Sam Shepard
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
as The Writer
Never Here
2017
as Paul Stark
California Typewriter
2017
as Self
Midnight Special
2016
as Calvin Meyer
In Dubious Battle
2016
as Mr. Anderson
Ithaca
2015
as Willie Grogan
Bloodline
2015
as Robert Rayburn
Cold in July
2014
as Russell
Klondike
2014
as Father Judge
Mud
2013
as Tom
August: Osage County
2013
as Beverly Weston
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
as Self
Out of the Furnace
2013
as Gerald 'Red' Baze
Savannah
2013
as Mr. Stubbs
Killing Them Softly
2012
as Dillon
Safe House
2012
as Harlan Whitford
Darling Companion
2012
as Sheriff Morris
Shepard & Dark
2012
as Self
Blackthorn
2011
as James Blackthorn
Inhale
2010
as James Harrison
Fair Game
2010
as Sam Plame
Brothers
2009
as Hank Cahill
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008
as Self
Felon
2008
as Gordon
The Accidental Husband
2008
as Wilder
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
as Frank James
Ruffian
2007
as Frank Whiteley
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
2007
as Self
The Return
2006
as Ed Mills
Bandidas
2006
as Bill Buck
Charlotte's Web
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Walker Payne
2006
as Syrus
Stealth
2005
as George Cummings
Don't Come Knocking
2005
as Howard
Trudell
2005
as Self - Playwright, Actor (Thunderheart)
The Notebook
2004
as Frank Calhoun
Blind Horizon
2003
as Sheriff Jack Kolb
This So-Called Disaster
2003
as Self
Leo
2002
as Vic
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
as Self
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'
2002
as Self
Black Hawk Down
2001
as Garrison
The Pledge
2001
as Eric Pollack
Swordfish
2001
as Senator Reisman
Shot in the Heart
2001
as Frank Gilmore, Sr.
After the Harvest
2001
as Caleb Gare
Hamlet
2000
as Ghost
All the Pretty Horses
2000
as J.C. Franklin
Kurosawa
2000
as Narrator (voice)
One Kill
2000
as Maj. Nelson Gray
Purgatory
1999
as Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock
Dash and Lilly
1999
as Dashiell Hammett
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Arthur Chambers
Curtain Call
1998
as Will Dodge
The Only Thrill
1997
as Reece McHenry
Lily Dale
1996
as Pete Davenport
The Good Old Boys
1995
as Tarnell
Dear Antonioni
1995
as Self
Streets of Laredo
1995
as Pea Eye Parker
Safe Passage
1994
as Patrick
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Thomas Callahan
Made in the USA
1993
as Self
Thunderheart
1992
as Frank Coutelle
Voyager
1991
as Walter Faber
Defenseless
1991
as Det. Beutel
Bright Angel
1990
as Jack Russell
Steel Magnolias
1989
as Spud Jones
MaMa's Pushcart
1988
Baby Boom
1987
as Dr. Jeff Cooper
Crimes of the Heart
1986
as Doc Porter
Fool for Love
1985
as Eddie
Country
1984
as Gil Ivy
The Right Stuff
1983
as Chuck Yeager
Frances
1982
as Harry York
Raggedy Man
1981
as Bailey
Resurrection
1980
as Cal
Days of Heaven
1978
as The Farmer
Renaldo and Clara
1978
as Rodeo
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Brand X
1970
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee