Name
Stan Shaw
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1952-07-14 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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- 1995 Cutthroat Island as Glasspoole
- 1993 Body of Evidence as Charles Biggs
- 2000 Freedom Song as Archie Mullen
- 1979 The Great Santini as Toomer Smalls
- 1986 Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Harold Moss
- 1993 Rising Sun as Phillips
- 1998 Snake Eyes as Lincoln Tyler
- 2003 Detonator as Robert Brickland
- 1978 The Boys in Company C as Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
- 1987 The Monster Squad as Detective Sapir
- 1983 Tough Enough as P.T. Coolidge
- 1990 Fear as Detective Webber
- 1975 Darktown Strutters as Raunchy
- 1987 Billionaire Boys Club as Frank Booker
- 1974 TNT Jackson as Charlie
- 1980 Scared Straight! Another Story as Carl Jones
- 1993 Lifepod as Parker
- 1991 Fried Green Tomatoes as Big George
- 1984 Runaway as Marvin
- 1996 Daylight as George Tyrell
- 1986 The Gladiator as Joe Barker
- 1974 Truck Turner as Fontana
- 1976 Rocky as Dipper
- 1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson as Joe Louis
- 1986 Under Siege as Nick Tutman
- 1985 Displaced Person as Sergeant
- 2023 A Nashville Legacy as Franklin Berryhall
- 2018 Drive Me to Vegas and Mars as Cowboy
- 1976 Street Killing as Mitchell Small
- 2023 Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount as Himself
- 1988 Red River as Jack Byrd
- 2017 Jeepers Creepers 3 as Sheriff Tashtego
- 1998 Rag and Bone as Det. Ritchie
- 2013 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
- 1993 When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn as Gerst
- 1989 Harlem Nights as Jack Jenkins
- 2016 Cassidy Way as Kane
- 1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings as Esquire Joe
- 2020 The Pale Door as Lester
- 2019 A Christmas Winter Song as Fred
- 1985 When Dreams Come True as Harry Jenks
- 1987 The Three Kings as Paul
- 1983 Venice Medical
- 1995 Houseguest as Larry the Tattoo Artist
- 1986 Busted Up as Angie
- 1998 Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes as Self
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 2 episodes ) as Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 3 episodes ) as Terry Slueman
- 1975 Starsky & Hutch ( 1 episode ) as Leotis
- 1982 Fame ( 1 episode )
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Cyrus Jordan
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 2 episodes )
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Stephen Murdoch
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Geoff Johnson
- 1987 Wiseguy ( 4 episodes )
- 1977 Lucan ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 4 episodes ) as Will Palmer
- 1983 The Mississippi ( 23 episodes ) as Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate
- 1996 Early Edition ( 1 episode ) as Earl Camby
- 1985 North and South ( 3 episodes ) as Isaac
- 1987 Billionaire Boys Club ( 2 episodes ) as Frank Booker
- 2018 Carl Weber's The Family Business ( 10 episodes ) as Larry Duncan
- 2015 What Lives Inside ( 2 episodes ) as Soot (voice)
- 2025 The Family Business: New Orleans ( 8 episodes ) as Larry Duncan
- 2022 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Eli Jackson
- 2015 Chicago Med ( 6 episodes ) as Dr. George Thomas
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Albert Lewis
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Eddie Walters
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 1 episode ) as Will Palmer (archive footage)
- 1981 Darkroom ( 1 episode ) as Dan Burroughs
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Sergeant
