Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

Acting
Born 1943-11-05 - Died 2017-07-27Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA

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 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.

Movies (75)

The Notebook
7.9

The Notebook

2004Movie7.9
Black Hawk Down
7.4

Black Hawk Down

2001Movie7.4
Steel Magnolias
7.2

Steel Magnolias

1989Movie7.2
Swordfish
6.3

Swordfish

2001Movie6.3
Safe House
6.5

Safe House

2012Movie6.5
Brothers
7.3

Brothers

2009Movie7.3
The Pelican Brief
6.6

The Pelican Brief

1993Movie6.6
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7.1

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007Movie7.1
Charlotte's Web
6.2

Charlotte's Web

2006Movie6.2
Cold in July
6.5

Cold in July

2014Movie6.5
Mud
7.1

Mud

2013Movie7.1
The Pledge
6.6

The Pledge

2001Movie6.6
Fair Game
6.5

Fair Game

2010Movie6.5
Killing Them Softly
6.0

Killing Them Softly

2012Movie6.0
Stealth
5.5

Stealth

2005Movie5.5
August: Osage County
6.9

August: Osage County

2013Movie6.9
Baby Boom
6.4

Baby Boom

1987Movie6.4
Out of the Furnace
6.6

Out of the Furnace

2013Movie6.6
Felon
7.1

Felon

2008Movie7.1
The Right Stuff
7.4

The Right Stuff

1983Movie7.4
In Dubious Battle
5.8

In Dubious Battle

2016Movie5.8
Days of Heaven
7.5

Days of Heaven

1978Movie7.5
Thunderheart
6.3

Thunderheart

1992Movie6.3
Midnight Special
6.3

Midnight Special

2016Movie6.3
The Accidental Husband
5.6

The Accidental Husband

2008Movie5.6
Lily Dale
3.7

Lily Dale

1996Movie3.7
Trudell
5.7

Trudell

2005Movie5.7
Frances
6.9

Frances

1982Movie6.9
All the Pretty Horses
5.7

All the Pretty Horses

2000Movie5.7
Snow Falling on Cedars
6.1

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999Movie6.1
Bandidas
6.0

Bandidas

2006Movie6.0
California Typewriter
6.9

California Typewriter

2017Movie6.9
Darling Companion
5.0

Darling Companion

2012Movie5.0
The Good Old Boys
6.7

The Good Old Boys

1995Movie6.7
The Return
6.0

The Return

2006Movie6.0
Fool for Love
5.7

Fool for Love

1985Movie5.7
Curtain Call
5.1

Curtain Call

1998Movie5.1
Purgatory
7.2

Purgatory

1999Movie7.2
Blackthorn
6.6

Blackthorn

2011Movie6.6
Hamlet
5.8

Hamlet

2000Movie5.8
Don't Come Knocking
6.2

Don't Come Knocking

2005Movie6.2
Ithaca
5.2

Ithaca

2015Movie5.2
Blind Horizon
5.9

Blind Horizon

2003Movie5.9
Never Here
4.9

Never Here

2017Movie4.9
Resurrection
6.5

Resurrection

1980Movie6.5
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
7.0

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019Movie7.0
Walker Payne
4.8

Walker Payne

2006Movie4.8
Made in the USA
2.0

Made in the USA

1993Movie2.0
Dear Antonioni

Dear Antonioni

1995Movie
Leo
6.1

Leo

2002Movie6.1
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
6.1

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

2008Movie6.1
Voyager
6.2

Voyager

1991Movie6.2
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
7.0

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

2002Movie7.0
Country
6.5

Country

1984Movie6.5
Bright Angel
4.8

Bright Angel

1990Movie4.8
Inhale
6.0

Inhale

2010Movie6.0
Dash and Lilly
8.7

Dash and Lilly

1999Movie8.7
Kurosawa
7.0

Kurosawa

2000Movie7.0
Raggedy Man
5.7

Raggedy Man

1981Movie5.7
The Only Thrill
5.0

The Only Thrill

1997Movie5.0
Defenseless
4.9

Defenseless

1991Movie4.9
Savannah
6.1

Savannah

2013Movie6.1
Crimes of the Heart
6.1

Crimes of the Heart

1986Movie6.1
Safe Passage
5.9

Safe Passage

1994Movie5.9
Brand X
4.5

Brand X

1970Movie4.5
MaMa's Pushcart

MaMa's Pushcart

1988Movie
One Kill
7.3

One Kill

2000Movie7.3
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
6.9

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013Movie6.9
Ruffian
8.0

Ruffian

2007Movie8.0
Shot in the Heart
6.0

Shot in the Heart

2001Movie6.0
Renaldo and Clara
7.9

Renaldo and Clara

1978Movie7.9
After the Harvest
8.0

After the Harvest

2001Movie8.0
This So-Called Disaster
5.3

This So-Called Disaster

2003Movie5.3
Shepard & Dark
5.5

Shepard & Dark

2012Movie5.5
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
9.0

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

2007Movie9.0

TV Shows (6)

Great Performances
6.1

Great Performances

1971Series6.1
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
6.8

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968Series6.8
Bloodline
7.1

Bloodline

2015Series7.1
Klondike
7.1

Klondike

2014Series7.1
Streets of Laredo
6.3

Streets of Laredo

1995Series6.3