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Wes Studi

by | Jan 1, 2003 | Western Movies

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Santa Fe and Hollywood are a long way from Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, but Cherokee actor Wes Studi has found a home in all three worlds. Many critics say Studi should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for portraying the vill-ainous Magua in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He was equally unforgettable as a Pawnee in Dances With Wolves (1990), and his star turned in Geronimo: An American Legend (1993). His latest role is as Joe Leaphorn, Tony Hillerman’s taciturn Navajo detective,


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