Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott

Known for
Acting
Born
August 9, 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Sacramento, California, USA

Biography

Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. His rangy physique, thick horseshoe mustache, and deep, resonant voice (with a Western twang/drawl) match the iconic image of a cowboy or rancher, and he has often been cast in such roles.

Known For

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Filmography

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Grendel poster

Grendel

Movie · as The Dragon

2025
The Gettysburg Address poster

The Gettysburg Address

Movie · as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

2025
The Coen Brothers Story poster

The Coen Brothers Story

Movie · as Self

2024
Landman poster

Landman

TV · as Thomas 'T.L.' Norris · 10 eps

2023
National Memorial Day Concert poster

National Memorial Day Concert

Movie · as Self

2022
1883: The Road West poster

1883: The Road West

Movie · as Self - Shea Brennan

2021
1883 poster

1883

TV · as Shea Brennan · 10 eps

2021
MacGruber poster

MacGruber

TV · as Perry MacGruber · 4 eps

2019
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot poster

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

Movie · as Calvin Barr

2019
Lady and the Tramp poster

Lady and the Tramp

Movie · as Trusty (voice)

2019
I Am Patrick Swayze poster

I Am Patrick Swayze

Movie · as Self

2018
A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born

Movie · as Bobby Maine

2018
The Road to Stardom: The Making of A Star Is Born poster

The Road to Stardom: The Making of A Star Is Born

Movie · as Self

2017
The Hero poster

The Hero

Movie · as Lee Hayden

2017
Audubon poster

Audubon

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2016
Rock Dog poster

Rock Dog

Movie · as Fleetwood Yak (voice)

2016
Limbo poster

Limbo

Movie · as The Dog (voice)

2016
The Ranch poster

The Ranch

TV · as Beau · 80 eps

2015
Grandma poster

Grandma

Movie · as Karl

2015
I'll See You in My Dreams poster

I'll See You in My Dreams

Movie · as Bill

2015
Digging for Fire poster

Digging for Fire

Movie · as Pop Pop

2015
The Good Dinosaur poster

The Good Dinosaur

Movie · as Butch (voice)

2015
A Tale of Two Cities poster

A Tale of Two Cities

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
A Tale of Two Cities: Part 2 poster

A Tale of Two Cities: Part 2

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Grace and Frankie poster

Grace and Frankie

TV · as Phil · 4 eps

2014
Draft Day poster

Draft Day

Movie · as Coach Moore

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Milius poster

Milius

Movie · as Self

2012
The Company You Keep poster

The Company You Keep

Movie · as Mac McLeod

2011
The Big Bang poster

The Big Bang

Movie · as Simon Kestral

2010
November Christmas poster

November Christmas

Movie · as Jess Sanford

2010
Marmaduke poster

Marmaduke

Movie · as Chupadogra (voice)

2010
Justified poster

Justified

TV · as Avery Markham · 4 eps

2009
Up in the Air poster

Up in the Air

Movie · as Maynard Finch

2009
Did You Hear About the Morgans? poster

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Movie · as Clay Wheeler

2009
Parks and Recreation poster

Parks and Recreation

TV · as Ron Dunn · 3 eps

2007
Ghost Rider poster

Ghost Rider

Movie · as Carter Slade / Phantom Rider

2007
The Golden Compass poster

The Golden Compass

Movie · as Lee Scoresby

2007
Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider poster

Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider

Movie · as Self

2006
Barnyard poster

Barnyard

Movie · as Ben (voice)

2006
The Alibi poster

The Alibi

Movie · as The Mormon

2006
Avenger poster

Avenger

Movie · as Calvin Dexter

2005
Thank You for Smoking poster

Thank You for Smoking

Movie · as Lorne Lutch

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Big John Tanner (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Robot Chicken poster

Robot Chicken

TV · as White Wine Narrator / Skito / Reporter (voice), Sam Elliott / Commissioner Gordon (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Hulk poster

Hulk

Movie · as Ross

2003
Off the Map poster

Off the Map

Movie · as Charley

2002
We Were Soldiers poster

We Were Soldiers

Movie · as Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley

2002
The Making of 'Tombstone' poster

The Making of 'Tombstone'

Movie · as Self

2001
Pretty When You Cry poster

Pretty When You Cry

Movie · as Detective Lukas Black

2000
Fail Safe poster

Fail Safe

Movie · as Congressman Raskob

2000
The Contender poster

The Contender

Movie · as Kermit Newman

1999
You Know My Name poster

You Know My Name

Movie · as Bill Tilghman

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Sam Elliott (voice), Wild Wild West (voice) · 1 ep

1998
The Big Lebowski poster

The Big Lebowski

Movie · as The Stranger

1998
The Hi-Lo Country poster

The Hi-Lo Country

Movie · as Jim Ed Love

1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western poster

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Movie · as Self

1997
Dog Watch poster

Dog Watch

Movie · as Charlie Falon

1997
Rough Riders poster

Rough Riders

TV · as Capt. Bucky O'Neil · 2 eps

1996
Woman Undone poster

Woman Undone

Movie · as Ross Bishop

1995
The Final Cut poster

The Final Cut

Movie · as John Pierce

1995
The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky poster

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

Movie · as Bill Bell

1995
Blue River poster

Blue River

Movie · as Henry Howland

1995
Buffalo Girls poster

Buffalo Girls

Movie · as Wild Bill Hickok

1994
The Desperate Trail poster

The Desperate Trail

Movie · as Marshall Bill Speakes

1993
Gettysburg poster

Gettysburg

Movie · as Brig. Gen. John Buford

1993
Tombstone poster

Tombstone

Movie · as Virgil Earp

1993
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert poster

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

Movie · as Lyn Cutter

1991
Rush poster

Rush

Movie · as Dodd

1991
Conagher poster

Conagher

Movie · as Conn Conagher

1990
Sibling Rivalry poster

Sibling Rivalry

Movie · as Charles Turner Jr.

1989
Road House poster

Road House

Movie · as Wade Garrett

1989
Prancer poster

Prancer

Movie · as John Riggs

1988
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen

The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen

Movie · as Self

1988
Shakedown poster

Shakedown

Movie · as Richie Marks

1987
The Quick and the Dead poster

The Quick and the Dead

Movie · as Con Villian

1987
Fatal Beauty poster

Fatal Beauty

Movie · as Mike Marshak

1986
Houston: The Legend of Texas poster

Houston: The Legend of Texas

Movie · as Sam Houston

1986
The Blue Lightning poster

The Blue Lightning

Movie · as Harry Wingate

1985
Mask poster

Mask

Movie · as Gar

1985
A Death in California poster

A Death in California

TV · as D. Jordan Williams · 2 eps

1983
Travis McGee poster

Travis McGee

Movie · as Travis McGee

1983
The Yellow Rose poster

The Yellow Rose

TV · as Chance McKenzie · 22 eps

1982
The Shadow Riders poster

The Shadow Riders

Movie · as Dal Traven

1981
Murder in Texas poster

Murder in Texas

TV · as Dr. John Hill · 2 eps

1980
Wild Times poster

Wild Times

TV · as Hugh Cardiff · 2 eps

1979
The Sacketts poster

The Sacketts

TV · as Tell Sacket · 2 eps

1978
The Legacy poster

The Legacy

Movie · as Pete Danner

1977
Aspen poster

Aspen

TV · as Tom Keating · 3 eps

1976
Lifeguard poster

Lifeguard

Movie · as Rick Carlson

1976
Once an Eagle poster

Once an Eagle

TV · as Sam Damon · 7 eps

1975
I Will Fight No More Forever poster

I Will Fight No More Forever

Movie · as Captain Wood

1974
Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel

Movie · as Evel Knievel

1974
The Manhunter poster

The Manhunter

TV · 1 ep

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · as Michael Gregory · 1 ep

1973
The Blue Knight poster

The Blue Knight

Movie · as Detective Charlie Bronski

1973
Hawkins poster

Hawkins

TV · as Luther Wilkes · 1 ep

1973
Doc Elliot poster

Doc Elliot

TV · 1 ep

1973
The Blue Knight poster

The Blue Knight

TV · as Detective Charlie Bronski · 4 eps

1972
Frogs poster

Frogs

Movie · as Pickett Smith

1972
Molly and Lawless John poster

Molly and Lawless John

Movie · as Johnny Lawler

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as Ken Johnson · 1 ep

1971
Assault on the Wayne poster

Assault on the Wayne

Movie · as Ens. William 'Bill' Sandover

1970
The Games poster

The Games

Movie · as Richie Robinson

1970
The Challenge poster

The Challenge

Movie · as Bryant

1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid poster

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Movie · as Card Player #2

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Jack Houston · 1 ep

1968
Land of the Giants poster

Land of the Giants

TV · as Martin Reed · 1 ep

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · 1 ep

1968
Lancer poster

Lancer

TV · 3 eps

1967
The Way West poster

The Way West

Movie · as Missouri Townsman (uncredited)

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV

1966
Felony Squad poster

Felony Squad

TV · 3 eps

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Doug Robert · 13 eps

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as SAC Kendall Lisbon · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Cory Soames · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps