Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

b. 1943 — d. 2017 (aged 74) Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA

Actor Director Writer

Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) was an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child. Shepard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff (1983). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Shepard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down

August: Osage County

August: Osage County

Mud

Filmography

In Dubious Battle

In Dubious Battle

Never Here

Midnight Special

Midnight Special

Buried Child

Ithaca

Cold in July

Klondike

Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace

Gerald 'Red' Baze

August: Osage County

August: Osage County

Savannah

Mud: Southern Authenticity: Shooting the Real Arkansas

The Arkansas Ensemble the Distinctive Characters and Cast of Mud

Safe House

Harlan Whitford

Mud

Killing Them Softly

Killing Them Softly

Darling Companion

Darling Companion

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Shepard & Dark

Welcome to the Basement

Blackthorn

James Blackthorn

The Presence of Joseph Chaikin

The Package Man

Inhale

Brothers

Play on, John: A Life in Music

Felon

The Accidental Husband

The Accidental Husband

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Ruffian

Bandidas

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

Stealth

Capt. George Cummings

The Return

Don't Come Knocking

Don't Come Knocking

2005 Actor Writer

Trudell

See You in My Dreams

See You in My Dreams

Blind Horizon

Sheriff Jack Kolb

This So-Called Disaster

This So-Called Disaster

Leo

True West

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick

Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down

Swordfish

Senator Reisman

After the Harvest

After the Harvest

All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses

Hamlet

One Kill

Maj. Nelson Gray

Purgatory

Wild Bill Hickock

Simpatico

Dash and Lilly

Dashiell Hammett

It All Came True

It All Came True

The Only Thrill

The Only Thrill

Lily Dale

Streets of Laredo

Streets of Laredo

The Good Old Boys

The Good Old Boys

O Verdadeiro Oeste

Curse of the Starving Class

Curse of the Starving Class

Safe Passage

The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

Thomas Callahan

Silent Tongue

1993 Director Writer

Thunderheart

Voyager

Defenseless

Loucos Por Amor

Bright Angel

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

Far North

1988 Director Writer

Baby Boom

Dr. Jeff Cooper

Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart

Den sultende klasses forbannelse

Fool for Love

1985 Actor Writer

Paris, Texas

Country

Alive from Off Center

Alive from Off Center

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Joe Chaikin Going On

Raggedy Man

Savage/Love

Resurrection

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Days of Heaven

Oh! Calcutta!

Zabriskie Point

Zabriskie Point

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Me and My Brother

Me and My Brother

NET Playhouse

Ages of the Moon

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