Stan Shaw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Stan Shaw (born July 14, 1952) is an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he is the son of Bertha Shaw and saxophonist Eddie Shaw, and cousin of the late soul singers Sam Cooke and Tyrone Davis. Shaw started his acting career in the Chicago production of the Broadway musical Hair as well as the Broadway production of The Me Nobody Knows. His last Broadway show, Via Galactica was directed by Sir Peter Hall. Before becoming an actor, Shaw was a karate, judo, and jujutsu instructor in Chicago. He holds first dan black belt in judo and jujutsu and a second dan in karate. Shaw appeared in Rocky (1976) as Dipper, another boxer. In a deleted scene, Dipper, infuriated by the attention Rocky has received, challenges him before a television reporter. He also played a professional fighter in Tough Enough (1983), Harlem Nights (1989), and Snake Eyes (1998). One of his most notable roles was his appearance as Alex Haley's maternal grandfather Will Palmer in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. Another highly notable role was Private Washington in The Boys in Company C (1978). Shaw also played in The Great Santini (1979) as Toomer Smalls with Robert Duvall and David Keith. After a part in the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, he had a role in the 1995 comedy Houseguest alongside Sinbad and appeared as a pirate in Cutthroat Island with Geena Davis. His television credits include episodes of Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, and a 2009 episode of CSI. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stan Shaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Family Business: New Orleans
TV · as Larry Duncan · 8 eps
A Nashville Legacy
Movie · as Franklin Berryhall
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
Movie · as Himself
Quantum Leap
TV · as Eli Jackson · 1 ep
The Pale Door
Movie · as Lester
A Christmas Winter Song
Movie · as Fred
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Movie · as Cowboy
Carl Weber's The Family Business
TV · as Larry Duncan · 10 eps
Jeepers Creepers 3
Movie · as Sheriff Dan Tashtego
Cassidy Way
Movie · as Kane
What Lives Inside
TV · as Soot (voice) · 2 eps
Chicago Med
TV · as Dr. George Thomas · 6 eps
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Movie · as Self
Criminal Minds
TV · as Albert Lewis · 1 ep
Detonator
Movie · as Robert Brickland
Freedom Song
Movie · as Archie Mullen
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Geoff Johnson · 1 ep
Snake Eyes
Movie · as Lincoln Tyler
Rag and Bone
Movie · as Det. Ritchie
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie · as Self
Daylight
Movie · as George Tyrell
Early Edition
TV · as Earl Camby · 1 ep
Cutthroat Island
Movie · as Glasspoole
Houseguest
Movie · as Larry the Tattoo Artist
Body of Evidence
Movie · as Charles Biggs
Rising Sun
Movie · as Phillips
Lifepod
Movie · as Parker
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Movie · as Gerst
The X-Files
TV · as Stephen Murdoch · 1 ep
Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie · as Big George
Fear
Movie · as Detective Webber
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Movie · as Joe Louis
Harlem Nights
Movie · as Jack Jenkins
Red River
Movie · as Jack Byrd
The Monster Squad
Movie · as Detective Sapir
Billionaire Boys Club
Movie · as Frank Booker
The Three Kings
Movie · as Paul
Wiseguy
TV · 4 eps
Billionaire Boys Club
TV · as Frank Booker · 2 eps
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Movie · as Harold Moss
The Gladiator
Movie · as Joe Barker
Under Siege
Movie · as Nick Tutman
Busted Up
Movie · as Angie
L.A. Law
TV · as Terry Slueman · 3 eps
Matlock
TV · as Cyrus Jordan · 1 ep
Displaced Person
Movie · as Sergeant
When Dreams Come True
Movie · as Harry Jenks
North and South
TV · as Isaac · 3 eps
Runaway
Movie · as Marvin
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton, Eddie Walters · 2 eps
Tough Enough
Movie · as P.T. Coolidge
Venice Medical
Movie
The Mississippi
TV · as Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate · 23 eps
Fame
TV · 1 ep
Matt Houston
TV · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Sergeant · 1 ep
Hill Street Blues
TV · 2 eps
Darkroom
TV · as Dan Burroughs · 1 ep
Scared Straight! Another Story
Movie · as Carl Jones
The Great Santini
Movie · as Toomer Smalls
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Will Palmer, Will Palmer (archive footage) · 4 eps
The Boys in Company C
Movie · as Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
Lucan
TV · 1 ep
Rocky
Movie · as Dipper
Street Killing
Movie · as Mitchell Small
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Movie · as Esquire Joe
Darktown Strutters
Movie · as Raunchy
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Leotis · 1 ep
TNT Jackson
Movie · as Charlie
Truck Turner
Movie · as Fontana