Cast & creator
Stan Shaw
Best known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, Chicago Med
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 Chicago. He holds first dan black belt in judo and jujutsu and a second dan in karate. Shaw appeared in Rocky (1976) as Dipper, another boxer. In a deleted scene, Dipper, infuriated by the attention Rocky has received, challenges him before a television reporter. He also played a professional fighter in Tough Enough (1983), Harlem Nights (1989), and Snake Eyes (1998). One of his most notable roles was his appearance as Alex Haley's maternal grandfather Will Palmer in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. Another highly notable role was Private Washington in The Boys in Company C (1978). Shaw also played in The Great Santini (1979) as Toomer Smalls with Robert Duvall and David Keith. After a part in the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, he had a role in the 1995 comedy Houseguest alongside Sinbad and appeared as a pirate in Cutthroat Island with Geena Davis. His television credits include episodes of Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, and a 2009 episode of CSI. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stan Shaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: استن شاو
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film credits
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television credits
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1974–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (72)
Showing 72 of 72 credits
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Geoff Johnson
2000
Criminal Minds
Albert Lewis
2005
Chicago Med
Dr. George Thomas
2015
The X-Files
Stephen Murdoch
1993
Murder, She Wrote
Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton
1984Murder, She Wrote
Eddie Walters
1984
L.A. Law
Terry Slueman
1986
American Playhouse
Sergeant
1982
Hill Street Blues
1981
Matlock
Cyrus Jordan
1986
Starsky & Hutch
Leotis
1975
Early Edition
Earl Camby
1996
Fame
1982
Wiseguy
1987
Matt Houston
1982
Quantum Leap
Eli Jackson
2022
North and South
Isaac
1985
Carl Weber's The Family Business
Larry Duncan
2018
Rocky
Dipper
1976
Roots: The Next Generations
Will Palmer
1979Roots: The Next Generations
Will Palmer (archive footage)
1979
Darkroom
Dan Burroughs
1981
Fried Green Tomatoes
Big George
1991
Jeepers Creepers 3
Sheriff Tashtego
2017
Lucan
1977
Cutthroat Island
Glasspoole
1995
The Mississippi
Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate
1983
The Family Business: New Orleans
Larry Duncan
2025
The Monster Squad
Detective Sapir
1987
Rising Sun
Phillips
1993
Snake Eyes
Lincoln Tyler
1998
Body of Evidence
Charles Biggs
1993
Harlem Nights
Jack Jenkins
1989
Daylight
George Tyrell
1996
Billionaire Boys Club
Frank Booker
1987
Houseguest
Larry the Tattoo Artist
1995
What Lives Inside
Soot (voice)
2015
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Esquire Joe
1976
Runaway
Marvin
1984
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Harold Moss
1986
Busted Up
Angie
1986
Tough Enough
P.T. Coolidge
1983
The Boys in Company C
Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
1978
Truck Turner
Fontana
1974
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Self
1998
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
2013
The Great Santini
Toomer Smalls
1979
Red River
Jack Byrd
1988
The Pale Door
Lester
2020
Lifepod
Parker
1993
A Christmas Winter Song
Fred
2019
A Nashville Legacy
Franklin Berryhall
2023
Scared Straight! Another Story
Carl Jones
1980
TNT Jackson
Charlie
1974
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Gerst
1993
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Joe Louis
1990
Billionaire Boys Club
Frank Booker
1987
The Gladiator
Joe Barker
1986
Under Siege
Nick Tutman
1986
Freedom Song
Archie Mullen
2000
The Three Kings
Paul
1987
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Cowboy
2018
When Dreams Come True
Harry Jenks
1985
Fear
Detective Webber
1990
Rag and Bone
Det. Ritchie
1998
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
Himself
2023
Cassidy Way
Kane
2016
Darktown Strutters
Raunchy
1975
Street Killing
Mitchell Small
1976
Detonator
Robert Brickland
2003Venice Medical
1983Displaced Person
Sergeant
1985