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Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw

Actor · Born 1952-07-14 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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. A…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Rocky (1976) — Dipper
  2. Criminal Minds (2005) — Albert Lewis
  3. The X-Files (1993) — Stephen Murdoch
  4. Daylight (1996) — George Tyrell
  5. Snake Eyes (1998) — Lincoln Tyler
  6. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) — Big George
  7. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Geoff Johnson
  8. Chicago Med (2015) — Dr. George Thomas
  9. Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017) — Sheriff Tashtego
  10. Rising Sun (1993) — Phillips
  11. The Monster Squad (1987) — Detective Sapir
  12. Cutthroat Island (1995) — Glasspoole
  13. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton
  14. Harlem Nights (1989) — Jack Jenkins
  15. Body of Evidence (1993) — Charles Biggs
  16. Runaway (1984) — Marvin
  17. Starsky & Hutch (1975) — Leotis
  18. North and South (1985) — Isaac
  19. Early Edition (1996) — Earl Camby
  20. Quantum Leap (2022) — Eli Jackson
  21. Matlock (1986) — Cyrus Jordan
  22. Hill Street Blues (1981)
  23. The Pale Door (2020) — Lester
  24. The Boys in Company C (1978) — Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
  25. Houseguest (1995) — Larry the Tattoo Artist
  26. L.A. Law (1986) — Terry Slueman
  27. The Great Santini (1979) — Toomer Smalls
  28. Fame (1982)
  29. Truck Turner (1974) — Fontana
  30. Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013) — Self
  31. TNT Jackson (1974) — Charlie
  32. Wiseguy (1987)
  33. Roots: The Next Generations (1979) — Will Palmer
  34. Fear (1990) — Detective Webber
  35. Carl Weber's The Family Business (2018) — Larry Duncan
  36. Lifepod (1993) — Parker
  37. Matt Houston (1982)
  38. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) — Esquire Joe
  39. Darktown Strutters (1975) — Raunchy
  40. Cassidy Way (2016) — Kane