1952-07-14 ( 72 years old ) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Movies
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The Pale Door
2020-08-21
A Christmas Winter Song
2019-12-14
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018-12-31
Jeepers Creepers 3
2017-09-26
Cassidy Way
2016-02-23
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013-04-23
Detonator
2003-02-23
Freedom Song
2000-02-27
Snake Eyes
1998-08-07
Rag and Bone
1998-01-01
Daylight
1996-12-06
Cutthroat Island
1995-12-22
Houseguest
1995-01-06
Rising Sun
1993-07-30
Lifepod
1993-06-28
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993-05-18
Body of Evidence
1993-01-15
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991-12-27
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990-10-15
Fear
1990-07-15
Harlem Nights
1989-11-17
Red River
1988-04-10
The Three Kings
1987-12-17
Billionaire Boys Club
1987-11-08
The Monster Squad
1987-08-14
Busted Up
1986-09-10
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986-05-19
Under Siege
1986-02-09
The Gladiator
1986-02-03
When Dreams Come True
1985-05-28
Displaced Person
1985-05-06
Runaway
1984-12-14
Venice Medical
1983-07-29
Tough Enough
1983-04-14
Scared Straight! Another Story
1980-11-06
The Great Santini
1979-10-26
The Boys in Company C
1978-02-02
Rocky
1976-11-20
Street Killing
1976-09-12
Darktown Strutters
1975-10-07
Truck Turner
1974-06-26
TNT Jackson
1974-06-08
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