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Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

CrewActorWriterDirectorSound Nov 5 (died age 73) Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA 1956–2020 (64 year career)
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Biography

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 1979 for his play Buried Child. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for portraying pilot…

Known For

The Notebook
Film

The Notebook

Frank Calhoun
Black Hawk Down
Film

Black Hawk Down

MG William F. Garrison
Paris, Texas
Film

Paris, Texas

Writer
Brothers
Film

Brothers

Hank Cahill
Mud
Film

Mud

Tom
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Film

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Frank James
Safe House
Film

Safe House

Harlan Whitford
Days of Heaven
Film

Days of Heaven

The Farmer

Filmography

Acting (82)

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Movies (75)

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019

as The Writer

7.0
Never Here

Never Here

2017

as Paul Stark

4.9
California Typewriter

California Typewriter

2017

as Self

6.9
Midnight Special

Midnight Special

2016

as Calvin Meyer

6.3
In Dubious Battle

In Dubious Battle

2016

as Mr. Anderson

5.8
Ithaca

Ithaca

2015

as Willie Grogan

5.3
Cold in July

Cold in July

2014

as Russell

6.6
Mud

Mud

2013

as Tom

7.1
Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace

2013

as Gerald 'Red' Baze

6.6
August: Osage County

August: Osage County

2013

as Beverly Weston

6.9
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013

as Self

6.9
Savannah

Savannah

2013

as Mr. Stubbs

6.0
Safe House

Safe House

2012

as Harlan Whitford

6.5
Killing Them Softly

Killing Them Softly

2012

as Dillon

6.0
Darling Companion

Darling Companion

2012

as Sheriff Morris

5.0
Shepard & Dark

Shepard & Dark

2012

as Self

5.5
Blackthorn

Blackthorn

2011

as James Blackthorn

6.6
Fair Game

Fair Game

2010

as Sam Plame

6.5
Inhale

Inhale

2010

as James Harrison

6.0
Brothers

Brothers

2009

as Hank Cahill

7.3
The Accidental Husband

The Accidental Husband

2008

as Wilder

5.6
Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

2008

as Self

6.0
Felon

Felon

2008

as Gordon

7.1
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007

as Frank James

7.1
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

2007

as Self

Ruffian

Ruffian

2007

as Frank Whiteley

8.7
Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web

2006

as Narrator (voice)

6.2
The Return

The Return

2006

as Ed Mills

6.0
Bandidas

Bandidas

2006

as Bill Buck

6.0
Walker Payne

Walker Payne

2006

as Syrus

4.3
Stealth

Stealth

2005

as George Cummings

5.5
Trudell

Trudell

2005

as Self - Playwright, Actor (Thunderheart)

5.4
Don't Come Knocking

Don't Come Knocking

2005

as Howard

6.2
The Notebook

The Notebook

2004

as Frank Calhoun

7.9
Blind Horizon

Blind Horizon

2003

as Sheriff Jack Kolb

5.7
This So-Called Disaster

This So-Called Disaster

2003

as Self

4.6
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

2002

as Self

6.7
Leo

Leo

2002

as Vic

6.0
Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down

2001

as MG William F. Garrison

7.4
After the Harvest

After the Harvest

2001

as Caleb Gare

Swordfish

Swordfish

2001

as Senator Reisman

6.3
The Pledge

The Pledge

2001

as Eric Pollack

6.6
Shot in the Heart

Shot in the Heart

2001

as Frank Gilmore, Sr.

5.6
All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses

2000

as J.C. Franklin

5.7
Hamlet

Hamlet

2000

as Ghost

5.8
Kurosawa

Kurosawa

2000

as Narrator (voice)

6.7
One Kill

One Kill

2000

as Maj. Nelson Gray

6.3
Purgatory

Purgatory

1999

as Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock

7.2
Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

as Arthur Chambers

6.0
Dash and Lilly

Dash and Lilly

1999

as Dashiell Hammett

8.0
Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1998

as Will Dodge

4.9
The Only Thrill

The Only Thrill

1997

as Reece McHenry

4.4
Lily Dale

Lily Dale

1996

as Pete Davenport

2.0
Dear Antonioni

Dear Antonioni

1995

as Self

The Good Old Boys

The Good Old Boys

1995

as Tarnell

6.7
Safe Passage

Safe Passage

1994

as Patrick

5.9
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

1993

as Thomas Callahan

6.6
Made in the USA

Made in the USA

1993

as Self

2.0
Thunderheart

Thunderheart

1992

as Frank Coutelle

6.3
Voyager

Voyager

1991

as Walter Faber

6.2
Defenseless

Defenseless

1991

as Det. Beutel

4.9
Bright Angel

Bright Angel

1990

as Jack Russell

4.6
Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

1989

as Spud Jones

7.2
MaMa's Pushcart

MaMa's Pushcart

1988
Baby Boom

Baby Boom

1987

as Dr. Jeff Cooper

6.4
Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart

1986

as Doc Porter

6.0
Fool for Love

Fool for Love

1985

as Eddie

5.6
Country

Country

1984

as Gil Ivy

6.4
The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

1983

as Chuck Yeager

7.4
Frances

Frances

1982

as Harry York

6.9
Raggedy Man

Raggedy Man

1981

as Bailey

5.4
Resurrection

Resurrection

1980

as Cal

6.5
Days of Heaven

Days of Heaven

1978

as The Farmer

7.5
Renaldo and Clara

Renaldo and Clara

1978

as Rodeo

8.3
Brand X

Brand X

1970
3.3