Stan Shaw
Acting
Born 1952-07-14
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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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Criminal Minds
Roots: The Next Generations
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Chicago Med
The X-Files
Murder, She Wrote
Hill Street Blues
L.A. Law
Matlock
Starsky & Hutch
Early Edition
North and South
Rocky
American Playhouse
Quantum Leap
Fame
Wiseguy
Matt Houston
Carl Weber's The Family Business
Snake Eyes
Fried Green Tomatoes
Jeepers Creepers 3
Daylight
Rising Sun
Harlem Nights
Cutthroat Island
Body of Evidence
The Monster Squad
Darkroom
Lucan
The Family Business: New Orleans
The Mississippi
Runaway
Houseguest
Red River
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
The Boys in Company C
The Great Santini
Tough Enough
Truck Turner
What Lives Inside
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
The Pale Door
Fear
TNT Jackson
Billionaire Boys Club
Freedom Song
Busted Up
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
The Gladiator
The Three Kings
Under Siege
Rag and Bone
Billionaire Boys Club
Lifepod
Detonator
Cassidy Way
Scared Straight! Another Story
Street Killing
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