Stan Shaw

Actor Jul 14 (age 73) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1974–2025 (51 year career)

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Biography

Stan Shaw (born July 14, 1952) is an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he is the son of Bertha Shaw and saxophonist Eddie Shaw, and cousin of the late soul singers Sam Cooke and Tyrone Davis. Shaw started his acting career in the Chicago production of the Broadway musical Hair as well as the Broadway production of The Me Nobody Knows. His last Broadway show, Via Galactica was directed by Sir Peter Hall. Before becoming an actor, Shaw was a karate, judo, and jujutsu instructor in Chica…

Known For

Film

Rocky

Dipper

Film

Fried Green Tomatoes

Big George

Film

Daylight

George Tyrell

Film

Snake Eyes

Lincoln Tyler

Film

The Monster Squad

Detective Sapir

Film

Rising Sun

Phillips

Film

North and South

Isaac

Film

Cutthroat Island

Glasspoole

Filmography

Acting (69)

Movies (46)

A Nashville Legacy

2023

as Franklin Berryhall

7.2

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

2023

as Himself

The Pale Door

2020

as Lester

5.2

A Christmas Winter Song

2019

as Fred

6.0

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

2018

as Cowboy

Jeepers Creepers 3

as Sheriff Tashtego

Cassidy Way

as Kane

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

as Self

Detonator

as Robert Brickland

Freedom Song

as Archie Mullen

Snake Eyes

as Lincoln Tyler

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

1998

as Self

Rag and Bone

as Det. Ritchie

Daylight

as George Tyrell

Cutthroat Island

as Glasspoole

Houseguest

as Larry the Tattoo Artist

Rising Sun

as Phillips

Body of Evidence

as Charles Biggs

Lifepod

as Parker

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

as Gerst

Fried Green Tomatoes

as Big George

Fear

as Detective Webber

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

as Joe Louis

Harlem Nights

as Jack Jenkins

Red River

as Jack Byrd

The Monster Squad

as Detective Sapir

Billionaire Boys Club

as Frank Booker

The Three Kings

as Paul

Busted Up

as Angie

Under Siege

as Nick Tutman

The Gladiator

as Joe Barker

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

1986

as Harold Moss

Displaced Person

1985

as Sergeant

9.0

When Dreams Come True

as Harry Jenks

Runaway

as Marvin

Tough Enough

as P.T. Coolidge

Venice Medical

Scared Straight! Another Story

1980

as Carl Jones

The Great Santini

1979

as Toomer Smalls

6.8

The Boys in Company C

1978

as Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington

Rocky

as Dipper

Street Killing

as Mitchell Small

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

as Esquire Joe

Darktown Strutters

as Raunchy

TNT Jackson

as Charlie

Truck Turner

as Fontana

Television (23)

The Family Business: New Orleans

as Larry Duncan

Quantum Leap

as Eli Jackson

Carl Weber's The Family Business

as Larry Duncan

Chicago Med

as Dr. George Thomas

What Lives Inside

as Soot (voice)

Criminal Minds

as Albert Lewis

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Geoff Johnson

Early Edition

as Earl Camby

The X-Files

as Stephen Murdoch

Wiseguy

Billionaire Boys Club

as Frank Booker

L.A. Law

as Terry Slueman

Matlock

as Cyrus Jordan

North and South

as Isaac

Murder, She Wrote

as Eddie Walters

The Mississippi

as Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate

Fame

Matt Houston

Hill Street Blues

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

as Will Palmer

7.5

Roots: The Next Generations

as Will Palmer

Lucan

Starsky & Hutch

as Leotis