Acting
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stan Shaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Family Business: New Orleans
2025
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023
A Nashville Legacy
2023
Quantum Leap
2022
The Pale Door
2020
A Christmas Winter Song
2019
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018
Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018
Jeepers Creepers 3
2017
Cassidy Way
2016
Chicago Med
2015
What Lives Inside
2015
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Criminal Minds
2005
Detonator
2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Freedom Song
2000
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998
Snake Eyes
1998
Rag and Bone
1998
Daylight
1996
Early Edition
1996
Cutthroat Island
1995
Houseguest
1995
The X-Files
1993
Rising Sun
1993
Lifepod
1993
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
Body of Evidence
1993
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
Fear
1990
Harlem Nights
1989
Red River
1988
The Three Kings
1987
Billionaire Boys Club
1987
Billionaire Boys Club
1987
Wiseguy
1987
The Monster Squad
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Busted Up
1986
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
Matlock
1986
Under Siege
1986
The Gladiator
1986
North and South
1985
When Dreams Come True
1985
Displaced Person
1985
Runaway
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Venice Medical
1983
Tough Enough
1983
The Mississippi
1983
Matt Houston
1982
Fame
1982
Hill Street Blues
1981
Scared Straight! Another Story
1980
The Great Santini
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Boys in Company C
1978
Lucan
1977
Rocky
1976
Street Killing
1976
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
Darktown Strutters
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Truck Turner
1974
TNT Jackson
1974