Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw (born July 14, 1952) is an American actor.

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. His brother is Vaan Shaw, a guitarist. He is married to Dr. Zoe Shaw, who is an author and psychotherapist.

Career

Shaw started his acting career in the Chicago production of the musical ''Hair'' as well as the Broadway production of ''The Me Nobody Knows''. His last Broadway show, ''Via Galactica'' was directed by 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 appears in '' The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings'' in 1976 as Esquire Joe Calloway. Shaw appears also in '' Rocky'' (1976) as Dipper, a rival boxer who taunts Rocky after being given his locker. 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 notable role was Private Washington in '' The Boys in Company C'' (1978). Shaw also plays Toomer Smalls in '' The Great Santini'' (1979). 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'' (1995) with Geena Davis. He appeared as George Tyrell in the 1996 disaster film ''Daylight'' and as Archie Mullen in the film '' Freedom Song'' (2000).

Shaw's television credits include episodes of ''Starsky & Hutch'', '' The Moneychangers'', '' Matlock'', '' The Young Riders'', '' Hill Street Blues'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', '' The X-Files'', and a 2009 episode of '' CSI''. He had a regular role in the 1983 TV series '' The Mississippi''. He also appeared as Isaac in the miniseries '' North and South''.

Shaw is working on a film project, ''Gargoyle Bob'', with Vincent Ho and Ted Boonthanakit. They plan to also create a graphic novel of the story.

Filmography

* 1974 '' Truck Turner'' as Fontana
* 1974 ''TNT Jackson'' as Charlie
* 1975 '' Darktown Strutters'' as "Raunchy"
* 1976 '' The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings'' as Joseph Vanderbilt "Esquire Joe" Callaway, An All-Star (CF)
* 1976 '' Rocky'' as Dipper "Big Dipper" Brown
* 1978 '' The Boys in Company C'' as Tyrone Washington
* 1979 '' The Great Santini'' as Toomer Smalls
* 1979 '' Roots: The Next Generations'' as Will Palmer
* 1983 '' Tough Enough'' as P.T. Coolidge
* 1984 ''Runaway'' as Sergeant Marvin James
* 1986 '' The Gladiator'' as Joe Barker
* 1986 ''Busted Up'' as Angie
* 1987 '' The Monster Squad'' as Detective Rich Sapir
* 1987 '' Billionaire Boys Club'' as Frank Booker
* 1989 '' Harlem Nights'' as Jack Jenkins
* 1990 '' Fear'' as Detective Webber
* 1991 ''Fried Green Tomatoes'' as George "Big George"
* 1993 '' Body of Evidence'' as Charles Biggs
* 1993 '' Rising Sun'' as Phillips
* 1995 '' Houseguest'' as Larry, The Tattoo Artist
* 1995 '' Cutthroat Island'' as Mr. Glasspoole
* 1996 ''Daylight'' as George Tyrell
* 1998 '' Snake Eyes'' as Lincoln "The Atlantic City Executioner" Tyler
* 2000 '' Freedom Song'' as Archie Mullen
* 2013 ''Detonator'' as Robert Brickland
* 2016 ''Cassidy Way'' as Mr. Kane
* 2017 '' Jeepers Creepers 3'' as Sheriff Dan Tashtego
* 2019 ''A Christmas Winter Song'' as Fred (main character)
* 2020 ''The Pale Door''

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1952 births
Living people
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male judoka
American jujutsuka
American male karateka
Male actors from Illinois
African-American male actors
American male television actors
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people