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Stan Shaw‌

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Birthday

calendar1952-07-14

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Stan Shaw

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Stan Shaw

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1952-07-14

Popularity

star5.3

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.​

Movie Credits

Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island‌
star5.8
calendar 1995

Body of Evidence

Body of Evidence‌
star5.0
calendar 1993

Freedom Song

Freedom Song‌
star5.8
calendar 2000

The Great Santini

The Great Santini‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Rising Sun

Rising Sun‌
star6.2
calendar 1993

Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes‌
star6.2
calendar 1998

Detonator

Detonator‌
star5.9
calendar 2003

The Boys in Company C

The Boys in Company C‌
star6.5
calendar 1978

The Monster Squad

The Monster Squad‌
star6.7
calendar 1987

Tough Enough

Tough Enough‌
star5.1
calendar 1983

Fear

Fear‌
star6.1
calendar 1990

Darktown Strutters

Darktown Strutters‌
star5.0
calendar 1975

Billionaire Boys Club

Billionaire Boys Club‌
star6.6
calendar 1987

TNT Jackson

TNT Jackson‌
star4.8
calendar 1974

Scared Straight! Another Story

Scared Straight! Another Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Lifepod

Lifepod‌
star5.1
calendar 1993

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes‌
star7.7
calendar 1991

Runaway

Runaway‌
star5.5
calendar 1984

Daylight

Daylight‌
star6.1
calendar 1996

The Gladiator

The Gladiator‌
star5.8
calendar 1986

Truck Turner

Truck Turner‌
star6.5
calendar 1974

Rocky

Rocky‌
star7.8
calendar 1976

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson‌
star8.0
calendar 1990

Under Siege

Under Siege‌
star7.5
calendar 1986

Displaced Person

Displaced Person‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

A Nashville Legacy

A Nashville Legacy‌
star7.0
calendar 2023

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Street Killing

Street Killing‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Red River

Red River‌
star5.6
calendar 1988

Jeepers Creepers 3

Jeepers Creepers 3‌
star4.9
calendar 2017

Rag and Bone

Rag and Bone‌
star3.3
calendar 1998

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic‌
star7.1
calendar 2013

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn‌
star1.0
calendar 1993

Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights‌
star6.1
calendar 1989

Cassidy Way

Cassidy Way‌
star4.1
calendar 2016

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings‌
star6.0
calendar 1976

The Pale Door

The Pale Door‌
star5.1
calendar 2020

A Christmas Winter Song

A Christmas Winter Song‌
star6.3
calendar 2019

When Dreams Come True

When Dreams Come True‌
star5.7
calendar 1985

The Three Kings

The Three Kings‌
star2.8
calendar 1987

Venice Medical

Venice Medical‌
star0.0
calendar 1983

Houseguest

Houseguest‌
star5.5
calendar 1995

Busted Up

Busted Up‌
star6.5
calendar 1986

Tv Credits

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

L.A. Law

L.A. Law‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch‌
star7.2
calendar 1975

Fame

Fame‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

Matlock

Matlock‌
star7.2
calendar 1986

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues‌
star7.6
calendar 1981

The X-Files

The X-Files‌
star8.4
calendar 1993

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‌
star7.6
calendar 2000

Wiseguy

Wiseguy‌
star6.5
calendar 1987

Lucan

Lucan‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

Matt Houston

Matt Houston‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations‌
star7.3
calendar 1979

The Mississippi

The Mississippi‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

Early Edition

Early Edition‌
star7.3
calendar 1996

North and South

North and South‌
star7.4
calendar 1985

Billionaire Boys Club

Billionaire Boys Club‌
star8.5
calendar 1987

Carl Weber's The Family Business

Carl Weber's The Family Business‌
star8.8
calendar 2018

What Lives Inside

What Lives Inside‌
star7.6
calendar 2015

Carl Weber's The Family Business: New Orleans

Carl Weber's The Family Business: New Orleans‌
star0.0
calendar

Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap‌
star7.2
calendar 2022

Chicago Med

Chicago Med‌
star8.3
calendar 2015

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds‌
star8.3
calendar 2005

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984