Texas who moves out to Utah to accept a position as an English teacher at the Three Read More

The Lone Ranger

Actors: Chad Michael Murray, Nathaniel Arcand, Anita Brown, Fay Masterson, Sebastian Spence

Synopsis: To those who have grown up with the radio and TV versions of the old Lone Ranger series, this retro TV-movie adaptation will appear as if it has just landed from another planet. Gone are such familiar trappings as "The William Tell Overture," the bushwhacking Butch Cavendish Gang, the title Read More

Coyote Waits

Actors: Adam Beach, Wes Studi, Sheila Tousey, Alex Rice, Gary Farmer

Synopsis: When gunshots ring out in a tragic roadside shooting, police officer Delbert Nez winds up dead. His close friend Officer Jim Chee (Adam Beach) is the first on the scene, and upon spotting an elderly, drunken Navajo Shaman named Ashie Pinto (Jimmy Herman) with the murder weapon tucked in his belt Read More

Undisputed

Actors: Ving Rhames, Wesley Snipes, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker, Jon Seda

Synopsis: Director and screenwriter Walter Hill returns to one of his favorite themes -- desperate and violent men using force to escape from an unforgiving environment -- in this action drama set behind bars. Monroe Hutchen (Wesley Snipes) was once a promising heavyweight contender until he was convicted Read More

Skinwalkers

Actors: Adam Beach, Wes Studi, Saginaw Grant, Gerald Vandever, Alex Rice

Synopsis: Adapted from Tony Hillerman's best-selling novel by James Redford (stepson of Robert Redford), Skinwalkers was the vanguard of the proposed PBS anthology American Mystery. Returning to the Navajo reservation of his birth after many years, police detective Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) investigates a Read More

Road to Redemption

Actors: Julie Condra, Pat Hingle, Leo Rossi, Jay Underwood, Tony Longo

Synopsis: A woman in need of a miracle finds one in an unexpected manner in this inspirational comedy-drama. Amanda (Julie Condra) works as a secretary for Sully (Leo Rossi), a mid-level mobster working out of Las Vegas. Amanda, who seems to be perpetually at the end of her rope, and her spineless live-in Read More

Mystery Men

Actors: Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Janeane Garofalo, Kel Mitchell, Wes Studi, Greg Kinnear, Geoffrey Rush

Synopsis: Can seven not-so-superheroes save a city of the future? Based on the comic book series created by Bob Burden, Mystery Men is set in the teeming metropolis of Champion City, where noble superhero Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear) keeps the peace and sees that justice is done. When Captain Amazing Read More

Deep Rising

Actors: Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald, Kevin J. O'Connor, Wes Studi

Synopsis: Stephen Somers wrote and directed this $50 million science-fiction action-thriller. Set in the South China Sea, the story has been described as a cross between The Poseidon Adventure, Alien, and Die Hard. On the maiden voyage of the luxury liner Argonautica, pickpocket Trillian (Famke Janssen) is Read More

Wind River

Synopsis: In 1854 Utah, 13-year old Nick Wilson (Blake Heron), bored by life on the family farm with his widowed mother (Karen Allen), accepts an invitation to join a local Shoshone tribe. The Indians are anxious to have the boy among them because he fulfills the prescient dreams of one of the elders, Anuba Read More

Soundman

Actors: Wayne Pere, Eliane Chappuis, William Forsythe, Wes Studi, Nick Stahl

Synopsis: Steven Widi Ho directed this drama about sound mixer Igby Walters (Wayne Pere), who's working on a western-style Hamlet titled Dead Cowboys. After Igby encounters young violinist Juliet (Eliane Chappuis), he attempts to score with a promise of film score work. Can he deliver on this promise? Shown Read More

Killing Jar

Actors: Brett Cullen, Tamlyn Tomita, Wes Studi, Brion James, M. Emmet Walsh

Synopsis: A man's past comes back to haunt him -- literally -- in this thriller. After surviving a traumatic auto accident that took the life of a close friend and injured his brother, young Michael Sanford was sent off to a boarding school and didn't see his hometown in California's Sonoma Valley for close Read More

Crazy Horse

Actors: Michael Greyeyes, Wes Studi, Irene Bedard, August Schellenberg, Ned Beatty

Synopsis: The true-story of Native American legend Crazy Horse is told in this made-for-cable movie. Michael Greyeyes stars as the Oglala Sioux warrior who battled for freedom against encroaching westward expansion and fought General Custer and his forces at Little Big Horn. Filmed on location in South Read More

Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek

Synopsis: Reformed outlaw Ned Blessing (Brad Johnson) now protects the peace as sheriff of the small frontier settlement of Plum Creek. His past comes back to haunt him, however, when a gang of lawless bounty hunters arrive in the area with the sole intent of killing Blessing, in order to collect the bounty Read More

Streets of Laredo

Actors: James Garner, Alexis Cruz, Sam Shepard, Sissy Spacek

Synopsis: This miniseries follows the original Lonesome Dove miniseries, and both are based on the characters created by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry. Although much of the cast has changed from the original, the compelling saga is as satisfying as ever. The Western tale continues with the Read More

Heat

Actors: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora

Synopsis: A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a thief who specializes in big, risky jobs Read More

Lone Justice 2

Synopsis: Directed by Jack Bender, Lone Justice 2 centers around the jailed Ned Blessing (Brad Johnson) as he reminisces about his hometown and the skirmishes he had gotten into with the rougher crowd. Ned gets a nasty shock upon his release--not only has the town he remembered so fondly been run down by Read More

500 Nations, Vol. 3: Clash of Cultures - The People Who Met Columbus

Synopsis: Hosted by Kevin Costner and narrated by Gregory Harrison, the historical documentary 500 Nations, Vol. 3: Clash of Cultures - The People Who Met Columbus is part of an eight-part series that portrays America's original inhabitants. The film provides an in-depth look at Columbus' arrival in the New Read More

Street Fighter

Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue

Synopsis: Based on the popular video game Street Fighter II, Street Fighter stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Col. Guile, the cocky but brave leader of an Allied Nations fighting force. When the evil General Bison (Raul Julia), the power-mad leader of Shadaloo, kidnaps a bus full of Allied Nations relief Read More

The Broken Chain

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Graham Greene, Eric Schweig

Synopsis: This made-for-cable drama relates, via two Mohawk friends, the historic events that took place when the Iroquois Confederacy faced off with the French in the American Northeast during the wars of the 1700s. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Ancient America: Southwest

Synopsis: The Southwest appears mysterious and looming in the one-hour presentation Ancient America: The Southwest. The film travels through the canyons and mesas of the majestic region while exploring the history of the native people. Chaco Canyon takes center stage, offering its astronomical viewpoints. Read More

Ancient America: Eastern Woodlands

Synopsis: Wes Studi narrates this voyage into the mysteries of the ancient Indian cultures of the Eastern Woodlands. Examine the shapes seen at the Effigy Mounds. The animal and bird shapes revealed here can only be seen from the air. See Woodhenge, a structure from times long past. This structure is Read More

Ancient America: Nomads of the West

Synopsis: Before the invasion of the white man, the West was a grand, varied village consisting of many tribes and cultures. Ancient America travels back in time to explore the lifestyles of Native Americans in Ancient America: Nomads of the West. Deserts and valleys were the home to a diverse and rich Read More

Ancient America: Northwest

Synopsis: In this installment of Ancient America, the grand civilization of America's Northwestern Indians is revealed in this narrative by Wes Studie. The enduring contributions made by these varied people still improve our lives. Learn about the beginnings of the totem pole, which became the icon of the Read More

Geronimo: An American Legend

Actors: Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Wes Studi, Matt Damon

Synopsis: Walter Hill directs John Milius's script (co-written by Larry Gross) depicting a revisionist perspective on the "Geronimo Campaign" and how Geronimo, with 34 men, managed to elude 5000 U.S. cavalry men between 1885 and 1886 before his surrender at the Canyon of the Skeletons in September 1886. The Read More

The Last of the Mohicans

Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Wes Studi

Synopsis: Director Michael Mann based this lushly romantic version of the James Fenimore Cooper novel more on his memory of the 1936 film version (starring Randolph Scott) than on Cooper's novel (in fact, Philip Dunne's 1936 screenplay is cited as source material for this film). Set in the 1750s during the Read More

Highlander: Mountain Men

Actors: Adrian Paul, Alexandra Van Der Noot, Stan Kirsch, Marc Singer, Wes Studi

Synopsis: Tessa (Alexandra Van Der Noot) is kidnapped by three survivalists and bundled off to a remote cabin somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. As Duncan (Adrian Paul) desperately searches for his lost lady love, one of the mountain men, Caleb (Marc Singer), begins to fall in love with his captive. As it Read More

The Doors

Actors: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon

Synopsis: Val Kilmer delivers what was considered one of 1991's best performances as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's hallucinatory bio-pic of the seminal 1960s rock group The Doors. Stone cuts a jagged swath through Morrison's life, starting with a childhood memory where Morrison sees an elderly Indian dying Read More

Dances with Wolves

Actors: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney Grant, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

Synopsis: A historical drama about the relationship between a Civil War soldier and a band of Sioux Indians, Kevin Costner's directorial debut was also a surprisingly popular hit, considering its length, period setting, and often somber tone. The film opens on a particularly dark note, as melancholy Union Read More

Powwow Highway

Actors: A. Martinez, Gary Farmer, Amanda Wyss, Joanelle Nadine Romero, Sam Vlahos

Synopsis: The road movie gets a smart update with this seriocomic tale of two Cheyenne men traveling from their reservation in Montana to New Mexico. For one of them, Buddy Red Bow (A Martinez), a quick-tempered activist, the journey is a practical one; his sister has been arrested and he is the only family Read More

Ned Blessing: Return To Plum Creek

Actors: Brad Johnson, Luis Avalos, Brenda Bakke, Rob Campbell, Bill McKinney

Synopsis: When the sheriff of Plum Creek is gunned down in cold blood, it's up to Ned Blessing to bring justice back to the lawless town in this made for television western. The sheriff has been murdered, and as the nefarious Emma and her unscrupulous husband take charge the once lawful town quickly takes a Read More

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