Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott

1944-08-09 Sacramento, California, USA 79 Credits

Biography

Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. His rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache, and deep, resonant voice (with a Western twang/drawl) match the iconic image of a cowboy or rancher, and he has often been cast in such roles.

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The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

2025

as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

Acting

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous ...

National Memorial Day Concert

National Memorial Day Concert

2023

as Self

2.0
Acting

On the eve of Memorial Day, a star-studded lineup will grace the stage for one of PBS' highest-rated programs. This multi-award-winning television eve...

Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp

2019

as Trusty (voice)

7.2
Acting

The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp. Lady finds herself out on the street after her owner...

I Am Patrick Swayze

I Am Patrick Swayze

2019

as Self

7.0
Acting

An inside look at the life of Patrick Swayze as told by the people who knew him best.

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

2019

as Calvin Barr

5.4
Acting

Decades after serving in WWII and assassinating Adolf Hitler, a legendary American war veteran must now hunt down the fabled Bigfoot.

The Road to Stardom: The Making of A Star Is Born

The Road to Stardom: The Making of A Star Is Born

2018

as Self

7.2
Acting

A look at the making of “A Star Is Born,” featuring director/star/writer/producer Bradley Cooper and star Lady Gaga, both of whom also wrote and produ...

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

2018

as Bobby Maine

7.5
Acting

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big a...

Audubon

Audubon

2017

as Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

Audubon: Naturalist and 19th century painter, John James Audubon was one of the most remarkable men of early America. A contemporary of Lewis & Clark ...

The Hero

The Hero

2017

as Lee Hayden

6.1
Acting

Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a life...

Rock Dog

Rock Dog

2016

as Fleetwood Yak (voice)

6.2
Acting

When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting int...

Limbo

Limbo

2016

as The Dog (voice)

Acting

A short film adaptation of a comic strip by Marian Churchland. A man is stranded on the side of the road and finds a dying dog. He gives the dog water...

A Tale of Two Cities: Part 2

2015

Acting

The 49ers–Cowboys rivalry during the 1990s, when San Francisco and Dallas faced each other in the NFC Championship Game three consecutive times.

A Tale of Two Cities

2015

8.0
Acting

The story of the intense rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys that lasted through the entire 1980's and 1990's.

The Good Dinosaur

The Good Dinosaur

2015

as Butch (voice)

6.7
Acting

An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

Digging for Fire

Digging for Fire

2015

as Pop Pop

5.1
Acting

Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...

Grandma

Grandma

2015

as Karl

6.5
Acting

Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them ...

I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams

2015

as Bill

6.3
Acting

A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense,...

Draft Day

Draft Day

2014

as Coach Moore

6.7
Acting

At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he'...

Milius

Milius

2013

as Self

7.1
Acting

The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.

The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

2012

as Mac McLeod

6.2
Acting

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.

November Christmas

November Christmas

2011

as Jess Sanford

7.5
Acting

A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. "In August? No." the farmer replies. The farmer ruminates on the odd request and gets involv...

The Big Bang

The Big Bang

2011

as Simon Kestral

5.3
Acting

A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets o...

Marmaduke

Marmaduke

2010

as Chupadogra (voice)

5.2
Acting

When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets...

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

2009

as Clay Wheeler

5.4
Acting

New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling around them. But their romantic woes are small compar...

Up in the Air

Up in the Air

2009

as Maynard Finch

6.9
Acting

Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million f...

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

2007

as Lee Scoresby

6.1
Acting

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherwor...

Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider

2007

as Carter Slade / Phantom Rider

5.6
Acting

In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Sim...

Barnyard

Barnyard

2006

as Ben the Cow (voice)

5.9
Acting

When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that en...

Avenger

Avenger

2006

as Calvin Dexter

6.0
Acting

After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justic...

The Alibi

The Alibi

2006

as The Mormon

5.6
Acting

Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to clients who have been unfaithful to their significant ot...

Thank You for Smoking

Thank You for Smoking

2005

as Lorne Lutch

7.2
Acting

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remai...

Off the Map

Off the Map

2003

as Charley

6.5
Acting

An 11-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries and comes to te...

Hulk

Hulk

2003

as Ross

5.6
Acting

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a ragin...

We Were Soldiers

We Were Soldiers

2002

as Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley

7.1
Acting

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Pretty When You Cry

Pretty When You Cry

2001

as Detective Lukas Black

3.2
Acting

A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.

The Contender

The Contender

2000

as Kermit Newman

6.7
Acting

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. W...

Fail Safe

Fail Safe

2000

as Congressman Raskob

7.0
Acting

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

You Know My Name

You Know My Name

1999

as Bill Tilghman

4.5
Acting

In six months, the population of Cromwell, Oklahoma, has climbed from 500 to 10,000. Boom times have come to the oil-rich town. So has a new breed of ...

The Hi-Lo Country

The Hi-Lo Country

1998

as Jim Ed Love

6.1
Acting

An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War I...

The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski

1998

as The Stranger

7.8
Acting

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelc...

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997

as Self

Acting

Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

Woman Undone

Woman Undone

1996

as Ross Bishop

4.0
Acting

When Terri Hansen (Mary McDonnell) emerges from a fiery car crash as a widow, the local sheriff at first believes her account of the accident. But the...

Dog Watch

Dog Watch

1996

as Charlie Falon

5.0
Acting

A San Francisco detective (Elliott) goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to ...

Blue River

Blue River

1995

as Henry Howland

5.9
Acting

Edward's father walked out on his family years ago. In the years since, his mother has become a fundamentalist Christian and fallen for the school's s...

The Final Cut

The Final Cut

1995

as John Pierce

5.8
Acting

A former bomb squad leader comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bombings plaguing Seattle.

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

1995

as Bill Bell

5.7
Acting

A young ranger in the Montana wilderness discovers the great forces of nature while learning the importance of honor, trust and integrity. Legendary v...

Buffalo Girls

Buffalo Girls

1995

as Wild Bill Hickok

6.6
Acting

The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the waning days of the Wild West and Jane, the rough 'n' ru...

The Desperate Trail

The Desperate Trail

1994

as Marshall Bill Speakes

4.8
Acting

Amiable con man Jack Cooper is on a westbound stagecoach, headed for the next batch of suckers who will mistake him for an easy mark. Fiery Sarah O'Ro...

Tombstone

Tombstone

1993

as Virgil Earp

7.6
Acting

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining t...

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

1993

as Lyn Cutter

4.5
Acting

A lady private eye on her first job working a routine divorce case teams up with a cynical, heavy-drinking police detective after inadvertently stumbl...

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

1993

as Brig. Gen. John Buford

6.9
Acting

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching t...

Rush

Rush

1991

as Dodd

6.6
Acting

Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his ne...

Conagher

Conagher

1991

as Conn Conagher

6.6
Acting

Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead. Conn Conagher is an honest, hardworking cowboy...

Conagher

Conagher

1991

Producer, Teleplay

6.6
Producing

Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead. Conn Conagher is an honest, hardworking cowboy...

Sibling Rivalry

Sibling Rivalry

1990

as Charles Turner, Jr.

5.1
Acting

Marjorie Turner is suffocating in her marriage and day to day life. An extramarital affair with a stranger seems to be the answer until her paramour h...

Prancer

Prancer

1989

as John Riggs

5.9
Acting

Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it make...

Road House

Road House

1989

as Wade Garrett

6.7
Acting

The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look l...

Shakedown

Shakedown

1988

as Richie Marks

5.8
Acting

When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investiga...

The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen

1988

as Self

Acting

A follow-up special to ABC's 1987 "The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson." The program includes clips of great stunts, interviews with cele...

Fatal Beauty

Fatal Beauty

1987

as Mike Marshak

5.5
Acting

Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and mor...

The Quick and the Dead

The Quick and the Dead

1987

as Con Villian

6.3
Acting

In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallia...

Houston: The Legend of Texas

Houston: The Legend of Texas

1986

as Sam Houston

6.9
Acting

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing ...

The Blue Lightning

The Blue Lightning

1986

as Harry Wingate

6.0
Acting

Harry Wingate, a rugged adventurer, is hired by a gem collector to retrieve a priceless opal, known as "The Blue Lightning," from Lester McInally, a s...

Mask

Mask

1985

as Gar

7.2
Acting

A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

Travis McGee

Travis McGee

1983

as Travis McGee

4.5
Acting

Travis McGee is a world-weary private eye trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, re...

The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders

1982

as Dal Traven

6.5
Acting

After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L...

The Legacy

The Legacy

1978

as Pete Danner

5.4
Acting

A couple attempts to unravel a sinister plot within the English countryside estate of a dying man who has gathered an eclectic and notable group of ho...

Lifeguard

Lifeguard

1976

as Rick Carlson

6.2
Acting

Rick is a Los Angeles County lifeguard who is in his thirties. At his 15-year high school reunion, he sees his old girlfriend who is now a divorced mo...

I Will Fight No More Forever

I Will Fight No More Forever

1975

as Captain Wood

6.4
Acting

Pursued by 2,000 US soldiers and cavalry, Chief Joseph leads his tribe of 800 Nez Perce on a 1,700 mile journey across the West and towards Canada. Ba...

Evel Knievel

1974

as Evel Knievel

6.0
Acting

Pilot for an adventure/comedy series starring Sam Elliott as the title character and Gary Barton as his sidekick. In the pilot Evel Knievel must compe...

The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight

1973

as Detective Charlie Bronski

5.8
Acting

Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the crimi...

Molly and Lawless John

Molly and Lawless John

1972

as Johnny Lawler

3.0
Acting

Molly, the shy, romance-starved wife of an arrogant frontier sheriff, finds herself drawn to a prisoner in her husband's jail. This prisoner, a handso...

Frogs

Frogs

1972

as Pickett Smith

4.7
Acting

Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett ...

Assault on the Wayne

Assault on the Wayne

1971

as Ens. William 'Bill' Sandover

3.0
Acting

The U.S. submarine Anthony Wayne is underway for a top-secret mission. Onboard is a highly classified device that will give the Americans a decided nu...

The Games

The Games

1970

as Richie Robinson

7.1
Acting

From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the wor...

The Challenge

The Challenge

1970

as Bryant

6.0
Acting

All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single s...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

as Card Player #2

7.6
Acting

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in ho...

The Way West

The Way West

1967

as Missouri Townsman (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock...

Grendel

Grendel

N/A

as The Dragon

Acting

The tale of the legendary monster at the heart of the Beowulf epic poem who steps forth to tell his side of the riveting story.