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Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child. Shepard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff (1983). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Shepard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Nov 5, 1943 In Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
75
First Appeared:
In the movie Brand X 1970-05-18
Latest Project:
Movie Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese 2019-06-11
Known For
Poster of Out of the Furnace
Poster of Killing Them Softly
Poster of Felon
Poster of All the Pretty Horses
Filmography
Movie Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese The Writer 2019-06-11
Movie Never Here Paul Stark 2017-06-18
Movie California Typewriter Himself 2017-08-18
Movie Midnight Special Calvin Meyer 2016-02-12
Movie In Dubious Battle Mr. Anderson 2016-10-08
Movie Ithaca Willie Grogan 2015-10-29
Series Klondike Father Judge 2014-01-20
Movie Cold in July Russell 2014-05-23
Movie Savannah Mr. Stubbs 2013-04-25
Movie Mud Tom 2013-04-26
Movie August: Osage County Beverly Weston 2013-12-26
Movie Out of the Furnace Gerald 'Red' Baze 2013-11-09
Movie Safe House Harlan Whitford 2012-02-08
Movie Darling Companion Sheriff Morris 2012-04-20
Movie Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction Self 2012-09-05
Movie Shepard & Dark Self 2012-09-11
Movie Killing Them Softly Dillon 2012-07-30
Movie Blackthorn James 2011-07-01
Movie Inhale James Harrison 2010-08-27
Movie Fair Game Sam Plame 2010-05-20
Movie Brothers Hank Cahill 2009-12-02
Movie The Accidental Husband Wilder 2008-02-29
Movie Felon Gordon 2008-07-17
Movie Patti Smith: Dream of Life Self 2008-04-02
Movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Frank James 2007-09-20
Movie Ruffian Frank Whiteley 2007-06-09
Movie The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose Self 2007-12-07
Movie Walker Payne Syrus 2006-04-27
Movie Bandidas Bill Buck 2006-01-18
Movie The Return Ed Mills 2006-11-10
Movie Charlotte's Web Narrator (voice) 2006-12-07
Movie Trudell Self - Playwright, Actor (Thunderheart) 2005-01-20
Movie Don't Come Knocking Howard 2005-05-19
Movie Stealth George Cummings 2005-07-27
Movie The Notebook Frank Calhoun 2004-06-25
Movie Blind Horizon Sheriff Jack Kolb 2003-12-14
Movie Leo Vic 2002-03-12
Movie Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick Self 2002-09-01
Movie After the Harvest Caleb Gare 2001-05-29
Movie The Pledge Eric Pollack 2001-01-19
Movie Swordfish Senator James Reisman 2001-06-08
Movie Shot in the Heart Frank Gilmore, Sr. 2001-10-13
Movie Black Hawk Down MG William F. Garrison 2001-12-28
Movie Hamlet Ghost 2000-05-12
Movie One Kill Maj. Nelson Gray 2000-08-06
Movie All the Pretty Horses J.C. Franklin 2000-12-11
Movie Kurosawa Narrator (voice) 2000-12-24
Movie Purgatory 1999-01-01
Movie Purgatory Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock 1999-01-10
Movie Snow Falling on Cedars Arthur Chambers 1999-12-22
Movie Dash and Lilly Dashiell Hammett 1999-05-31
Movie Curtain Call Will Dodge 1998-12-05
Movie The Only Thrill Reece McHenry 1997-01-04
Movie Lily Dale Pete Davenport 1996-06-09
Movie The Good Old Boys Tarnell 1995-03-05
Series Streets of Laredo Pea Eye Parker 1995-11-12
Movie Safe Passage Patrick 1994-12-01
Movie The Pelican Brief Thomas Callahan 1993-09-17
Movie Made in the USA Self 1993-09-25
Movie Thunderheart Frank Coutelle 1992-04-03
Movie Defenseless Det. Beutel 1991-08-23
Movie Voyager Walter Faber 1991-03-21
Movie Bright Angel Jack Russell 1990-11-01
Movie Steel Magnolias Spud Jones 1989-11-15
Movie Baby Boom Dr. Jeff Cooper 1987-10-07
Movie Crimes of the Heart Doc Porter 1986-12-12
Movie Fool for Love Eddie 1985-12-06
Movie Country Gil Ivy 1984-09-29
Movie The Right Stuff Chuck Yeager 1983-10-20
Movie Frances Harry York 1982-12-03
Movie Raggedy Man Bailey 1981-09-18
Movie Resurrection Cal 1980-09-26
Movie Renaldo and Clara Rodeo 1978-01-25
Movie Days of Heaven The Farmer 1978-09-13
Movie Brand X 1970-05-18