Sam Shepard
Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, director and screenwriter whose career spanned half a century. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child (which was nominated for five Tony Awards) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film The Right Stuff. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. New York magazine described him as "the greatest American playwright of his generation." He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. As an actor, his best known roles are as Calvin Meyer in Midnight Special, Robert Rayburn on Netflix's series Bloodline, Beverly Weston in August: Osage County, Harlan Whitford in Safe House, Hank Cahill in Brothers, Frank James in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, George Cummings in Stealth, Frank Calhoun in The Notebook, Master General William F. Garrison in Black Hawk Down, J.C. Franklin in All the Pretty Horses, Thomas Callahan in The Pelican Brief, Frank Coutelle in Thunderheart, Spud Jones in Steel Magnolias, Dr. Jeff Cooper in Baby Boom, Doc Porter in Crimes of the Heart, and Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Over the years, he taught extensively on playwriting and other aspects of theater. He gave classes and seminars at various theater workshops, festivals, and universities. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986, and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986. From 1969 to 1984, he was married to actress O-Lan Jones, with whom he had one son, Jesse Mojo Shepard (born 1970). From 1970 to 1971, he was involved in an extramarital affair with musician Patti Smith. Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell wrote two songs about her affairs with him during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1975. In "Coyote", from her eighth studio album Hejira, she recounts his seduction of her at a period while he was both married and having an extramarital affair with tour manager Christine O'Dell with the lines: "He's got a woman at home, another woman down the hall, but he seems to want me anyway." He met actress Jessica Lange on the set of the 1982 film Frances, in which they both acted. He moved in with her in 1983, and they were together for 27 years; they separated in 2009. They had two children, Hannah Jane Shepard (born 1986) and Samuel Walker Shepard (born 1987). In 2014 and 2015, he dated actress Mia Kirshner. His 50-year friendship with Johnny Dark, stepfather to O-Lan Jones, was the subject of the 2013 documentary Shepard & Dark by Treva Wurmfeld. A collection of Shepard and Dark's correspondence, Two Prospectors, was also published that year. He died on July 27, 2017, at his home in Midway, KY, aged 73, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The Notebook
as Frank CalhounAn epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's....
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When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali...
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Brothers
as Hank CahillWhen his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill...
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Stealth
as George CummingsDeeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial...
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The Pelican Brief
as Thomas CallahanA law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a...
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Steel Magnolias
as Spud JonesA young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon,...
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Charlotte's Web
as Narrator (voice)Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will...
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Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug...
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Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James'...
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The Pledge
as Eric PollackA police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
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Blackthorn
as James BlackthornIn Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of...
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Safe House
as Harlan WhitfordA dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded...
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A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal...
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Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one...
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Bandidas
as Bill BuckSet in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a...
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Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to...
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The Right Stuff
as Chuck YeagerAs the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts...
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A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
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Days of Heaven
as The FarmerIn 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas...
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Emma, a radio host, is about to be married to Richard, her perfect match. But right before her...
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Baby Boom
as Dr. Jeff CooperJ.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and...
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Thunderheart
as Frank CoutelleAn FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation,...
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Fair Game
as Sam PlameWife and mother Valerie Plame has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from...
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Blind Horizon
as Sheriff Jack KolbLeft for dead in the remote Southwest, Frank is found clinging to life and in a state of...
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The Return
as Ed MillsJoanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She...
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Killing Them Softly
as DillonJackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected...
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All the Pretty Horses
as J.C. FranklinThe year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother...
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Purgatory
as Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill HickockAn outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun,...
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August: Osage County
as Beverly WestonA look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged...
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Frances
as Harry YorkThe true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her...
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Hamlet
as GhostModern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his...
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Darling Companion
as Sheriff MorrisThe story of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband. And then her husband loses the dog.
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Don't Come Knocking
as HowardHoward Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for...
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Inhale
as James HarrisonA couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
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Walker Payne
as SyrusA small-town father is forced to make difficult, heartbreaking decisions in order to save his...
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In Dubious Battle
as Mr. AndersonIn the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the...
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Snow Falling on Cedars
as Arthur ChambersIn the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For...
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Voyager
as Walter FaberWalter Faber has survived a crash with an airplane. His next trip is by ship. On board this ship...
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Cold in July
as RussellWhile investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a...
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Ithaca
as Willie GroganIn a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to...
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Leo
as VicA young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer...
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
as The WriterPart documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of...
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California Typewriter
as SelfA story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. A meditation on creativity and...
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Bright Angel
as Jack RussellIn Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional...
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Trudell
as Self - Playwright, Actor (Thunderheart)A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word...
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Defenseless
as Det. BeutelA Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been...
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Savannah
as Mr. StubbsSavannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his...
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Resurrection
as CalThe story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that...
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The Only Thrill
as Reece McHenryA small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.
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Crimes of the Heart
as Doc PorterThree sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
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Safe Passage
as PatrickRecently estranged from her husband, and mother of seven sons, Mag Singer stands poised to...
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Raggedy Man
as BaileyNita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas...
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Curtain Call
as Will DodgeA bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse...
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The Good Old Boys
as TarnellAn aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of...
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Country
as Gil IvyJewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial...
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Kurosawa
as Narrator (voice)Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa
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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as SelfAn impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate...
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Ruffian
as Frank WhiteleyRuffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of...
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Lily Dale
as Pete DavenportIn 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be...
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Fool for Love
as EddieA woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take...
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One Kill
as Maj. Nelson GrayA divorced female marine officer with two small children begins an affair with a senior officer.
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Never Here
as Paul StarkAn artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is...
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Dear Antonioni
as SelfA documentary portrait of Michangelo Antonioni based on Roland Barthes' essay.
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Shepard & Dark
as SelfAn indelible portrait of the complex relationship between playwright and actor Sam Shepard and...
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Brand X
as uncreditedIn 1969, Taylor Mead complained to his friend artist Wynn Chamberlain that Andy Warhol had never...
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After the Harvest
as Caleb GareCaleb Gare (Sam Shepard) is a farmer obsessed with owning as much land as he can and controlling...
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
as SelfRosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF...
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Patti Smith: Dream of Life
as SelfAn intimate portrait of poet, painter, musician and singer Patti Smith that mirrors the essence...
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This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
as SelfDirector Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage...
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Made in the USA
as SelfA Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.
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Dash and Lilly
as Dashiell HammettBiographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman...
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Shot in the Heart
as Frank Gilmore, Sr.The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in...
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Renaldo and Clara
as RodeoFilmed in the autumn of 1975 prior to and during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour –...
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MaMa's Pushcart
as uncreditedWith virtually no financial resources, Ellen Stewart created the La Mama theater in New York in...
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The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
as SelfA look back on the weird and wasted career of the Holy Modal Rounders.
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Tony Awards
as Self - NomineeThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Bloodline
as Robert RayburnA dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary...
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Great Performances
as SelfThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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Streets of Laredo
as Pea Eye ParkerCaptain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an...
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Klondike
as Father JudgeThe lives of two childhood best friends, Bill and Epstein, in the late 1890s as they flock to...
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