Stan Shaw was born on July 14,1952 and is an American actor.
20 Facts About Stan Shaw
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Stan Shaw began his career performing on Broadway musicals Hair and Via Galactica, before making his feature film debut appearing in Truck Turner.
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Stan Shaw's brother is Vaan Shaw, a guitarist known as Eddie Shaw Jr.
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Stan Shaw is married to Dr Zoe Shaw, who is an author and psychotherapist.
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Stan Shaw started his acting career in the Chicago production of the musical Hair as well as the Broadway production of The Me Nobody Knows.
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Stan Shaw starred in the Broadway rock musical Via Galactica directed by Peter Hall in 1972.
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Stan Shaw holds first dan black belt in judo and jujutsu and a second dan in karate.
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Stan Shaw made his big screen debut appearing in the blaxploitation films Truck Turner and TNT Jackson, both released in 1974.
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Later that year, Stan Shaw appeared in the sports drama Rocky as "Big Dipper" Brown, a rival boxer who taunts Rocky after being given his locker.
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Later in 1979, Stan Shaw starred as Alex Haley's maternal grandfather Will Palmer in the television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.
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Stan Shaw starred in a number of television pilots, notable 1979 NBC Western Buffalo Soldiers about black cavalry corps known as the Buffalo Soldiers, who protected the Western territories after the end of the Civil War.
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Stan Shaw made appearances in television series Hill Street Blues, Fame, The Young Riders, Wiseguy and Murder, She Wrote.
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Stan Shaw appeared as Isaac in the 1994 miniseries North and South.
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Stan Shaw received NAACP Theatre Awards for performance in Samm-Art Williams' play Home.
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Stan Shaw played a professional fighters in films Tough Enough, Busted Up, Harlem Nights, and Snake Eyes.
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Stan Shaw appeared in films Runaway, The Monster Squad, Body of Evidence and Rising Sun.
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In 1991, Stan Shaw appeared in the comedy-drama film Fried Green Tomatoes.
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Stan Shaw had a role in the 1995 comedy film Houseguest, alongside Sinbad, and appeared as a pirate in Cutthroat Island with Geena Davis.
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Stan Shaw appeared as George Tyrell in the 1996 disaster film Daylight and as Archie Mullen in the television film Freedom Song.
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In 2000s and early 2010s, Stan Shaw left the screen, making only selected appearances in television series The X Files and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.