

Sam Shepard
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
5 Nov 1943
Age
83 Years
Born In
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
Total Projects
81
Years Active
63 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.3 ★
Overview
Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in...
Known For
Filmography

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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
as The Writer

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California Typewriter
California Typewriter
as Self

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Never Here
Never Here
as Paul Stark

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In Dubious Battle
In Dubious Battle
as Mr. Anderson

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Midnight Special
Midnight Special
as Calvin Meyer

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Ithaca
Ithaca
as Willie Grogan

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Bloodline
Bloodline
as Robert Rayburn

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Cold in July
Cold in July
as Russell

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Klondike
Klondike
as Father Judge

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August: Osage County
August: Osage County
as Beverly Weston

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Out of the Furnace
Out of the Furnace
as Gerald 'Red' Baze

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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as Self

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Mud
Mud
as Tom

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Savannah
Savannah
as Mr. Stubbs

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Shepard & Dark
Shepard & Dark
as Self

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Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly
as Dillon

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Darling Companion
Darling Companion
as Sheriff Morris

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Safe House
Safe House
as Harlan Whitford

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Blackthorn
Blackthorn
as James Blackthorn

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Inhale
Inhale
as James Harrison

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Fair Game
Fair Game
as Sam Plame

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Brothers
Brothers
as Hank Cahill

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Felon
Felon
as Gordon

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Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
as Self

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The Accidental Husband
The Accidental Husband
as Wilder

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The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
as Self

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
as Frank James

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Ruffian
Ruffian
as Frank Whiteley

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Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
as Narrator (voice)

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The Return
The Return
as Ed Mills

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Walker Payne
Walker Payne
as Syrus

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Bandidas
Bandidas
as Bill Buck

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Don't Come Knocking
Don't Come Knocking
as Howard

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Stealth
Stealth
as George Cummings

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Trudell
Trudell
as Self - Playwright, Actor (Thunderheart)

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The Notebook
The Notebook
as Frank Calhoun

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Blind Horizon
Blind Horizon
as Sheriff Jack Kolb

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This So-Called Disaster
This So-Called Disaster
as Self

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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
as Self

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Leo
Leo
as Vic

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Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
as MG William F. Garrison

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Shot in the Heart
Shot in the Heart
as Frank Gilmore, Sr.

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Swordfish
Swordfish
as Senator Reisman

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After the Harvest
After the Harvest
as Caleb Gare

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The Pledge
The Pledge
as Eric Pollack

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Kurosawa
Kurosawa
as Narrator (voice)

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All the Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses
as J.C. Franklin

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One Kill
One Kill
as Maj. Nelson Gray

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Hamlet
Hamlet
as Ghost

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Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Arthur Chambers

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Dash and Lilly
Dash and Lilly
as Dashiell Hammett

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Purgatory
Purgatory
as Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock

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Curtain Call
Curtain Call
as Will Dodge

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The Only Thrill
The Only Thrill
as Reece McHenry

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Lily Dale
Lily Dale
as Pete Davenport

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Streets of Laredo
Streets of Laredo
as Pea Eye Parker

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The Good Old Boys
The Good Old Boys
as Tarnell

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Dear Antonioni
Dear Antonioni
as Self

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Safe Passage
Safe Passage
as Patrick

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Made in the USA
Made in the USA
as Self

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The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
as Thomas Callahan

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Thunderheart
Thunderheart
as Frank Coutelle

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Defenseless
Defenseless
as Det. Beutel

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Voyager
Voyager
as Walter Faber

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Bright Angel
Bright Angel
as Jack Russell

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Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
as Spud Jones

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MaMa's Pushcart
MaMa's Pushcart

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Baby Boom
Baby Boom
as Dr. Jeff Cooper

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Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart
as Doc Porter

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Fool for Love
Fool for Love
as Eddie

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Country
Country
as Gil Ivy

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The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
as Chuck Yeager

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Frances
Frances
as Harry York

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Raggedy Man
Raggedy Man
as Bailey

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Resurrection
Resurrection
as Cal

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Days of Heaven
Days of Heaven
as The Farmer

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Renaldo and Clara
Renaldo and Clara
as Rodeo

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Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self

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Brand X
Brand X

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)

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Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee