Sam Shepard filmography

Sam Shepard filmography

Shepard on the set of Stealth in 2004
Born Samuel Shepard Rogers III
(1943-11-05) November 5, 1943
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • director
  • playwright
  • author
Years active 1963–present

Sam Shepard is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright, director, and author. The following is his screen filmography as an actor, screenwriter, and director. Shepard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film The Right Stuff. The following year, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing Paris, Texas (1984). For his role in the 1999 television film Dash and Lilly, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.

As actor

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1970 Brand X Unknown
1978 Renaldo and Clara Rodeo Also co-writer
1978 Days of Heaven The Farmer
1980 Resurrection Cal Carpenter
1981 Raggedy Man Bailey
1982 Frances Harry York
1983 The Right Stuff Chuck Yeager
1984 Country Gilbert "Gil" Ivy
1985 Fool for Love Eddie Also writer
1986 Crimes of the Heart Doc Porter
1987 Baby Boom Dr. Jeff Cooper
1989 Steel Magnolias Spud Jones
1990 Bright Angel Jack
1991 Voyager Walter Faber Also narrator
1991 Defenseless Detective Beutel
1992 Thunderheart Frank Coutelle
1993 The Pelican Brief Thomas Callahan
1994 Safe Passage Patrick Singer
1997 The Only Thrill Reece McHenry
1998 Curtain Call Will Dodge
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Arthur Chambers
2000 Hamlet Ghost
2000 All the Pretty Horses J.C. Franklin
2001 The Pledge Eric Pollack
2001 Swordfish James Reisman
2001 Black Hawk Down William F. Garrison
2002 Leo Vic
2003 Blind Horizon Sheriff Jack Kolb
2004 The Notebook Frank Calhoun
2005 Don't Come Knocking Howard Spence Also co-writer
2005 Stealth George Cummings
2006 Bandidas Bill Buck
2006 Walker Payne Syrus
2006 The Return Ed Mills
2006 Charlotte's Web Narrator (voice)
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Frank James
2008 The Accidental Husband Wilder Lloyd
2008 Felon Gordon Camrose
2009 Brothers Hank Cahill
2010 Fair Game Sam Plame
2010 Inhale James Harrison
2011 Blackthorn Butch Cassidy
2012 Darling Companion Sheriff Morris
2012 Safe House Harlan Whitford
2012 Killing Them Softly Dillon
2012 Mud Tom Blankenship
2013 Savannah Mr. Stubbs
2013 August: Osage County Beverly Weston
2013 Out of the Furnace Gerald "Red" Baze
2014 Cold in July Ben Russell
2015 Ithaca Willie Grogan
2016 Midnight Special Calvin Meyer
2016 You Were Never Here Paul Stark Post-production
2016 In Dubious Battle Mr. Anderson Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 The Good Old Boys Tarnell Television film
1996 Lily Dale Pete Davenport Television film
1999 Streets of Laredo Pea Eye Parker 3 episodes
1999 Purgatory Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickok Television film
1999 Dash and Lilly Dashiell Hammett Television film
2000 One Kill Major Nelson Gray Television film
2000 Great Performances Narrator (voice) Episode: "Kurosawa"
2001 After the Harvest Caleb Gare Television film
2001 Shot in the Heart Frank Gilmore, Sr. Television film
2007 Ruffian Frank Whiteley Television film
2010 Tough Trade (Role unknown) Pilot
2014 Klondike Father Judge 3 episodes
2015, 2016 Bloodline Robert Rayburn 6 episodes

As writer

Film

Year Title Notes
1969 Me and My Brother Co-writer
1970 Zabriskie Point Co-writer
1972 Oh! Calcutta! Sketch contributions
1978 Renaldo and Clara Co-writer
1981 Savage/Love Short film
1982 Tongues Short film
1984 Paris, Texas Co-writer
1985 Fool for Love
1988 Far North Also director
1994 Silent Tongue Also director
1994 Curse of the Starving Class
1999 Simpatico
2005 Don't Come Knocking Co-writer
2007 Fool for Love Short film

Television

Year Title Notes
1974 ITV Saturday Night Theatre Episode: "Geography of a Horse Dreamer"
1984 American Playhouse Episode: "True West"
1986 Den sultende klasses forbannelse Norwegian adaptation of Curse of the Starving Class
1991 Autèntic oest Spanish adaptation of True West
1991 Loucos Por Amor Portuguese adaptation of Fool for Love
1995 O Verdadeiro Oeste Portuguese adaptation of True West
1996 Pazzo d'amore Italian adaptation of Fool for Love
2002 True West Adaptation of True West
2004 See You in My Dreams Adapted from Cruising Paradise and Motel Chronicles

See also

References

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