Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw

Birthday: 1952-07-14

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also known as: استن شاو

imdb_id: nm0789976

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.​

Played in movies:

Displaced Person

Score: 9.0

A Nashville Legacy

Score: 8.0

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Score: 8.0

Rocky

Score: 7.8

Fried Green Tomatoes

Score: 7.7

Under Siege

Score: 7.5

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Score: 7.1

The Monster Squad

Score: 6.7

The Great Santini

Score: 6.7

Billionaire Boys Club

Score: 6.6

Truck Turner

Score: 6.5

Busted Up

Score: 6.5

The Boys in Company C

Score: 6.5

Snake Eyes

Score: 6.2

Rising Sun

Score: 6.1

Daylight

Score: 6.1

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

Score: 6.1

Fear

Score: 6.1

Freedom Song

Score: 6.1

Harlem Nights

Score: 6.1

A Christmas Winter Song

Score: 6.0

The Gladiator

Score: 5.8

Cutthroat Island

Score: 5.8

When Dreams Come True

Score: 5.7

Red River

Score: 5.6

Runaway

Score: 5.5

Houseguest

Score: 5.5

Detonator

Score: 5.3

The Pale Door

Score: 5.2

Lifepod

Score: 5.1

Tough Enough

Score: 5.1

Body of Evidence

Score: 5.0

Darktown Strutters

Score: 4.9

Jeepers Creepers 3

Score: 4.9

TNT Jackson

Score: 4.8

Cassidy Way

Score: 4.1

Rag and Bone

Score: 3.3

The Three Kings

Score: 2.8

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

Score: 1.0

Venice Medical

Score: 0.0

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

Score: 0.0

Street Killing

Score: 0.0

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

Score: 0.0

Scared Straight! Another Story

Score: 0.0

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Family Business: New Orleans

Score: 10.0

Billionaire Boys Club

Score: 8.7

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

Criminal Minds

Score: 8.3

Chicago Med

Score: 8.3

Carl Weber's The Family Business

Score: 8.3

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Score: 7.6

Hill Street Blues

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

North and South

Score: 7.4

Roots: The Next Generations

Score: 7.4

Early Edition

Score: 7.3

Starsky & Hutch

Score: 7.3

What Lives Inside

Score: 7.3

Matlock

Score: 7.1

Quantum Leap

Score: 7.1

L.A. Law

Score: 7.1

Fame

Score: 6.8

Wiseguy

Score: 6.5

Matt Houston

Score: 6.2

The Mississippi

Score: 6.0

Lucan

Score: 6.0