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Acting

Sam Elliott

Career: Active from 1970 to 2025, busiest in 1995 and 2015 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 48
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Fail Safe
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sam Elliott Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5
Contemporary Realism
4.7, average 5.4
Fantasy
1.1, average 1.7
Pop Culture
1.6, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 7
Character-Driven 7
Social Commentary 6
Classic Western 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Nostalgic 3
Gritty Realism 3
Murder Mystery 3
Historical Epic 3
Moral Dilemmas 3
Crime Thriller 3
Action-Packed 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

104

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Grendel

as The Dragon

2020s

4 titles · average score 74

The Gettysburg Address

as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

Landman

70

TV show · as Thomas 'T.L.' Norris

1883

80

TV show · as Shea Brennan

MacGruber

72

TV show · as Perry MacGruber

2010s

21 titles · average score 64

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

58

as Calvin Barr

A Star Is Born

83

as Bobby Maine

The Hero

66

as Lee Hayden

Audubon

as Narrator (voice)

The Ranch

65

TV show · as Beau

Limbo

as The Dog (voice)

The Good Dinosaur

67

as Butch (voice)

I'll See You in My Dreams

75

as Bill

Grace and Frankie

77

TV show · as Phil

The Big Bang

33

as Simon Kestral

November Christmas

77

as Jess Sanford

Justified

89

TV show · as Avery Markham

2000s

17 titles · average score 61

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

32

as Clay Wheeler

Up in the Air

80

as Maynard Finch

Ghost Rider

41

as Carter Slade / Phantom Rider

Barnyard

45

as Ben (voice)

Avenger

48

as Calvin Dexter

The Alibi

57

as The Mormon

Thank You for Smoking

77

as Lorne Lutch

American Dad!

60

TV show · as Big John Tanner (voice)

Hulk

54

as Ross

We Were Soldiers

68

as Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley

Pretty When You Cry

38

as Detective Lukas Black

The Contender

68

as Kermit Newman

1990s

18 titles · average score 59

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Sam Elliott (voice) / Wild Wild West (voice)

You Know My Name

64

as Bill Tilghman

Rough Riders

69

TV show · as Capt. Bucky O'Neil

Dog Watch

52

as Charlie Falon

Woman Undone

35

as Ross Bishop

The Final Cut

42

as John Pierce

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

61

as Bill Bell

The Desperate Trail

54

as Marshall Bill Speakes

Tombstone

71

as Virgil Earp

Gettysburg

79

as Brig. Gen. John Buford

Rush

70

as Dodd

Conagher

71

as Conn Conagher

1980s

14 titles · average score 63

Road House

51

as Wade Garrett

Prancer

65

as John Riggs

Shakedown

59

as Richie Marks

The Quick and the Dead

66

as Con Villian

Fatal Beauty

36

as Mike Marshak

Houston: The Legend of Texas

68

as Sam Houston

The Blue Lightning

59

as Harry Wingate

Mask

79

as Gar

A Death in California

62

TV show · as D. Jordan Williams

The Shadow Riders

65

as Dal Traven

Murder in Texas

69

TV show · as Dr. John Hill

Wild Times

65

TV show · as Hugh Cardiff

1970s

19 titles · average score 57

The Sacketts

76

TV show · as Tell Sacket

The Legacy

36

as Pete Danner

Aspen

TV show · as Tom Keating

Once an Eagle

74

TV show · as Sam Damon

Lifeguard

51

as Rick Carlson

I Will Fight No More Forever

72

as Captain Wood

as Evel Knievel

Police Woman

43

TV show · as Michael Gregory

The Blue Knight

60

TV show · as Detective Charlie Bronski

Frogs

38

as Pickett Smith

Molly and Lawless John

38

as Johnny Lawler

The Streets of San Francisco

48

TV show · as Ken Johnson

1960s

9 titles · average score 59

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Jack Houston

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

79

as Card Player #2

The Mod Squad

43

TV show

Land of the Giants

46

TV show · as Martin Reed

Lancer

63

TV show

The Way West

40

as Missouri Townsman (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Doug Robert

Felony Squad

69

TV show

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as SAC Kendall Lisbon

1950s

1 title · average score 76

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Cory Soames