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Acting

Sam Shepard

Career: Active from 1969 to 2017, busiest in 2001 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Days of Heaven
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 69 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sam Shepard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
1.4, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Fantasy
0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Social Commentary 8
Redemption 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Dysfunctional Family 4
Biographical Drama 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Character Study 4
Psychological Drama 4
Character-Driven Drama 3
Coming-of-Age Story 3
Visually Stunning 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Ages of the Moon

Theatre Play

2020s

1 title · average score 55

Tesla

55

In Memory Of

2010s

21 titles · average score 61

Never Here

59

as Paul Stark

Midnight Special

72

as Calvin Meyer

In Dubious Battle

46

as Mr. Anderson

Buried Child

Writer

Ithaca

32

as Willie Grogan

Cold in July

73

as Russell

Mud

80

as Tom

Out of the Furnace

61

as Gerald 'Red' Baze

Safe House

57

as Harlan Whitford

Blackthorn

65

as James Blackthorn

Fair Game

69

as Sam Plame

Inhale

49

as James Harrison

2000s

25 titles · average score 58

Brothers

64

as Hank Cahill

The Accidental Husband

26

as Wilder

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

74

as Frank James

Ruffian

76

as Frank Whiteley

Bandidas

55

as Bill Buck

Don't Come Knocking

47

as Howard

Stealth

36

as George Cummings

Blind Horizon

48

as Sheriff Jack Kolb

Black Hawk Down

76

as Garrison

Swordfish

45

as Senator Reisman

The Pledge

69

as Eric Pollack

Kurosawa

74

as Narrator (voice)

1990s

17 titles · average score 56

Purgatory

72

as Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock

The Only Thrill

50

as Reece McHenry

Lily Dale

44

as Pete Davenport

Streets of Laredo

67

TV show · as Pea Eye Parker

Curse of the Starving Class

37

Writer

Silent Tongue

43

Writer, Director

Safe Passage

61

as Patrick

The Pelican Brief

59

as Thomas Callahan

Thunderheart

72

as Frank Coutelle

Voyager

61

as Walter Faber

Defenseless

47

as Det. Beutel

Bright Angel

61

as Jack Russell

1980s

14 titles · average score 67

Far North

33

Director, Writer

Baby Boom

61

as Dr. Jeff Cooper

Crimes of the Heart

58

as Doc Porter

Fool for Love

55

as Eddie

Paris, Texas

85

Writer

Country

65

as Gil Ivy

True West

83

Writer

The Right Stuff

86

as Chuck Yeager

Frances

65

as Harry York

Raggedy Man

63

as Bailey

Savage/Love

Writer

Resurrection

76

as Cal

1970s

4 titles · average score 60

Days of Heaven

87

as The Farmer

Renaldo and Clara

45

as Rodeo

Oh! Calcutta!

42

Writer

Zabriskie Point

67

Screenplay

1960s

1 title

Me and My Brother

Writer