Wes Studi Biography

Fast Facts

• Played the role of Geronimo in the film "Geronimo: An American Legend," which won a Bronze Wrangler Award for best theatrical motion picture
• Was made an honorary chairman at the Indigenous Language Institute for the national endowment campaign
• Became the second Native American to be inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
• Co-founded the Cherokee-language newspaper Cherokee Phoenix
• Named the artist of the decade by the First Americans in the Arts Awards in 2000
• Started performing at The American Indian Theatre Company in Tulsa
• Recognized for his roles as Toughest Pawnee in "Dances with Wolves" and Magua in "The Last of the Mohicans․"
• Started the band Firecat of Discord with his wife Maura, who is the lead singer
• Joined the U․S․ Army and volunteered to go to Vietnam with on 12 months of his six-year service left