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Sam Shepard

Name: Sam Shepard
Full/Alt. name: Samuel Shepard Rogers
Date of Birth: Friday November 5 1943
Born: Fort Sheridan (Illinois)
Nationality: American
Partial Biography: It should come as no surprise that the search for identity has always been a constant in the work of playwright Sam Shepard. After all, this is the same man who changed his name from Steve Rogers (as…Full Sam Shepard Biography…

Charlotte's Web (2007) U (Contains very mild language)Played "Voice of Narrator"
Assassination Of Jesse James (2006) 15 (Contains strong violence and sex references)Played "Frank James"
Don't Come Knocking (2006) 15 (for language and brief nudity)Played "Howard Spence", Screenplay, Story By
Stealth (2005) 12A (Contains strong language and moderate action violence)Played "Capt. George Cummings"
The Notebook (2004) 12A (Contains moderate sex)Played "Frank Calhoun"
This So-Called Disaster (2004) (for some language)Played "Himself"
Trudell (2004) Played "Himself"
Black Hawk Down (2002) 15 (Contains frequent strong battle horror)Played "Major General William F Garrison"
The Pledge (2001) 15 (for violence, a strong sex scene, and some language)Played "Eric Pollack"
Swordfish (2001) 15 (for violence, language and some sexuality/nudity)Played "Senator Reisman"

New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1986) Best New Play - "A Lie of the Mind"
Drama Desk Award (1986) Outstanding New Play - "A Lie of the Mind"
OBIE Award (1983) Best New American Play - "Fool for Love"
OBIE Award (1983) Direction - "Fool for Love"
Pulitzer Prize in Drama (1979) - "Buried Child"