Biography
This often intimidating but charismatic and ruggedly handsome actor of full-blooded Cherokee heritage enhanced several thoughtful Hollywood Westerns of the 1990s by thoroughly embodying roles that would have once been mere stereotypes and imbuing them with depth and dignity. The intense and muscular Studi first gained attention playing the "toughest" of the Pawnees in Kevin Costner's ambitious and well-meaning revisionist work "Dances With …
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Career Milestones
| Joining the cast of "Comanche Moon," Larry McMurtry's prequel to his western saga "Lonesome Dove" | ||
2005 | Cast in the Terrence Malick-scripted drama "The New World," about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers | |
2005 | Co-starred in the Steven Spielberg produced "Into the West" (TNT) | |
2002 | Starred alongside Adam Beach in the PBS "Mystery!" production "Skinwalkers", directed by Chris Eyre | |
1998 | Appeared in "Deep Rising" | |
1995 | TV miniseries debut, "Larry McMurtry's 'Streets of Laredo'", a sequel to "Lonesome Dove" | |
1993 | Starred as the title character in the biopic "Geronimo: An American Legend" | |
1993 | Provided the voice of Crazy Horse for the syndicated Western documentary series, "The Wild West" | |
1993 | Appeared on HBO in "American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration", reciting "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in English and Cherokee | |
1993 | Cast as One Horse, a regular on the short-lived CBS Western "Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times" | |
1992 | First TV credit for voice work, provided a voice for "In the White Man's Image", a presentation of the PBS documentary series "The American Experience" | |
1992 | First film in a major role, "The Last of the Mohicans" | |
1990 | Did a guest shot on the superhero series "The Flash" | |
1988 | Made TV debut in a small role of the ABC TV-movie, "Longarm" | |
1988 | Feature acting debut, "Powwow Highway" | |
| Began periodically performing his own one-man show, "Coyote Chews His Own Tail", which debuted at the West Coast Ensemble Theater in Hollywood | ||
1986 | Moved to Los Angeles | |
| Worked in educational TV in Nebraska | ||
1984 | Professional stage debut in "Black Elk Speaks" | |
1983 | Joined the American Indian Theater Company in Tulsa | |
| Taught the Cherokee language in college | ||
| Helped start a Cherokee newspaper while attending college | ||
| Worked as a reporter for the Tulsa "Indian News" | ||
1973 | Joined the American Indian Movement in the occupation of Wounded Knee, SD | |
1972 | Joined the Trail of Broken Treaties protest march | |
1967 | Served a tour of duty in Vietnam after high school | |
1964 | Graduated high school | |
1947 | Spoke native Cherokee until entering school at age five | |
| Raised in northeastern Oklahoma | ||
