Stan Shaw
43 movies · 24 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 14, 1952 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- استن شاو
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.
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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.
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Stan Shaw: movies and TV shows
Acting (67)
- 2025
- 2023 A Nashville Legacy
as Franklin Berryhall
- 2022
- 2020 The Pale Door
as Lester
- 2019 A Christmas Winter Song
as Fred
- 2018 Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
as Cowboy
- 2018
- 2017 Jeepers Creepers 3
as Sheriff Tashtego
- 2016 Cassidy Way
as Kane
- 2015
- 2015
- 2005
- 2003 Detonator
as Robert Brickland
- 2000
- 2000 Freedom Song
as Archie Mullen
- 1998 Snake Eyes
as Lincoln Tyler
- 1998 Rag and Bone
as Det. Ritchie
- 1996 Daylight
as George Tyrell
- 1996
- 1995 Cutthroat Island
as Glasspoole
- 1995 Houseguest
as Larry the Tattoo Artist
- 1993
- 1993 Rising Sun
as Phillips
- 1993 Lifepod
as Parker
- 1993
- 1993 Body of Evidence
as Charles Biggs
- 1991 Fried Green Tomatoes
as Big George
- 1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Joe Louis
- 1990 Fear
as Detective Webber
- 1989 Harlem Nights
as Jack Jenkins
- 1988 Red River
as Jack Byrd
- 1987 The Three Kings
as Paul
- 1987 Billionaire Boys Club
as Frank Booker
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987 The Monster Squad
as Detective Sapir
- 1986
- 1986 Busted Up
as Angie
- 1986 Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Harold Moss
- 1986
- 1986 Under Siege
as Nick Tutman
- 1986 The Gladiator
as Joe Barker
- 1985
- 1985 When Dreams Come True
as Harry Jenks
- 1985 Displaced Person
as Sergeant
- 1984 Runaway
as Marvin
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983 Tough Enough
as P.T. Coolidge
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980 Scared Straight! Another Story
as Carl Jones
- 1979 The Great Santini
as Toomer Smalls
- 1979
- 1978 The Boys in Company C
as Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
- 1977
- 1976 Rocky
as Dipper
- 1976 Street Killing
as Mitchell Small
- 1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Esquire Joe
- 1975 Darktown Strutters
as Raunchy
- 1975
- 1974 Truck Turner
as Fontana
- 1974 TNT Jackson
as Charlie
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2023
- 2013
- 1998