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Sam Shepard

Actor | * 11/05/1943 († 73, 07/27/2017) | Fort Sheridan, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse. ...

Mud

PG-13

2013 | 3.5/5 | 2h 10min
Drama
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As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges. ...

The Right Stuff

PG

1983 | 3.7/5 | 3h 13min
Drama, History, Adventure
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An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysf ...

August: Osage County

R

2013 | 3.5/5 | 2h 1min
Comedy, Drama
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When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing inte ...

Black Hawk Down

R

2001 | 3.7/5 | 2h 25min
Action, History, War
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Awards & Nominations for Sam Shepard

2x Guggenheim Fellowship Pulitzer Prize for Drama Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Obie Award New York Drama Critics Award Pen/laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award Star On Playwrights' Sidewalk Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 2x Tony Award for Best Play

Movies with Sam Shepard as Actor(74)

as The Writer2019 Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
as Paul Stark2017 Never Here
as himself2017 California Typewriter
as Mr. Anderson2016 In Dubious Battle
as Calvin Meyer2016 Midnight Special
as Willie Grogan2015 Ithaca
as Russell2014 Cold in July
as Gerald 'Red' Baze2013 Out of the Furnace
as Tom2013 Mud
as Beverly Weston2013 August: Osage County
as Mr. Stubbs2013 Savannah
as Sheriff Morris2012 Darling Companion
as Harlan Whitford2012 Safe House
as Dillon2012 Killing Them Softly
as himself2012 Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as himself2012 Shepard & Dark
as James2011 Blackthorn
as James Harrison2010 Inhale
as Sam Plame2010 Fair Game
as Hank Cahill2009 Brothers
as Wilder2008 The Accidental Husband
as himself2008 Patti Smith: Dream of Life
as Gordon2008 Felon
as Frank James2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
as himself2007 The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
as Frank Whiteley2007 Ruffian
as Narrator (voice)2006 Charlotte's Web
as Ed Mills2006 The Return
as Syrus2006 Walker Payne
as Bill Buck2006 Bandidas
as George Cummings2005 Stealth
as Himself - Playwright, Actor (Thunderheart)2005 Trudell
as Howard2005 Don't Come Knocking
as Frank Calhoun2004 The Notebook
as himself2003 This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
as Sheriff Jack Kolb2003 Blind Horizon
as Vic2002 Leo
as himself2002 Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
as Frank Gilmore, Sr.2001 Shot in the Heart
as Caleb Gare2001 After the Harvest
as Senator James Reisman2001 Swordfish
as Maj. Gen. William F. Garrison2001 Black Hawk Down
as Eric Pollack2001 The Pledge
as Narrator (voice)2000 Kurosawa
as Ghost2000 Hamlet
as Maj. Nelson Gray2000 One Kill
as J.C. Franklin2000 All the Pretty Horses
as Arthur Chambers1999 Snow Falling on Cedars
as Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock1999 Purgatory
as Dashiell Hammett1999 Dash and Lilly
as Will Dodge1998 Curtain Call
as Reece McHenry1997 The Only Thrill
as Pete Davenport1996 Lily Dale
as himself1995 Dear Antonioni
as Tarnell1995 The Good Old Boys
as Patrick1994 Safe Passage
as Thomas Callahan1993 The Pelican Brief
as himself1993 Made in the USA
as Frank Coutelle1992 Thunderheart
as Det. Beutel1991 Defenseless
as Walter Faber1991 Voyager
as Jack Russell1990 Bright Angel
as Spud Jones1989 Steel Magnolias
as Dr. Jeff Cooper1987 Baby Boom
as Doc Porter1986 Crimes of the Heart
as Eddie1985 Fool for Love
as Gil Ivy1984 Country
as Chuck Yeager1983 The Right Stuff
as Harry York1982 Frances
as Bailey1981 Raggedy Man
as Cal1980 Resurrection
as The Farmer1978 Days of Heaven
as Rodeo1978 Renaldo and Clara
1970 Brand X

TV Shows/Series with Sam Shepard as Actor(4)

as Father Judge2019 Inside Guantanamo Bay
as Robert Rayburn2015 Bloodline
as Pea Eye Parker1995 Streets of Laredo
as himself1971 Great Performances

Movies with Sam Shepard as Crew(24)

Crew/In Memory Of2020 Tesla
Writing/Writer2016 Buried Child
Writing/Writer2016 True West
Crew/Acting Double2013 The Assassination of President Kennedy
Writing/Writer2005 Don't Come Knocking
Writing/Short Story2004 See You in My Dreams
Writing/Writer2002 True West
Writing/Theatre Play1999 Simpatico
Writing/Writer1994 Curse of the Starving Class
Directing/Director1993 Silent Tongue
Writing/Writer1993 Silent Tongue
Directing/Director1988 Far North
Writing/Writer1988 Far North
Writing/Screenplay1985 Fool for Love
Writing/Theatre Play1985 Fool for Love
Writing/Writer1984 Paris, Texas
Writing/Writer1984 True West
Sound/Music1982 Tongues
Writing/Writer1982 Tongues
Writing/Writer1981 Savage/Love
Writing/Writer1978 Renaldo and Clara
Writing/Writer1972 Oh! Calcutta!
Writing/Screenplay1970 Zabriskie Point
Writing/Writer1969 Me and My Brother

Full Name: Samuel Sam Shepard
Born: Friday, 11/05 1943 (November) in Fort Sheridan, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 07/27 2017 (July) in Midway (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Mt. San Antonio College, Duarte High School, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Writers Guild of America West
Spouses (current/former): O-Lan Jones
Mother: Jane Elaine Schook
Other names for Sam Shepard (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Samuel Shepard Rogers"
"Samuel Shepard Rogers III"
Sam Shepard frequently works together with these people:
Jessica Lange (7x, Actress)
Patricia Norris (7x, Crew)
Wim Wenders (6x, Crew)
Bob Dylan (6x, Actor)
Michael Almereyda (6x, Crew)
Harry Dean Stanton (5x, Actor)
Sean Penn (5x, Actor)
Plácido Domingo (5x, Actor)
William D. Wittliff (5x, Crew)
Terrence Malick (4x, Crew)
Sarah Green (4x, Crew)
Tucker Tooley (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4297, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 01/02/2026