Biography
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 Chica...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023
as Himself
Canadian-born filmmaker Sidney J. Furie made his name with British hits like The Young Ones (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), and The Ipcress File (196...

A Nashville Legacy
2023
as Franklin Berryhall
When Naima meets Damian after she moves to Nashville to uncover secrets about an undiscovered music group, they begin sharing their love for music and...

The Pale Door
2020
as Lester
The Dalton gang escape to a nearby town after a train robbery goes south, but they are met by a coven of witches with sinister plans for the unsuspect...

A Christmas Winter Song
2019
as Fred
Clio befriends Fred, a homeless former jazz singer down on his luck. They form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father, h...

Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018
as Cowboy
Cowboy, a senior citizen ex-lawyer and gambler, is persuaded by his spunky seventeen year old neighbor, Rachel, to seek retribution for having been ch...

Jeepers Creepers 3
2017
as Sheriff Tashtego
Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on ...

Cassidy Way
2016
as Kane
When a film student and her two friends go to Kern County to shoot a documentary, they stumble upon a mysterious family and learn why Pandora's box sh...

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

Detonator
2003
as Robert Brickland
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.

Freedom Song
2000
as Archie Mullen
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle ...
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998
as Self
An original documentary exploring one of America's most beloved films. Take a journey with director Jon Avnet, actresses Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, M...

Snake Eyes
1998
as Lincoln Tyler
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence...

Rag and Bone
1998
as Det. Ritchie
The life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect. Howe...

Daylight
1996
as George Tyrell
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosi...

Cutthroat Island
1995
as Glasspoole
Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by ...

Houseguest
1995
as Larry the Tattoo Artist
In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.

Rising Sun
1993
as Phillips
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called ...

Lifepod
1993
as Parker
Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The pas...

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
as Gerst
A woman places an ad in the "Soldier of Fortune" magazine to hire a contract killer.

Body of Evidence
1993
as Charles Biggs
When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him...

Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
as Big George
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two...

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as Joe Louis
A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.

Fear
1990
as Detective Webber
A psychic helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent, who wants to share the...

Harlem Nights
1989
as Jack Jenkins
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of...

Red River
1988
as Jack Byrd
Remake of the 1948 John Wayne feature about a man who rebels against his tyrannical guardian during a crucial cattle drive.

The Three Kings
1987
as Paul
The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the ...

Billionaire Boys Club
1987
as Frank Booker
The Billionaire Boys Club is based on the true story of Joe Hunt (Nelson), a shady investor who built an empire on B.S. back in the early '80s. Known ...

The Monster Squad
1987
as Detective Sapir
Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerfu...

Busted Up
1986
as Angie
Prolific actor-stuntman Conrad Palmisano directed this average action-thriller about the owner of an inner-city gym. Earl (Paul Coufos) happens to als...

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
as Harold Moss
Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attention to the issue by taking their case to Congress.

Under Siege
1986
as Nick Tutman
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Wash...

The Gladiator
1986
as Joe Barker
A road warrior vigilante avenges his brother's death at the hands of a crazy motorist by using his souped-up pickup to apprehend drunken drivers and o...

When Dreams Come True
1985
as Harry Jenks
A Dallas museum tour guide finds herself having dreams that foretell killings that are attributed to a killer known as "The Perfect Murderer." She ask...
Displaced Person
1985
as Sergeant
Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred Barro...

Runaway
1984
as Marvin
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncove...
Venice Medical
1983
TV pilot for series centered around a beachfront clinic in the community of Venice, California.

Tough Enough
1983
as P.T. Coolidge
An aspiring country singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some...

Scared Straight! Another Story
1980
as Carl Jones
A group of young delinquents well on the road to careers in crime, are given a shock course in prison life. Brought face to face with hardened crimina...

The Great Santini
1979
as Toomer Smalls
As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated ma...

The Boys in Company C
1978
as Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own c...

Rocky
1976
as Dipper
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion...

Street Killing
1976
as Mitchell Small
In this detective drama, a prosecutor investigates a murder and finds that it is connected to a recent mugging. In the end, he is led to convict a hig...

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
as Esquire Joe
Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Car...

Darktown Strutters
1975
as Raunchy
When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female b...

Truck Turner
1974
as Fontana
Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.

TNT Jackson
1974
as Charlie
A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.