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Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, director and screenwriter whose career spanned half a century. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director.
Sam Shepard was a versatile and acclaimed artist who worked in theater, film and television. He wrote and directed plays, and starred in films such as The Right Stuff, Mud and August: Osage County.
The actor, playwright and writer died of complications from ALS in 2017, after keeping his illness private for years. He continued to work and write until his death, despite the disease's effects on his body and mind.
Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director. He wrote 44 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. In 1979 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child.
The following is his screen filmography as an actor, screenwriter, and director. Shepard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chuck Yeager in the film The Right Stuff (1983).
Jul 31, 2017 · Sam Shepard, whose hallucinatory plays redefined the landscape of the American West and its inhabitants, died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky. He was 73.
May 31, 2024 · Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943, Fort Sheridan, near Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.—died July 27, 2017, Midway, Kentucky) was an American playwright and actor whose plays adroitly blend images of the American West, Pop motifs, science fiction, and other elements of popular and youth culture.
