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).
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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 |