Wes Studi has been shattering Native American stereotypes for years. It's time for Hollywood to catch up.

Growing up in rural Oklahoma, speaking only the Cherokee language until age 5, Wes Studi didn't exactly see Hollywood as the most obvious career path. By the time he started working in movies, he was already in his 40s - but it didn't take him long to make an impact.

Since breaking out in 1990's "Dances With Wolves" and as the fierce Huron warrior Magua in 1992's "Last of the Mohicans," Studi has earned acclaim for his work in movies like "Geronimo: An American Legend," "Heat," "The New World" and "Avatar," as well as TV projects like "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" and "Penny Dreadful."

In director Scott Cooper's brutal western "Hostiles," Studi plays Yellow