Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 14, 1952
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
70 titles
Stan Shaw
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
Filmography
The Family Business: New Orleans
Larry Duncan
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
Himself
A Nashville Legacy
Franklin Berryhall
Quantum Leap
Eli Jackson
The Pale Door
Lester
A Christmas Winter Song
Fred
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Cowboy
Carl Weber's The Family Business
Larry Duncan
Jeepers Creepers 3
Sheriff Tashtego
Cassidy Way
Kane
Chicago Med
Dr. George Thomas
What Lives Inside
Soot (voice)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
Criminal Minds
Albert Lewis
Detonator
Robert Brickland
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Geoff Johnson
Freedom Song
Archie Mullen
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Self
Snake Eyes
Lincoln Tyler
Rag and Bone
Det. Ritchie
Daylight
George Tyrell
Early Edition
Earl Camby
Cutthroat Island
Glasspoole
Houseguest
Larry the Tattoo Artist
The X-Files
Stephen Murdoch
Rising Sun
Phillips
Lifepod
Parker
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Gerst
Body of Evidence
Charles Biggs
Fried Green Tomatoes
Big George
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Joe Louis
Fear
Detective Webber
Harlem Nights
Jack Jenkins
Red River
Jack Byrd
The Three Kings
Paul
Billionaire Boys Club
Frank Booker
Billionaire Boys Club
Frank Booker
Wiseguy
The Monster Squad
Detective Sapir
L.A. Law
Terry Slueman
Busted Up
Angie
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Harold Moss
Matlock
Cyrus Jordan
Under Siege
Nick Tutman
The Gladiator
Joe Barker
North and South
Isaac
When Dreams Come True
Harry Jenks
Displaced Person
Sergeant
Runaway
Marvin
Murder, She Wrote
Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton