Sam Shepard filmography

Sam Shepard was an American actor, screenwriter, playwright, director and author. The following is his screen filmography as an actor, screenwriter, and director. Shepard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chuck Yeager in the film The Right Stuff (1983). The following year, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing Paris, Texas (1984). For his role in the television film Dash and Lilly (1999), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.

Sam Shepard filmography
Shepard on the set of Stealth in 2004
Born	Samuel Shepard Rogers III November 5, 1943 Fort Sheridan, Illinois, U.S.
Died	July 27, 2017 (aged 73) Midway, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actor screenwriter director playwright author
Years active	1962–2017

As actor

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Brand X	Unknown
1978	Renaldo and Clara	Rodeo	Also co-writer
1978	Days of Heaven	The Farmer
1980	Resurrection	Cal Carpenter
1981	Raggedy Man	Bailey
1982	Frances	Harry York
1983	The Right Stuff	Chuck Yeager
1984	Country	Gilbert "Gil" Ivy
1985	Fool for Love	Eddie	Also writer
1986	Crimes of the Heart	Doc Porter
1987	Baby Boom	Dr. Jeff Cooper
1989	Steel Magnolias	Spud Jones
1990	Bright Angel	Jack
1991	Voyager	Walter Faber	Also narrator
1991	Defenseless	Detective Beutel
1992	Thunderheart	Frank Coutelle
1993	The Pelican Brief	Thomas Callahan
1994	Safe Passage	Patrick Singer
1995	The Good Old Boys	Snort Yarnell
1997	The Only Thrill	Reece McHenry
1998	Curtain Call	Will Dodge
1999	Snow Falling on Cedars	Arthur Chambers
2000	Hamlet	Ghost
2000	All the Pretty Horses	J.C. Franklin
2001	The Pledge	Eric Pollack
2001	Swordfish	James Reisman
2001	Black Hawk Down	William F. Garrison
2002	Leo	Vic
2003	Blind Horizon	Sheriff Jack Kolb
2004	The Notebook	Frank Calhoun
2005	Don't Come Knocking	Howard Spence	Also co-writer
2005	Stealth	George Cummings
2006	Bandidas	Bill Buck
2006	Walker Payne	Syrus
2006	The Return	Ed Mills
2006	Charlotte's Web	Narrator	Voice
2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Frank James
2008	The Accidental Husband	Wilder Lloyd
2008	Felon	Gordon Camrose
2009	Brothers	Hank Cahill
2010	Fair Game	Sam Plame
2010	Inhale	James Harrison
2011	Blackthorn	Butch Cassidy
2012	Shepard & Dark	Himself	Documentary
2012	Darling Companion	Sheriff Morris
2012	Safe House	Harlan Whitford
2012	Killing Them Softly	Dillon
2012	Mud	Tom Blankenship
2013	Savannah	Mr. Stubbs
2013	August: Osage County	Beverly Weston
2013	Out of the Furnace	Gerald "Red" Baze
2014	Cold in July	Ben Russell
2015	Ithaca	Willie Grogan
2016	Midnight Special	Calvin Meyer
2016	In Dubious Battle	Mr. Anderson
2017	Never Here	Paul Stark	(final film role)
2019	Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese	Himself

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Good Old Boys	Snort Yarnell	Television film
1996	Lily Dale	Pete Davenport	Television film
1999	Streets of Laredo	Pea Eye Parker	3 episodes
1999	Purgatory	Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickok	Television film
1999	Dash and Lilly	Dashiell Hammett	Television film
2000	One Kill	Major Nelson Gray	Television film
2000	Great Performances	Narrator	Voice, Episode: "Kurosawa"
2001	After the Harvest	Caleb Gare	Television film
2001	Shot in the Heart	Frank Gilmore Sr.	Television film
2007	Ruffian	Frank Whiteley	Television film
2010	Tough Trade	(Role unknown)	Pilot
2014	Klondike	Father Judge	3 episodes
2015–2017	Bloodline	Robert Rayburn	7 episodes

As writer

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1969	Me and My Brother	Co-writer
1970	Zabriskie Point	Co-writer
1972	Oh! Calcutta!	Sketch contributions
1978	Renaldo and Clara	Co-writer
1981	Savage/Love	Short film
1982	Tongues	Short film
1984	Paris, Texas	Co-writer
1985	Fool for Love
1988	Far North	Also director
1994	Silent Tongue	Also director
1994	Curse of the Starving Class
1999	Simpatico
2005	Don't Come Knocking	Co-writer
2007	Fool for Love	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1974	ITV Saturday Night Theatre	Episode: "Geography of a Horse Dreamer"
1984	American Playhouse	Episode: "True West"
1986	Den sultende klasses forbannelse	Norwegian adaptation of Curse of the Starving Class
1991	Autèntic oest	Spanish adaptation of True West
1991	Loucos Por Amor	Portuguese adaptation of Fool for Love
1995	O Verdadeiro Oeste	Portuguese adaptation of True West
1996	Pazzo d'amore	Italian adaptation of Fool for Love
2002	True West	Adaptation of True West
2004	See You in My Dreams	Adapted from Cruising Paradise and Motel Chronicles

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Sam Shepard

References

• "Sam Shepard — Filmography". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
• "Sam Shepard — Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
• "Sam Shepard — Filmography". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
• "Sam Shepard — Filmography". Film Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2014.