Sam Elliott

Birthplace: Sacramento, California, USA
Birthday: August 9, 1944

A lanky, long-faced, laid-back but quietly compelling actor whose weathered looks give him a scruffy majesty ideal for Westerns, Sam Elliott was one of the last generation of contract players under the old studio system. Signed by 20th Century-Fox at about the same time as future co-star Tom Selleck, he managed to make his feature debut around a card table in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) before being loaned to Paramount where, clean-shaven and dashingly handsome, he joined the cast of the long-running CBS spy series &qu…more

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Credits

Actor

Hulk: The Lowdown
Final Cut
John Pierce
Houston: The Legend of Texas
Sam Houston
The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky
Bill Bell
The Quick and the Dead
Con Vallian

Producer

Conagher
Executive Producer
You Know My Name
Executive Producer

Writer

Conagher
Screenplay

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Career Milestones

2007
Co-starred with Nicholas Cage in the Marvel Comics-inspired "Ghost Rider"
2006
Co-starred with Aaron Eckhart in the satirical comedy "Thank You for Smoking" directed by Jason Reitman
2005
Starred with Joan Allen in "Off the Map" directed by Campbell Scott
2003
Appeared in the Ang Lee-directed "The Hulk"
2002
Cast as a grizzled veteran sergeant major in "We Were Soldiers"