
Stan Shaw
Acting
70
Acting Credits
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
Filmography

The Family Business: New Orleans
2025
as Larry Duncan

A Nashville Legacy
2023
as Franklin Berryhall

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023
as Himself

Quantum Leap
2022
as Eli Jackson

The Pale Door
2020
as Lester

A Christmas Winter Song
2019
as Fred

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018
as Cowboy

Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018
as Larry Duncan

Jeepers Creepers 3
2017
as Sheriff Tashtego

Cassidy Way
2016
as Kane

What Lives Inside
2015
as Soot (voice)

Chicago Med
2015
as Dr. George Thomas

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self

Criminal Minds
2005
as Albert Lewis

Detonator
2003
as Robert Brickland

Freedom Song
2000
as Archie Mullen

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Geoff Johnson

Snake Eyes
1998
as Lincoln Tyler

Rag and Bone
1998
as Det. Ritchie
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998
as Self

Daylight
1996
as George Tyrell

Early Edition
1996
as Earl Camby

Cutthroat Island
1995
as Glasspoole

Houseguest
1995
as Larry the Tattoo Artist

Body of Evidence
1993
as Charles Biggs

Rising Sun
1993
as Phillips

Lifepod
1993
as Parker

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
as Gerst

The X-Files
1993
as Stephen Murdoch

Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
as Big George

Fear
1990
as Detective Webber

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as Joe Louis

Harlem Nights
1989
as Jack Jenkins

Red River
1988
as Jack Byrd

The Monster Squad
1987
as Detective Sapir

Billionaire Boys Club
1987
as Frank Booker

The Three Kings
1987
as Paul

Wiseguy
1987

Billionaire Boys Club
1987
as Frank Booker

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
as Harold Moss

The Gladiator
1986
as Joe Barker

Under Siege
1986
as Nick Tutman

Busted Up
1986
as Angie

L.A. Law
1986
as Terry Slueman

Matlock
1986
as Cyrus Jordan
Displaced Person
1985
as Sergeant

When Dreams Come True
1985
as Harry Jenks

North and South
1985
as Isaac

Runaway
1984
as Marvin

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Eddie Walters

Tough Enough
1983
as P.T. Coolidge
Venice Medical
1983

The Mississippi
1983
as Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate

Fame
1982

Matt Houston
1982

Hill Street Blues
1981

Scared Straight! Another Story
1980
as Carl Jones

The Great Santini
1979
as Toomer Smalls

Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Will Palmer

Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Will Palmer (archive footage)

The Boys in Company C
1978
as Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington

Lucan
1977

Rocky
1976
as Dipper

Street Killing
1976
as Mitchell Small

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
as Esquire Joe

Darktown Strutters
1975
as Raunchy

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Leotis

TNT Jackson
1974
as Charlie

Truck Turner
1974
as Fontana