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Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw

Known for
Acting
Born
Jul 14, 1952 (age 74)
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
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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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Known for

MovieRated 7.8

Rocky

1976Movie

Dipper

TVRated 8.3

Criminal Minds

2005TV

Albert Lewis

TVRated 8.4

The X-Files

1993TV

Stephen Murdoch

MovieRated 6.1

Daylight

1996Movie

George Tyrell

MovieRated 6.2

Snake Eyes

1998Movie

Lincoln Tyler

MovieRated 7.7

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991Movie

Big George

Filmography

TVRated 7.7

The Family Business: New Orleans

2025TV

Larry Duncan

Movie

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

2023Movie

Himself

MovieRated 7.2

A Nashville Legacy

2023Movie

Franklin Berryhall

TVRated 7.0

Quantum Leap

2022TV

Eli Jackson

MovieRated 5.2

The Pale Door

2020Movie

Lester

MovieRated 6.0

A Christmas Winter Song

2019Movie

Fred

Movie

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

2018Movie

Cowboy

TVRated 8.5

Carl Weber's The Family Business

2018TV

Larry Duncan

MovieRated 4.9

Jeepers Creepers 3

2017Movie

Sheriff Tashtego

MovieRated 4.4

Cassidy Way

2016Movie

Kane

TVRated 8.3

Chicago Med

2015TV

Dr. George Thomas

TVRated 7.4

What Lives Inside

2015TV

Soot (voice)

MovieRated 7.1

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013Movie

Self

TVRated 8.3

Criminal Minds

2005TV

Albert Lewis

MovieRated 5.3

Detonator

2003Movie

Robert Brickland

TVRated 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000TV

Geoff Johnson

MovieRated 5.7

Freedom Song

2000Movie

Archie Mullen

MovieRated 9.0

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

1998Movie

Self

MovieRated 6.2

Snake Eyes

1998Movie

Lincoln Tyler

MovieRated 4.2

Rag and Bone

1998Movie

Det. Ritchie

MovieRated 6.1

Daylight

1996Movie

George Tyrell

TVRated 7.4

Early Edition

1996TV

Earl Camby

MovieRated 5.8

Cutthroat Island

1995Movie

Glasspoole

MovieRated 5.5

Houseguest

1995Movie

Larry the Tattoo Artist

TVRated 8.4

The X-Files

1993TV

Stephen Murdoch

MovieRated 6.1

Rising Sun

1993Movie

Phillips

MovieRated 5.3

Lifepod

1993Movie

Parker

MovieRated 3.2

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

1993Movie

Gerst

MovieRated 5.0

Body of Evidence

1993Movie

Charles Biggs

MovieRated 7.7

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991Movie

Big George

MovieRated 7.2

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

1990Movie

Joe Louis

MovieRated 5.7

Fear

1990Movie

Detective Webber

MovieRated 6.1

Harlem Nights

1989Movie

Jack Jenkins

MovieRated 6.4

Red River

1988Movie

Jack Byrd

MovieRated 4.0

The Three Kings

1987Movie

Paul

MovieRated 6.7

Billionaire Boys Club

1987Movie

Frank Booker

TVRated 8.7

Billionaire Boys Club

1987TV

Frank Booker

TVRated 6.6

Wiseguy

1987TV

MovieRated 6.7

The Monster Squad

1987Movie

Detective Sapir

TVRated 7.0

L.A. Law

1986TV

Terry Slueman

MovieRated 6.5

Busted Up

1986Movie

Angie

MovieRated 8.0

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

1986Movie

Harold Moss

TVRated 7.0

Matlock

1986TV

Cyrus Jordan

MovieRated 7.5

Under Siege

1986Movie

Nick Tutman

MovieRated 5.6

The Gladiator

1986Movie

Joe Barker

TVRated 7.5

North and South

1985TV

Isaac

MovieRated 6.8

When Dreams Come True

1985Movie

Harry Jenks

MovieRated 8.3

Displaced Person

1985Movie

Sergeant

MovieRated 5.6

Runaway

1984Movie

Marvin

TVRated 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984TV

Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton, Eddie Walters

MovieRated 10.0

Venice Medical

1983Movie

MovieRated 5.6

Tough Enough

1983Movie

P.T. Coolidge

TVRated 6.7

The Mississippi

1983TV

Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate

TVRated 6.3

Matt Houston

1982TV

TVRated 6.6

American Playhouse

1982TV

Sergeant

TVRated 6.8

Fame

1982TV

TVRated 7.2

Darkroom

1981TV

Dan Burroughs

TVRated 7.6

Hill Street Blues

1981TV

MovieRated 9.0

Scared Straight! Another Story

1980Movie

Carl Jones

MovieRated 6.8

The Great Santini

1979Movie

Toomer Smalls

TVRated 7.5

Roots: The Next Generations

1979TV

Will Palmer, Will Palmer (archive footage)

MovieRated 6.5

The Boys in Company C

1978Movie

Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington

TVRated 8.0

Lucan

1977TV

MovieRated 7.8

Rocky

1976Movie

Dipper

MovieRated 10.0

Street Killing

1976Movie

Mitchell Small

MovieRated 6.1

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

1976Movie

Esquire Joe

MovieRated 4.9

Darktown Strutters

1975Movie

Raunchy

TVRated 7.3

Starsky & Hutch

1975TV

Leotis

MovieRated 6.5

Truck Turner

1974Movie

Fontana

MovieRated 4.8

TNT Jackson

1974Movie

Charlie

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