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.
As actor
Film Year Title Role Notes 1970 Brand X Unknown 1978 Renaldo and Clara Rodeo Also co-writer 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 Jeff Cooper 1989 Steel Magnolias Spud Jones 1990 Bright Angel Jack 1991 Voyager Walter Faber Also narrator Defenseless Detective Beutel 1992 Thunderheart Frank Coutelle 1993 The Pelican Brief Thomas Callahan 1994 Safe Passage Patrick Singer1995 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 All the Pretty Horses J.C. Franklin 2001 The Pledge Eric Pollack Swordfish James Reisman 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 Stealth George Cummings 2006 Bandidas Bill Buck Walker Payne Syrus The Return Ed Mills Charlotte's Web Narrator Voice 2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Frank James 2008 The Accidental Husband Wilder Lloyd Felon Gordon Camrose 2009 Brothers Hank Cahill 2010 Fair Game Sam Plame Inhale James Harrison 2011 Blackthorn Butch Cassidy 2012 Shepard & Dark Himself Documentary 2012 Darling Companion Sheriff Morris Safe House Harlan Whitford Killing Them Softly Dillon Mud Tom Blankenship 2013 Savannah Mr. Stubbs August: Osage County Beverly Weston Out of the Furnace Gerald "Red" Baze 2014 Cold in July Ben Russell 2015 Ithaca Willie Grogan 2016 Midnight Special Calvin Meyer In Dubious Battle Mr. Anderson California Typewriter Himself Documentary 2017 Never Here Paul Stark 2019 Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese The Writer Posthumous release
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 Purgatory Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickok Television film Dash and Lilly Dashiell Hammett Television film 2000 One Kill Major Nelson Gray Television film Great Performances Narrator Voice, Episode: "Kurosawa" 2001 After the Harvest Caleb Gare Television film 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 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
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