Sam Shepard: movies and TV shows
Sam Shepard has 110 credits in the archive: 101 films and 9 TV series, from 1956 to 2020. Highest rated: Paris, Texas (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2020 · busiest year: 2013 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Tesla | Film | 5.8 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | The Writer | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2017 | California Typewriter | Self | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2017 | Never Here | Paul Stark | Film | 4.9 | 73 |
| 2016 | Midnight Special | Calvin Meyer | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2016 | In Dubious Battle | Mr. Anderson | Film | 5.8 | 72 |
| 2016 | True West | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2016 | Buried Child | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2015 | Bloodline | Robert Rayburn | TV | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2015 | Ithaca | Willie Grogan | Film | 5.2 | 71 |
| 2014 | Klondike | Father Judge | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2014 | Cold in July | Russell | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 2013 | Mud | Tom | Film | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Beverly Weston | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2013 | Out of the Furnace | Gerald 'Red' Baze | Film | 6.6 | 69 |
| 2013 | Savannah | Mr. Stubbs | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 2013 | The Assassination of President Kennedy | Film | 7.2 | 69 | |
| 2013 | Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction | Self | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2012 | Safe House | Harlan Whitford | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly | Dillon | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2012 | Darling Companion | Sheriff Morris | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 2012 | Shepard & Dark | Self | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 2011 | Blackthorn | James Blackthorn | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 2010 | Fair Game | Sam Plame | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2010 | Inhale | James Harrison | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2009 | Brothers | Hank Cahill | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2008 | Felon | Gordon | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 2008 | The Accidental Husband | Wilder | Film | 5.6 | 64 |
| 2008 | Patti Smith: Dream of Life | Self | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Frank James | Film | 7.1 | 63 |
| 2007 | Ruffian | Frank Whiteley | Film | 8.7 | 63 |
| 2007 | The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose | Self | Film | 9.0 | 63 |
| 2006 | Charlotte's Web | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 2006 | Bandidas | Bill Buck | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2006 | The Return | Ed Mills | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2006 | Walker Payne | Syrus | Film | 4.8 | 62 |
| 2005 | Stealth | George Cummings | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 2005 | Trudell | Self - Playwright, Actor (Thunderheart) | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Howard | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Film | 6.2 | 61 | |
| 2004 | The Notebook | Frank Calhoun | Film | 7.9 | 60 |
| 2004 | See You in My Dreams | Film | 8.0 | 60 | |
| 2004 | See You in My Dreams | Film | 8.0 | 60 | |
| 2003 | Blind Horizon | Sheriff Jack Kolb | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 2003 | This So-Called Disaster | Self | Film | 5.3 | 59 |
| 2002 | Leo | Vic | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2002 | Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick | Self | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2002 | True West | Film | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | MG William F. Garrison | Film | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2001 | Swordfish | Senator Reisman | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Eric Pollack | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 2001 | Shot in the Heart | Frank Gilmore, Sr. | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2001 | After the Harvest | Caleb Gare | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses | J.C. Franklin | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 2000 | Hamlet | Ghost | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 2000 | Kurosawa | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2000 | One Kill | Maj. Nelson Gray | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1999 | Dash and Lilly | Dashiell Hammett | Film | 8.7 | 55 |
| 1999 | Simpatico | Film | 4.9 | 55 | |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Arthur Chambers | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1999 | Purgatory | Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1998 | Curtain Call | Will Dodge | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 1997 | The Only Thrill | Reece McHenry | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1996 | Lily Dale | Pete Davenport | Film | 3.7 | 52 |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo | Pea Eye Parker | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1995 | Dear Antonioni | Self | Film | — | 51 |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boys | Tarnell | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1994 | Safe Passage | Patrick | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class | Film | 4.6 | 50 | |
| 1994 | Silent Tongue | Film | 4.7 | 50 | |
| 1994 | Silent Tongue | Film | 4.7 | 50 | |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Thomas Callahan | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1993 | Made in the USA | Self | Film | 2.0 | 49 |
| 1992 | Thunderheart | Frank Coutelle | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1991 | Voyager | Walter Faber | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1991 | Defenseless | Det. Beutel | Film | 4.9 | 47 |
| 1990 | Bright Angel | Jack Russell | Film | 4.9 | 46 |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | Spud Jones | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1988 | Far North | Film | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 1988 | Far North | Film | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 1988 | MaMa's Pushcart | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1987 | Baby Boom | Dr. Jeff Cooper | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1986 | Crimes of the Heart | Doc Porter | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1985 | Alive from Off Center | TV | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1985 | Fool for Love | Eddie | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1985 | Fool for Love | Film | 5.6 | 41 | |
| 1985 | Fool for Love | Film | 5.6 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Paris, Texas | Film | 8.1 | 40 | |
| 1984 | Country | Gil Ivy | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1984 | True West | Film | 8.3 | 40 | |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Chuck Yeager | Film | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 38 | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 38 | |
| 1982 | Frances | Harry York | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1982 | Tongues | Film | 6.0 | 38 | |
| 1982 | Tongues | Film | 6.0 | 38 | |
| 1981 | Raggedy Man | Bailey | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1981 | Savage/Love | Film | 9.0 | 37 | |
| 1980 | Resurrection | Cal | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1978 | Days of Heaven | The Farmer | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1978 | Renaldo and Clara | Rodeo | Film | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1978 | Renaldo and Clara | Film | 7.9 | 34 | |
| 1972 | Oh! Calcutta! | Film | 3.4 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1970 | Zabriskie Point | Film | 7.0 | 26 | |
| 1970 | Brand X | Film | 4.5 | 26 | |
| 1969 | Me and My Brother | Film | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 12 |
| Ages of the Moon | Film | — | — |