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Sam Shepard

November 5, 1943 (age 73)
July 27, 2017
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
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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 Chuck Yeager in the 1983…

Movies

75 credits
The Notebook Movie
★ 7.9
Drama, Romance
2004 Drama, Romance
Black Hawk Down
★ 7.4
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Black Hawk Down
2001 as MG William F. Garrison
Mud
★ 7.1
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Mud
2013 as Tom
Brothers
★ 7.3
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Brothers
2009 as Hank Cahill
The Pledge
★ 6.6
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The Pledge
2001 as Eric Pollack
Fair Game
★ 6.5
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Fair Game
2010 as Sam Plame
Bandidas
★ 6.0
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Bandidas
2006 as Bill Buck
Out of the Furnace
★ 6.6
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Out of the Furnace
2013 as Gerald 'Red' Baze
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
★ 7.1
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007 as Frank James
Blind Horizon
★ 5.7
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Blind Horizon
2003 as Sheriff Jack Kolb
Killing Them Softly
★ 6.0
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Killing Them Softly
2012 as Dillon
The Return
★ 6.0
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The Return
2006 as Ed Mills
Steel Magnolias
★ 7.2
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Steel Magnolias
1989 as Spud Jones
Safe House
★ 6.5
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Safe House
2012 as Harlan Whitford
Swordfish
★ 6.3
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Swordfish
2001 as Senator Reisman
The Pelican Brief
★ 6.6
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The Pelican Brief
1993 as Thomas Callahan
The Right Stuff
★ 7.4
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The Right Stuff
1983 as Chuck Yeager
Charlotte's Web
★ 6.2
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Charlotte's Web
2006 as Narrator (voice)
Stealth
★ 5.5
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Stealth
2005 as George Cummings
Days of Heaven
★ 7.5
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Days of Heaven
1978 as The Farmer
Ruffian
★ 8.7
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Ruffian
2007 as Frank Whiteley
Purgatory
★ 7.2
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Purgatory
1999 as Sheriff Forrest / Wild…
Darling Companion
★ 5.0
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Darling Companion
2012 as Sheriff Morris
Snow Falling on Cedars
★ 6.0
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Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 as Arthur Chambers
Felon
★ 7.1
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Felon
2008 as Gordon
Baby Boom
★ 6.4
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Baby Boom
1987 as Dr. Jeff Cooper
Trudell
★ 5.4
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Trudell
2005 as Self - Playwright, Actor…
Raggedy Man
★ 5.4
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Raggedy Man
1981 as Bailey
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
★ 6.0
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Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008 as Self
Midnight Special
★ 6.3
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Midnight Special
2016 as Calvin Meyer

TV Shows

5 credits
Great Performances TV
★ 5.8
Comedy, Documentary
1971 Comedy, Documentary
Bloodline TV
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Bloodline
2015 as Robert Rayburn
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 as Self (uncredited)
Klondike TV
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Klondike
2014 as Father Judge
Streets of Laredo TV
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Streets of Laredo
1995 as Pea Eye Parker