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      Stan Shaw

      Stan Shaw

      Highest Rated: 95% The Great Santini (1979)

      Lowest Rated: 8% Body of Evidence (1992)

      Birthday: Jul 14, 1952

      Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

      Handsome, athletic African-American character lead in films since the mid-1970s who is equally convincing playing jocks, soldiers, security staff, and simpletons. Shaw karate chopped his way into features playing a "Blaxploitation" villain in "TNT Jackson" (completed 1974; released 1975). He fared better in "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings" (1976) as an ace baseball player in the Negro Leagues. Shaw proved outstanding in his first starring role in the Vietnam action film "The Boys of Company C" (1978). He played a former drug pusher who initially views 'Nam as a business opportunity but gradually matures into an effective leader. Shaw also proved memorable in character roles playing mentally challenged characters in "The Great Santini" (1979) and "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991), and a nervous security chief in "Rising Son" (1993).

      Highest rated movies

      The Great Santini poster
      The Great Santini
      The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings poster
      The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
      Fried Green Tomatoes poster Fried Green Tomatoes The Monster Squad poster The Monster Squad The Pale Door poster The Pale Door Runaway poster
      Runaway
      Snake Eyes poster
      Snake Eyes
      Cutthroat Island poster
      Cutthroat Island

      Photos

      THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Craig Wasson, Andrew Stevens, Stan Shaw, Michael Lembeck, James Canning, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Craig Wasson, Andrew Stevens, Stan Shaw, Michael Lembeck, James Canning, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures THE BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL-STARS & MOTOR KINGS, from left: Richard Pryor, Stan Shaw, 1976 THE BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL-STARS & MOTOR KINGS, from left: Richard Pryor, Stan Shaw, 1976 BOYS IN COMPANY C, Michael Lembeck, Stan Shaw, 1978 BOYS IN COMPANY C, Michael Lembeck, Stan Shaw, 1978 THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Stan Shaw, James Whitmore, Jr., Michael Lembeck, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Stan Shaw, James Whitmore, Jr., Michael Lembeck, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures BOYS IN COMPANY C, Stan Shaw, 1978 BOYS IN COMPANY C, Stan Shaw, 1978 THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Craig Wasson, Andrew Stevens, Stan Shaw, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Craig Wasson, Andrew Stevens, Stan Shaw, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures BOYS IN COMPANY C, James Canning, Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, 1978 BOYS IN COMPANY C, James Canning, Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, 1978 THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Stan Shaw, James Whitmore, Jr., Andrew Stevens, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Stan Shaw, James Whitmore, Jr., Andrew Stevens, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, (aka LOS MUCHACHOS DE LA COMPANIA C), Stan Shaw (front), 1978, © Columbia THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, (aka LOS MUCHACHOS DE LA COMPANIA C), Stan Shaw (front), 1978, © Columbia TOUGH ENOUGH, Warren Oates, Dennis Quaid, Stan Shaw, 1983, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. TOUGH ENOUGH, Warren Oates, Dennis Quaid, Stan Shaw, 1983, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Stan Shaw, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures THE BOYS IN COMPANY C, Stan Shaw, 1978, (c) Columbia Pictures THE GREAT SANTINI, Stan Shaw, 1979, (c) Orion THE GREAT SANTINI, Stan Shaw, 1979, (c) Orion FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, Mary Stuart Masterson, Stan Shaw, 1991, (c) Universal FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, Mary Stuart Masterson, Stan Shaw, 1991, (c) Universal THE GREAT SANTINI, Stan Shaw, David Keith, 1979, (c) Orion THE GREAT SANTINI, Stan Shaw, David Keith, 1979, (c) Orion FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, Stan Shaw (r.), 1991, (c)Universal FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, Stan Shaw (r.), 1991, (c)Universal DAYLIGHT, Jay O. Sanders, Stan Shaw, Karen Young, Danielle Harris, 1996, (c)Universal DAYLIGHT, Jay O. Sanders, Stan Shaw, Karen Young, Danielle Harris, 1996, (c)Universal SNAKE EYES, Nicolas Cage, Stan Shaw, Chip Zien, 1998, (c)Paramount SNAKE EYES, Nicolas Cage, Stan Shaw, Chip Zien, 1998, (c)Paramount FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, Stan Shaw, Mary-Louise Parker, Mary Stuart Masterson, 1991, (c)Universal FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, Stan Shaw, Mary-Louise Parker, Mary Stuart Masterson, 1991, (c)Universal

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 86% A Nashville Legacy Franklin Berryhall (Character) - 2023
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Christmas Prayer Deacon Williams (Character) - 2022
      49% 60% The Pale Door Lester (Character) - 2020
      No Score Yet 83% A Christmas Winter Song Fred (Character) - 2019
      17% 30% Jeepers Creepers 3 Sheriff Tashtego (Character) - 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cassidy Way Mr. Kane (Character) - 2016
      No Score Yet 12% Detonator Robert Brickland (Character) - 2003
      No Score Yet 62% Freedom Song Archie Mullen (Character) - 2000
      41% 35% Snake Eyes Lincoln Tyler (Character) $55.6M 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Rag and Bone Det. Ritchie (Character) - 1998
      26% 37% Daylight George Tyrell (Character) $32.9M 1996
      39% 40% Cutthroat Island Glasspoole (Character) $8.8M 1995
      14% 55% Houseguest Larry (Character) $26.3M 1995
      33% 40% Rising Sun Phillips (Character) $62.5M 1993
      8% 23% Body of Evidence Charles Biggs (Character) $13.7M 1992
      76% 83% Fried Green Tomatoes Big George (Character) $81.2M 1991
      No Score Yet 54% Fear Detective Webber (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet 60% The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson Joe Louis (Character) - 1990
      26% 80% Harlem Nights Jack Jenkins (Character) $58.5M 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Red River Jack Byrd (Character) - 1988
      No Score Yet 73% Billionaire Boys Club Frank Booker (Character) - 1987
      56% 78% The Monster Squad Detective Sapir (Character) $3.8M 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Three Kings Paul (Character) - 1987
      No Score Yet 70% Gladiator Joe Barker (Character) - 1986
      No Score Yet 20% Busted Up Angie (Character) - 1986
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gladiator Joe Barker (Character) - 1986
      No Score Yet No Score Yet When Dreams Come True Harry Jenks (Character) - 1985
      48% 32% Runaway Marvin (Character) - 1984
      No Score Yet 62% Tough Enough P.T. Coolidge (Character) - 1983
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Scared Straight! Another Story Carl (Character) - 1980
      95% 75% The Great Santini Toomer Smalls (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet 76% The Boys in Company C Tyrone Washington (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Moneychangers John Dinkerwell (Character) - 1976
      90% 67% The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings Esquire Joe Callaway (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Street Killing Mitchell Small (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet 16% TNT Jackson Charlie (Character) - 1974

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 74% Chicago Med Dr. George Thomas (Guest Star) 2023
      55% 67% Quantum Leap Eli Jackson (Guest Star) 2023
      No Score Yet 85% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
      No Score Yet 81% Code Black Oscar Terzian (Guest Star) 2016
      No Score Yet 82% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
      74% 85% The X-Files Stephen Murdoch (Guest Star) 2002
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Early Edition Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
      No Score Yet 66% Murder, She Wrote Unknown (Guest Star) 1985 1993-1994
      No Score Yet No Score Yet North and South Isaac (Character) 1994
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock Unknown (Guest Star) 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wiseguy Major Vernon Biggs (Guest Star) 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fame Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
      97% 100% Hill Street Blues Louis Russ (Guest Star) 1985
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Roots: The Next Generations Will Palmer (Character) 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Starsky and Hutch Unknown (Guest Star) 1977