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Stan Shaw
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 C…
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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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2025
The Family Business: New Orleans
TV show Larry Duncan
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2023
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
Movie Himself
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2023
A Nashville Legacy
Movie Franklin Berryhall
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2022
Quantum Leap
TV show Eli Jackson
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2020
The Pale Door
Movie Lester
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2019
A Christmas Winter Song
Movie Fred
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2018
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Movie Cowboy
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2018
Carl Weber's The Family Business
TV show Larry Duncan
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2017
Jeepers Creepers 3
Movie Sheriff Tashtego
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2016
Cassidy Way
Movie Kane
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2015
Chicago Med
TV show Dr. George Thomas
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2015
What Lives Inside
TV show Soot (voice)
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2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Movie Self
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2005
Criminal Minds
TV show Albert Lewis
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2003
Detonator
Movie Robert Brickland
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2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV show Geoff Johnson
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2000
Freedom Song
Movie Archie Mullen
- 1998
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1998
Snake Eyes
Movie Lincoln Tyler
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1998
Rag and Bone
Movie Det. Ritchie
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1996
Daylight
Movie George Tyrell
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1996
Early Edition
TV show Earl Camby
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1995
Cutthroat Island
Movie Glasspoole
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1995
Houseguest
Movie Larry the Tattoo Artist
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1993
The X-Files
TV show Stephen Murdoch
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1993
Rising Sun
Movie Phillips
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1993
Lifepod
Movie Parker
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1993
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Movie Gerst
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1993
Body of Evidence
Movie Charles Biggs
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1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie Big George
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1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Movie Joe Louis
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1990
Fear
Movie Detective Webber
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1989
Harlem Nights
Movie Jack Jenkins
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1988
Red River
Movie Jack Byrd
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1987
The Three Kings
Movie Paul
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1987
Billionaire Boys Club
Movie Frank Booker
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1987
Billionaire Boys Club
TV show Frank Booker
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1987
Wiseguy
TV show
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1987
The Monster Squad
Movie Detective Sapir
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1986
L.A. Law
TV show Terry Slueman
