Wealth Statistics
How wealthy is Wes Studi? What is his salary? Find out below:
| Net Worth | $1 Million |
|---|---|
| Salary | N/A |
| Date of Birth | December 17, 1947 (age 75 years) | Gender | Male |
| Height | 6 ft (1.83 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Author, Cattle Rancher, Horse trainer, Musician, Sculptor, Soldier |
| Nationality | American |
Net Worth, Salary, Earnings, and Financial Data
Wes Studi net worth: Wes Studi is a Cherokee actor who has a net worth of $1 million dollars. Wes Studi was born in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma and grew up speaking Cherokee. He did not learn English until elementary school. He went on to serve in the U.S. Army and to fight in Vietnam.
Quotes by Wes Studi
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Dances with Wolves' really started the movement, using subtitles for Lakota Sioux and showing Indians as interesting, complex people - not just the enemy - and giving a lot of unknown Indian actors work.
Wes Studi
I like to be able to raise people's consciousness, yes. And to remind that those of us involved in the receiving end of the oppression, we have a duty.
Having watched 'The Lone Ranger,' I asked my dad, 'You think we can be on TV like that guy?' He said, 'Probably not. You have to be 6 feet and blond to work in TV and movies.' I said, 'But what about that guy? Jay Silverheels?'
I can be a teddy bear, but more people tend to see me as the other side of the coin, and that has to do with casting, more Iago than Hamlet. But I don't play villains; I play people doing the right thing for the circumstances and time.
We, as Indian tribes, should be able to prosecute non-Indians on tribal lands. But on Indian land, we have no ability to prosecute anyone but another Indian. American Indians having status as a foreign nation is good for us, but it's not good in some ways if we don't have the jurisdictional power that the federal government claims.
