Sam Shepard

Acting

Nov 5, 1943 – Jul 27, 2017 · Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA

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 film The Right Stuff. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation." Shepard's plays are known for their bleak, poetic, surrealist elements, black comedy, and rootless characters living on the outskirts of American society. His style evolved from the absurdism of his early off-off-Broadway work to the realism of later plays like Buried Child and Curse of the Starving Class.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

The Notebook2004
as ⁨Frank Calhoun⁩
Black Hawk Down2001
as ⁨Garrison⁩
Safe House2012
as ⁨Harlan Whitford⁩
Brothers2009
as ⁨Hank Cahill⁩
Mud2013
as ⁨Tom⁩
Swordfish2001
as ⁨Senator Reisman⁩
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford2007
as ⁨Frank James⁩
Killing Them Softly2012
as ⁨Dillon⁩
as ⁨Gerald 'Red' Baze⁩
as ⁨Calvin Meyer⁩
as ⁨Thomas Callahan⁩
as ⁨Beverly Weston⁩
as ⁨Narrator (voice)⁩
as ⁨Eric Pollack⁩
as ⁨The Farmer⁩
as ⁨George Cummings⁩
as ⁨Bill Buck⁩
as ⁨Gordon⁩
as ⁨Chuck Yeager⁩
as ⁨Sam Plame⁩
as ⁨Russell⁩
as ⁨Spud Jones⁩
as ⁨Ed Mills⁩
as ⁨Wilder⁩
as ⁨Dr. Jeff Cooper⁩
as ⁨Frank Coutelle⁩
as ⁨James Blackthorn⁩
as ⁨J.C. Franklin⁩
as ⁨Mr. Anderson⁩
as ⁨Arthur Chambers⁩
as ⁨The Writer⁩
as ⁨Howard⁩ · Writer
as ⁨Ghost⁩
as ⁨James Harrison⁩
as ⁨Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock⁩
as ⁨Harry York⁩
as ⁨Sheriff Jack Kolb⁩
as ⁨Willie Grogan⁩
as ⁨Sheriff Morris⁩
as ⁨Doc Porter⁩
as ⁨Walter Faber⁩
as ⁨Eddie⁩ · Screenplay
as ⁨Cal⁩

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

The Notebook2004
as ⁨Frank Calhoun⁩
Black Hawk Down2001
as ⁨Garrison⁩
Safe House2012
as ⁨Harlan Whitford⁩
Brothers2009
as ⁨Hank Cahill⁩
Mud2013
as ⁨Tom⁩
Swordfish2001
as ⁨Senator Reisman⁩
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford2007
as ⁨Frank James⁩
Killing Them Softly2012
as ⁨Dillon⁩
as ⁨Gerald 'Red' Baze⁩
as ⁨Calvin Meyer⁩
as ⁨Thomas Callahan⁩
as ⁨Beverly Weston⁩
as ⁨Narrator (voice)⁩
as ⁨Eric Pollack⁩
as ⁨The Farmer⁩
as ⁨George Cummings⁩
as ⁨Bill Buck⁩
as ⁨Gordon⁩
as ⁨Chuck Yeager⁩
as ⁨Sam Plame⁩
as ⁨Russell⁩
as ⁨Spud Jones⁩
as ⁨Ed Mills⁩
as ⁨Wilder⁩
as ⁨Dr. Jeff Cooper⁩
as ⁨Frank Coutelle⁩
as ⁨James Blackthorn⁩
as ⁨J.C. Franklin⁩
as ⁨Mr. Anderson⁩
as ⁨Arthur Chambers⁩
as ⁨The Writer⁩
as ⁨Howard⁩ · Writer
as ⁨Ghost⁩
as ⁨James Harrison⁩
as ⁨Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock⁩
as ⁨Harry York⁩
as ⁨Sheriff Jack Kolb⁩
as ⁨Willie Grogan⁩
as ⁨Sheriff Morris⁩
as ⁨Doc Porter⁩
as ⁨Walter Faber⁩
as ⁨Eddie⁩ · Screenplay
as ⁨Cal⁩