Stan Shaw

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Stan Shaw
Born (1952-07-14) July 14, 1952 (age 72) [1]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1970–present

Stan Shaw (born July 14, 1952) is an American actor. He began his career performing on Broadway musicals Hair and Via Galactica , before making his feature film debut appearing in Truck Turner (1974). Shaw later appeared in films such as The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976), Rocky (1976), The Boys in Company C (1978), The Great Santini (1979), Runaway (1984), The Monster Squad (1987), Harlem Nights (1989), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Rising Sun (1993), Cutthroat Island (1995), Daylight (1996) and Snake Eyes (1998).

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Early life

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. [2] His brother is Vaan Shaw, a guitarist also known as Eddie Shaw Jr. [3] Stan Shaw is married to Dr. Zoe Shaw, who is an author and psychotherapist.

Career

Shaw started his acting career [3] in the Chicago production of the musical Hair as well as the Broadway production of The Me Nobody Knows. He starred in the Broadway rock musical Via Galactica directed by Peter Hall in 1972. [4] 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.[ citation needed ] He made his big screen debut appearing in the blaxploitation films Truck Turner and TNT Jackson , both released in 1974. The following year he appeared in the musical film Darktown Strutters .

In 1976, Shaw starred in the sports comedy film The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings as Joseph Vanderbilt "Esquire Joe" Calloway alongside Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor. Later that year, Shaw appeared in the sports drama Rocky (1976) as "Big Dipper" Brown, a rival boxer who taunts Rocky after being given his locker. [5] In 1978 he went to star in the war drama film, The Boys in Company C about United States Marine Corps recruits preparing for duty and their subsequent combat in the Vietnam War. [6] [7] In 1979 he had supporting role in the drama film The Great Santini . [8] Later in 1979, Shaw starred as Alex Haley's maternal grandfather Will Palmer in the television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations . In his 1979 interview to The New York Times , Shaw said : “I've turned the sitcom down. I think I'm worthy of better things. People have choices, and careers are made up of what you choose and turn down. It's a career for me, and I'm looking for something that's going to make me last." [9]

Shaw starred in a number of television pilots, notable 1979 NBC Western Buffalo Soldiers about black cavalry corps known as the Buffalo Soldiers, who protected the Western territories after the end of the Civil War. [10] From 1983 to 1984 he starred in the CBS legal drama series, The Mississippi . In 1984 he starred in the HBO prison drama series, Maximum Security . The following year he starred in Displaced Person , the episode of anthology series, American Playhouse . [11] In 1986 he co-starred opposite Cicely Tyson and Martin Sheen in the made-for-television movie Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story and in 1987 starred in the controversial miniseries Billionaire Boys Club . He also made appearances in television series Hill Street Blues , Fame , The Young Riders , Wiseguy and Murder, She Wrote . He also appeared as Isaac in the 1994 miniseries North and South . He received NAACP Theatre Awards for performance in Samm-Art Williams' play Home. [2]

Shaw played a professional fighters in films Tough Enough (1983), Busted Up (1986), Harlem Nights (1989), and Snake Eyes (1998). He also appeared in films Runaway (1984), The Monster Squad (1987), Body of Evidence (1993) and Rising Sun (1993). In 1991, Shaw appeared in the comedy-drama film Fried Green Tomatoes . He had a role in the 1995 comedy film Houseguest , alongside Sinbad, and appeared as a pirate in Cutthroat Island (1995) with Geena Davis. He appeared as George Tyrell in the 1996 disaster film Daylight and as Archie Mullen in the television film Freedom Song (2000).

In 2000s and early 2010s, Shaw left the screen, making only selected appearances in television series The X Files and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation . In 2017 he made his big screen return starring in the horror film Jeepers Creepers 3 . [12] [13] In 2019 he guest-starred in the Kristoff St. John's funeral episode of CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless . [14] In 2020 he appeared in the horror film The Pale Door . [15] In 2022 he joined the cast of BET+ drama series, The Family Business playing Larry Duncan. [16] In 2024 he was cast in its spin-off series, The Family Business: New Orleans . [17] In 2023 he had recurring role in the NBC medical drama series, Chicago Med . [18]

Filmography

Television and film roles

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1974 Truck Turner FontanaFeature film[ citation needed ]
1974 TNT Jackson CharlieFeature film[ citation needed ]
1975 Darktown Strutters RaunchyFeature film[ citation needed ]
1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings Esquirre Joe Callaway, All-Star (CF)Feature film[ citation needed ]
1976Street KillingMitchell SmallTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1976 Rocky DipperFeature film[ citation needed ]
1976Arthur Hailey's the MoneychangersJohn DinkerwellMiniseries, 4 episodes[ citation needed ]
1977 Starsky & Hutch LeotisTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1977 Future Cop Ollie DawnsonTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1978LucanCaldwellTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1978 The Boys in Company C Tyrone WashingtonFeature film[ citation needed ]
1979 Roots: The Next Generations Will PalmerMiniseries, 4 episodes[ citation needed ]
1979Buffalo SoldiersSgt. Joshua HaywoodTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1979 The Great Santini Toomer SmallsFeature film[ citation needed ]
1980Another StoryCarlTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1982 Darkroom Dan BurroughsTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1983 Matt Houston Bubba DaxTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1983 Tough Enough P.T. CoolidgeFeature film[ citation needed ]
1983 Venice Medical Television pilot[ citation needed ]
1983 CBS Children's Mystery Theatre VinceTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1983–1984 The Mississippi Lafayette "Lafe" TateTV series, 23 episodes[ citation needed ]
1984RunawayMarvinFeature film[ citation needed ]
1984 Maximum Security Papa Jack, Prisoner and Papa DockTV series, 4 episodes[ citation needed ]
1984–1985 Call to Glory JonesyTV series, 2 episodes[ citation needed ]
1985 American Playhouse SergeantTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1985When Dreams Come TrueHarry JenksTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1985 Hill Street Blues Louis RussTV series, 2 episodes[ citation needed ]
1985; 1994 Murder, She Wrote Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton and Eddie WaltersTV series, 3 episodes[ citation needed ]
1986 Fame JimTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1986 The Gladiator Joe BarkerTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1986Under SiegeNick TutmanTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1986 Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story Harold MossTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1986Busted UpAngieFeature film[ citation needed ]
1987 The Monster Squad Detective SapirFeature film[ citation needed ]
1987 Billionaire Boys Club Frank BookerMiniseries, 2 episodes[ citation needed ]
1987The Three KingsPaulTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1988Red RiverJack ByrdTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1989 The Young Riders UlyssesTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1989 Harlem Nights Jack JenkinsFeature film[ citation needed ]
1989 Wiseguy Major Vernon BiggsTV series, 4 episodes[ citation needed ]
1990 Fear Detective WebberTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson Joe LouisTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1990 Midnight Caller Luther KrockTV series, 2 episodes[ citation needed ]
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Big GeorgeFeature film[ citation needed ]
1992 L.A. Law Terry SluemanTV series, 3 episodes[ citation needed ]
1992 Body of Evidence Charles BiggsFeature film[ citation needed ]
1993When Love Kills: The Seduction of John HearnGerstTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1993 Lifepod ParkerTelevision film[ citation needed ]
1993 Rising Sun PhillipsFeature film[ citation needed ]
1993 Matlock Cyrus JordanTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
1994 Heaven And Hell: North And South Book III IsaacMiniseries, 3 episodes[ citation needed ]
1995 Houseguest LarryFeature film[ citation needed ]
1995 Cutthroat Island Mr. GlasspooleFeature film[ citation needed ]
1996 Daylight George TyrellFeature film[ citation needed ]
1998 Snake Eyes Lincoln TylerFeature film[ citation needed ]
1998Rag and BoneDet. RichieTelevision film[ citation needed ]
2000 Early Edition Earl CambyTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
2000 Freedom Song Archie MullenTelevision film[ citation needed ]
2002 The X-Files Stephen MurdochTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
2003DetonatorRobert BricklandFeature film[ citation needed ]
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Geoff JohnsonTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
2016Cassidy WayMr. KaneFeature film[ citation needed ]
2016 Code Black Oscar TerzianTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
2016 Criminal Minds Albert LewisTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
2017 Jeepers Creepers 3 Sheriff Dan TashtegoFeature film[ citation needed ]
2018Drive Me to Vegas and MarsCowboyFeature film[ citation needed ]
2019 The Young and the Restless ReverendSoap Opera, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
2019Winter SongFredFeature film[ citation needed ]
2020 The Pale Door LesterFeature film[ citation needed ]
2021Greyson Family ChristmasDr. GreysonFeature film[ citation needed ]
2022–2024 The Family Business Larry DuncanTV series, 11 episodes[ citation needed ]
2022A Christmas PrayerDeacon WilliamsFeature film[ citation needed ]
2023 Quantum Leap Eli JacksonTV series, 1 episode[ citation needed ]
2023A Nashville LegacyFranklin BerryhallTelevision film[ citation needed ]
2023 Chicago Med Dr. George ThomasTV series, 6 episodes[ citation needed ]
2024 The Family Business: New Orleans Larry DuncanTV series, 2 episodes, in production[ citation needed ]

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  13. ↑ "The Community for Black Creativity and News - Blavity News". Blavity.com.
  14. ↑ Mistretta, Amy (April 2, 2019). "Y&R Casts Stan Shaw As Reverend for Neil Winters' Funeral". Soaps.sheknows.com.
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