Sam Shepard Filmography

Mud (2013)


Safe House (2012)
stars as Harlan Whitford

Savannah (2012)
stars as Mr. Stubbs

Shoedog (2012)
stars as Grimes

Cogan's Trade (2012)


Border Crosses (2012)
stars as Walter

Darling Companion (2012)
stars as Sheriff Morris

Blackthorn (2011)
stars as James Blackthorn aka Butch Cassidy

Inhale (2010)
stars as James Harrison

Fair Game (2010)
stars as Sam Plame

Brothers (2009)
stars as Hank Cahill

Felon (2008)
stars as Gordon Camrose

The Accidental Husband (2008)
stars as Wilder

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
stars as Frank James

Charlotte's Web (2006)
stars as Narrator (voice)

The Return (2006)
stars as Ed Mills

Bandidas (2006)
stars as Bill Buck

Walker Payne (2006)
stars as Syrus

Stealth (2005)
stars as Capt. George Cummings

Don't Come Knocking (2005)
stars as Howard Spence

The Notebook (2004)
stars as Frank Calhoun

Blind Horizon (2003)
stars as Sheriff Jack Kolb

Leo (2002)
stars as Vic

Black Hawk Down (2001)
stars as Maj. Gen. William F. Garrison

Shot in the Heart (2001) - TM
stars as Frank Gilmore, Sr.

Swordfish (2001)
stars as Senator James Reisman

After the Harvest (2001) - TM
stars as Caleb Gare

The Pledge (2001)
stars as Eric Pollack

All the Pretty Horses (2000)
stars as J.C. Franklin

One Kill (2000) - TM
stars as Maj. Nelson Gray

Hamlet (2000)
stars as Ghost

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
stars as Arthur Chambers

Curtain Call (1999)
stars as Will Dodge

Dash and Lilly (1999) - TM
stars as Dashiell Hammett

Purgatory (1999)
stars as Sheriff Forrest/Wild Bill Hickok

The Only Thrill (1997)
stars as Reece McHenry

Lily Dale (1996) - TM aka Hallmark Hall of Fame: Lily Dale
stars as Pete Davenport

Streets of Laredo (1995) - TV aka Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo
stars as Cpl. Pea Eye Parker

The Good Old Boys (1995) - TM
stars as Tarnell

Safe Passage (1994)
stars as Patrick Singer

The Pelican Brief (1993)
stars as Professor Thomas Callahan

Thunderheart (1992)
stars as Frank Coutelle

Homo Faber (1991) aka The Voyager (France)
stars as Walter Faber

Bright Angel (1991)
stars as Jack

Defenseless (1991)
stars as Det. Beutel

Steel Magnolias (1989)
stars as Spud Jones

Baby Boom (1987)
stars as Dr. Jeff Cooper

Crimes of the Heart (1986)
stars as Doc Porter

Fool for Love (1985)
stars as Eddie

Paris, Texas (1984)


Country (1984)
stars as Gil Ivy

The Right Stuff (1983)
stars as Chuck Yeager

Frances (1982)
stars as Harry York

Raggedy Man (1981)
stars as Bailey

Resurrection (1980)
stars as Cal Carpenter

Days of Heaven (1978)
stars as The Farmer

Renaldo and Clara (1978)
stars as Rodeo

Brand X (1970)