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Sam Shepard

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As the eldest son of a US Army officer (and WWII bomber pilot), Sam Shepard spent his early childhood moving from base to base around the US until finally settling in Duarte, California. While at high school he began acting and writing and worked as a ranch hand in Chino. He graduated high school in 1961 and then spent a year studying agriculture at Mount Antonio Junior College... See full bio »

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Samuel Shepard Rogers
in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
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2014 Klondike (TV mini-series) (pre-production)
Father Judge (2014)
 
???? Shoedog (pre-production)
Grimes
 
2013 Out of the Furnace (post-production)
Red
 
2013 August: Osage County (post-production)
Beverly Weston
 
2013 Savannah (completed)
Mr. Stubbs
 
2012 Mud
Tom Blankenship
 
2012 Killing Them Softly
Dillon
 
2012 Safe House
Harlan Whitford
 
2012 Darling Companion
Sheriff Morris
 
2011 Blackthorn
James
 
2010 Inhale
James Harrison
 
2010/I Fair Game
Sam Plame
 
2010 Tough Trade (TV movie)
 
2009/I Brothers
Hank Cahill
 
2008 Felon
Gordon
 
2008 The Accidental Husband
Wilder
 
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Frank James
 
2007 Ruffian (TV movie)
Frank Whiteley
 
2006 Charlotte's Web
Narrator (voice)
 
2006/I The Return
Ed Mills
 
2006 Walker Payne
Syrus
 
2006 Bandidas
Bill Buck
 
2005 Stealth
Capt. George Cummings
 
2005 Don't Come Knocking
Howard Spence
 
2004 The Notebook
Frank Calhoun
 
2003 Blind Horizon
Sheriff Jack Kolb
 
2002 Leo
Vic
 
2001 Black Hawk Down
Garrison
 
2001 Shot in the Heart (TV movie)
Frank Gilmore, Sr.
 
2001 Swordfish
Senator James Reisman
 
2001 After the Harvest (TV movie)
Caleb Gare
 
2001 The Pledge
Eric Pollack
 
2000 All the Pretty Horses
J.C. Franklin
 
2000 Great Performances (TV series)
Narrator
– Kurosawa (2000) … Narrator (voice)
 
2000 One Kill (TV movie)
Maj. Nelson Gray
 
2000 Hamlet
Ghost
 
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars
Arthur Chambers
 
1999 Dash and Lilly (TV movie)
Dashiell Hammett
 
1999 Purgatory (TV movie)
Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock
 
1998 It All Came True
Will Dodge
 
1997 The Only Thrill
Reece McHenry
 
1996 Lily Dale (TV movie)
Pete Davenport
 
1995 Streets of Laredo (TV mini-series)
Cpl. Pea Eye Parker
 
1995 The Good Old Boys (TV movie)
Tarnell
 
1994 Safe Passage
Patrick Singer
 
1993 The Pelican Brief
Thomas Callahan
 
1992 Thunderheart
Frank Coutelle
 
1991 Defenseless
Det. Beutel
 
1991 Voyager
Walter Faber
 
1990 Bright Angel
Jack
 
1989 Steel Magnolias
Spud Jones
 
1987 Baby Boom
Dr. Jeff Cooper
 
1986 Crimes of the Heart
Doc Porter
 
1985 Fool for Love
Eddie
 
1984 Country
Gil Ivy
 
1984 Paris, Texas (unconfirmed)
 
1983 The Right Stuff
Chuck Yeager
 
1982 Frances
Harry York
 
1981 Raggedy Man
Bailey
 
1980 Resurrection
Cal
 
1978 Days of Heaven
The Farmer
 
1978 Renaldo and Clara
Rodeo
 
1970 Brand X
 
Show ShowWriter (21 titles)
2005 Don't Come Knocking (screenplay / story)
 
2004 See You in My Dreams (TV movie) (from stories in Cruising Paradise and Motel Chronicles)
 
2002 True West (TV movie) (play)
 
1999 Simpatico (original play)
 
1995 O Verdadeiro Oeste (TV movie) (play)
 
1994 Curse of the Starving Class (play)
 
1993 Silent Tongue (writer)
 
1991 Autèntic oest (TV movie) (play)
 
1991 Loucos Por Amor (TV movie) (play)
 
1988 Far North (written by)
 
1986 Den sultende klasses forbannelse (TV movie)
 
1985 Fool for Love (play / screenplay)
 
1984 Paris, Texas (written by)
 
1984 American Playhouse (TV series)
– True West (1984) (writer)
 
1982 Tongues (video short)
 
1981 Savage/Love (short)
 
1978 Renaldo and Clara (writer)
 
1974 ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV series)
– Geography of a Horse Dreamer (1974)
 
1972 Oh! Calcutta! (contributions)
 
1970 Zabriskie Point (screenplay)
 
1969 Me and My Brother (writer)
 
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2011 Blackthorn (performer: "Ain't No Grave", "Sam Hall", "Take Your Burden to the Lord", "Wayfaring Stranger" / "Take Your Burden to the Lord")
 
2005 Don't Come Knocking (writer: "God's in the Kitchen")
 
2003 Shabatot VeHagim (TV series)
– Texas: Part 2 (2003) (performer: "Paris, Texas")
 
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1993 Silent Tongue
 
1988 Far North
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2012 All Things Shining (inspirational thanks)
 
2008 Loot (documentary) (thanks)
 
1982 Fitzcarraldo (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (24 titles)
2012 Shepard & Dark (documentary) (completed)
 
2012 The Presence of Joseph Chaikin (documentary) (completed)
 
2012 Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Jim Sheridan: Film and Family (video short)
Himself
 
2010 Re-Made in the USA: How Brodre Became Brothers (video short)
Himself
 
2009 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
– Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2009)
 
2009 Play On, John: A Life in Music (documentary)
Narrator
 
2008 One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Patti Smith: Dream of Life (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Wanderlust (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Harnessing Speed (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Trudell (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Spotlight on Location: Snow Falling on Cedars (TV documentary)
Himself/Interviewee
 
1998 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jessica Lange (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dear Antonioni (1997) … Himself
 
1993 Cinefile: Made in the USA (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1986 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
– Episode #2.5 (1968) … Himself - Guest Performer (as The Holy Modal Rounders)
 

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Curse of the Starving Class -- Based on the play by Sam Shepard, this trailer-trash drama pits a pitiful family against con men ranging from sleazy bar owners to shady real estate agents. Adapted for the screen by Bruce Beresford. Brothers -- A clip from the movie Brothers Mud -- Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trailer and to reunite him with his true love.
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Playwright (with Patti Smith): "Cowboy Mouth" See more »

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Alternate Names:

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Height:

6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Did You Know?

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Hollywood is geared toward teenage idiocy. See more »

Trivia:

Won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Buried Child" and was nominated for the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "True West" and the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Fool for Love". See more »

Nickname:

Charlie See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio