Sam Shepard
Born
Nov 05, 1943
Died
Jul 27, 2017 (73 years old)
Place of birth
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
Biography
Samuel Shepard Rogers IIIΒ (November 5, 1943 β July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. He won 10Β Obie AwardsΒ for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. Shepard received theΒ Pulitzer Prize for DramaΒ in 1979 for his playΒ Buried Child. He was nominated for anΒ Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorΒ for portraying pilotΒ Chuck YeagerΒ in the 1983 filmΒ The Right Stuff. He received theΒ PEN/Laura Pels Theater AwardΒ as a ma...
Movies (75)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
The Notebook
2004
Brothers
2009
Black Hawk Down
2001
The Right Stuff
1983
Never Here
2017
Thunderheart
1992
Mud
2013
Safe House
2012
Steel Magnolias
1989
Swordfish
2001
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
Trudell
2005
The Pledge
2001
Charlotte's Web
2006
Stealth
2005
Brand X
1970
Darling Companion
2012
Shows (5)
As... (27)
Tesla
2020
Paris, Texas
1984
Simpatico
1999
Oh! Calcutta!
1972
Alive from Off Center
1985
Don't Come Knocking
2005
Zabriskie Point
1970
Fool for Love
1985
Fool for Love
1985
Silent Tongue
1993
Silent Tongue
1993
Far North
1988