Stan Shaw
Acting
Born: July 14, 1952 (age 74) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stan Shaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Rocky
1976
Criminal Minds
2005
The X-Files
1993
Daylight
1996
Snake Eyes
1998
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Chicago Med
2015
Jeepers Creepers 3
2017
Rising Sun
1993
The Monster Squad
1987
Cutthroat Island
1995
Photos (3)
Movies (41)
Rocky
Dipper
Fried Green Tomatoes
Big George
Daylight
George Tyrell
Harlem Nights
Jack Jenkins
Snake Eyes
Lincoln Tyler
Rising Sun
Phillips
Jeepers Creepers 3
Sheriff Tashtego
Cutthroat Island
Glasspoole
Body of Evidence
Charles Biggs
The Monster Squad
Detective Sapir
Runaway
Marvin
The Pale Door
Lester
Busted Up
Angie
Houseguest
Larry the Tattoo Artist
The Boys in Company C
Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
The Great Santini
Toomer Smalls
Tough Enough
P.T. Coolidge
TNT Jackson
Charlie
Rag and Bone
Det. Ritchie
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Esquire Joe
Truck Turner
Fontana
Red River
Jack Byrd
Billionaire Boys Club
Frank Booker
The Three Kings
Paul
Under Siege
Nick Tutman
Fear
Detective Webber
A Christmas Winter Song
Fred
Lifepod
Parker
The Gladiator
Joe Barker
Street Killing
Mitchell Small
A Nashville Legacy
Franklin Berryhall
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Harold Moss
Cassidy Way
Kane
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Joe Louis
Freedom Song
Archie Mullen
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Gerst
Detonator
Robert Brickland
Scared Straight! Another Story
Carl Jones
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Cowboy
When Dreams Come True
Harry Jenks
Darktown Strutters
Raunchy
TV Shows (26)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Geoff Johnson · 1 eps
Criminal Minds
Albert Lewis · 1 eps
The X-Files
Stephen Murdoch · 1 eps
Chicago Med
Dr. George Thomas · 6 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton · 2 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Eddie Walters · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Sergeant · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
2 eps
L.A. Law
Terry Slueman · 3 eps
Matlock
Cyrus Jordan · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Leotis · 1 eps
Early Edition
Earl Camby · 1 eps
Wiseguy
4 eps
Quantum Leap
Eli Jackson · 1 eps
North and South
Isaac · 3 eps
Fame
1 eps
Matt Houston
1 eps
Carl Weber's The Family Business
Larry Duncan · 10 eps
Darkroom
Dan Burroughs · 1 eps
Roots: The Next Generations
Will Palmer · 4 eps
Roots: The Next Generations
Will Palmer (archive footage) · 1 eps
Lucan
1 eps
The Family Business: New Orleans
Larry Duncan · 8 eps
The Mississippi
Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate · 23 eps
Billionaire Boys Club
Frank Booker · 2 eps
What Lives Inside
Soot (voice) · 2 eps
