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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 14, 1952
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
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Stan Shaw
1.0 Popularity
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
7.5
Larry Duncan
The Family Business: New Orleans
2025
0.0
Himself
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023
7.2
Franklin Berryhall
A Nashville Legacy
2023
7.1
Eli Jackson
Quantum Leap
2022
5.1
Lester
The Pale Door
2020
6.0
Fred
A Christmas Winter Song
2019
0.0
Cowboy
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018
8.4
Larry Duncan
Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018
4.9
Sheriff Tashtego
Jeepers Creepers 3
2017
4.4
Kane
Cassidy Way
2016
Credits
The Family Business: New Orleans
as Larry Duncan
2025
7.5
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
as Himself
2023
0.0
A Nashville Legacy
as Franklin Berryhall
2023
7.2
Quantum Leap
as Eli Jackson
2022
7.1
The Pale Door
as Lester
2020
5.1
A Christmas Winter Song
as Fred
2019
6.0
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
as Cowboy
2018
0.0
Carl Weber's The Family Business
as Larry Duncan
2018
8.4
Jeepers Creepers 3
as Sheriff Tashtego
2017
4.9
Cassidy Way
as Kane
2016
4.4
Chicago Med
as Dr. George Thomas
2015
8.3
What Lives Inside
as Soot (voice)
2015
7.4
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
2013
7.0
Criminal Minds
as Albert Lewis
2005
8.3
Detonator
as Robert Brickland
2003
4.9
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Geoff Johnson
2000
7.6
Freedom Song
as Archie Mullen
2000
5.5
🎬
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
1998
0.0
Snake Eyes
as Lincoln Tyler
1998
6.2
Rag and Bone
as Det. Ritchie
1998
3.0
Daylight
as George Tyrell
1996
6.1
Early Edition
as Earl Camby
1996
7.3
Cutthroat Island
as Glasspoole
1995
5.8
Houseguest
as Larry the Tattoo Artist
1995
5.4
The X-Files
as Stephen Murdoch
1993
8.4
Rising Sun
as Phillips
1993
6.1
Lifepod
as Parker
1993
5.1
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
as Gerst
1993
1.0
Body of Evidence
as Charles Biggs
1993
5.0
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Big George
1991
7.7
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Joe Louis
1990
7.0
Fear
as Detective Webber
1990
5.6
Harlem Nights
as Jack Jenkins
1989
6.1
Red River
as Jack Byrd
1988
6.1
The Three Kings
as Paul
1987
2.8
Billionaire Boys Club
as Frank Booker
1987
8.7
Billionaire Boys Club
as Frank Booker
1987
6.6
Wiseguy
1987
6.5
The Monster Squad
as Detective Sapir
1987
6.7
L.A. Law
as Terry Slueman
1986
7.0
Busted Up
as Angie
1986
6.5
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Harold Moss
1986
0.0
Matlock
as Cyrus Jordan
1986
7.1
Under Siege
as Nick Tutman
1986
7.5
The Gladiator
as Joe Barker
1986
5.9
North and South
as Isaac
1985
7.4
When Dreams Come True
as Harry Jenks
1985
5.7
🎬
Displaced Person
as Sergeant
1985
9.0
Runaway
as Marvin
1984
5.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Eddie Walters
1984
7.5
🎬
Venice Medical
1983
0.0
Tough Enough
as P.T. Coolidge
1983
5.1
The Mississippi
as Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate
1983
6.0
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Fame
1982
6.8
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Scared Straight! Another Story
as Carl Jones
1980
0.0
The Great Santini
as Toomer Smalls
1979
6.8
Roots: The Next Generations
as Will Palmer
1979
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
as Will Palmer (archive footage)
1979
7.5
The Boys in Company C
as Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
1978
6.5
Lucan
1977
6.0
Rocky
as Dipper
1976
7.8
Street Killing
as Mitchell Small
1976
0.0
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Esquire Joe
1976
5.9
Darktown Strutters
as Raunchy
1975
4.7
Starsky & Hutch
as Leotis
1975
7.3
Truck Turner
as Fontana
1974
6.4
TNT Jackson
as Charlie
1974
4.6