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Sam Elliott filmography

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Elliott at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival

The filmography of American actor Sam Elliott includes nearly 100 credits in both film and television. He came to prominence for his portrayal of gruff cowboy characters in Western films and TV series, making early minor appearances in The Way West (1967) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). He went on to appear in several horror films, such as Frogs (1972) and The Legacy (1978), and appeared in various television series. His film breakthrough was the drama Mask (1985), in which he co-starred with Cher. In 1989, he starred in the Christmas movie Prancer, playing a widowed apple farmer whose daughter finds an injured reindeer and tends to it in the belief it is one of Santa's. The 1989 film Road House also featured Elliott.

He would reprise his Western image in 1991's television film Conagher, for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor, followed by his role portraying Virgil Earp in Tombstone (1993). He also appeared in Gettysburg (1993), in which he played Brigadier General John Buford. He earned his second Golden Globe nomination for his supporting portrayal of Wild Bill Hickok in the miniseries Buffalo Girls (1995). He had a small (but crucial) role in the comedy The Big Lebowski (1998), and later had supporting roles in the fantasy The Golden Compass (2007) and the drama Up in the Air (2009).

From 2016 until its ending in 2020, Elliott began portraying Beau Bennett on the Netflix series The Ranch. He subsequently appeared in a supporting role in the musical drama A Star Is Born (2018) directed by and co-starring Bradley Cooper, which earned him a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and various nominations, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1967 The Way West Missouri Townsman Uncredited
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Card Player #2 [1]
1970 The Games Richie Robinson [2]
1972 Frogs Pickett Smith [2]
Molly and Lawless John Johnny Lawler [2]
1976 Lifeguard Rick Carlson [2]
1978 The Legacy Pete Danner [2]
1985 Mask Gar [2]
1986 The Blue Lightning Harold "Harry" Wingate
1987 Fatal Beauty Mike Marshak [2]
1988 Shakedown Detective Richie Marks [2]
1989 Road House Wade Garrett [2]
Prancer John Riggs [2]
1990 Sibling Rivalry Charles Turner Jr. [2]
1991 Rush Larry Dodd [2]
1993 Tombstone Virgil Earp [2]
Gettysburg Brigadier General John Buford [2]
1995 Blue River Henry Howland [1]
The Final Cut John Pierce [1]
1996 Dogwatch Charlie Falon [1]
Adventures of Mowgli Kaa English voice [1]
1998 The Big Lebowski The Stranger [1]
The Hi-Lo Country Jim Ed Love [1]
2000 The Contender Kermit Newman [1]
2002 We Were Soldiers Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley [2]
2003 Hulk General Thaddeus Ross [2]
Off the Map Charley Groden [2]
2005 Thank You for Smoking Lorne Lutch [2]
2006 Barnyard Ben (voice) Also sung "I Won’t Back Down" [2]
The Alibi The Mormon [2]
2007 Ghost Rider The Caretaker / Carter Slade / Phantom Rider [2]
The Golden Compass Lee Scoresby [2]
2009 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Clay Wheeler [2]
2009 Up in the Air Captain Maynard Finch [2]
2010 Marmaduke Chupadogra / Buster (voice) [1]
2011 The Big Bang Simon Kestral
2012 The Company You Keep 'Mac' McLeod [2]
2014 Draft Day Coach Moore [2]
2015 I'll See You in My Dreams Bill
Grandma Karl [1]
The Good Dinosaur Butch (voice) [1]
2017 Rock Dog Fleetwood Yak (voice) [1]
The Hero Lee Hayden
Audubon Narrator (voice)
2018 The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot Calvin Barr [3]
A Star Is Born Bobby Maine [4]
2019 Lady and the Tramp Trusty (voice) [5]
TBA The Gettysburg Address Ward Hill Lamon (voice) Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1968–1969 Felony Squad Numerous 3 episodes
1969 Land of the Giants Martin Reed Episode: "Six Hours to Live"
The F.B.I. SAC Kendall Lisbon Episode: "The Prey"
Judd, for the Defense Dan Kenyon Episode: "The Crystal Maze"
1969–1970 Lancer Renslo / Canopus / Cowboy 3 episodes [6]
1970 The Challenge Bryant Television film
1970–1971 Mission: Impossible Dr. Douglas Robert (Lang) 13 episodes [6]
1971 Assault on the Wayne Ensign Bill Sandover Television film
1972 Gunsmoke Cory Soames Episode: "The Wedding" [1]
The Mod Squad Rick Price Episode: "Good Times Are Just Memories" [6]
Molly and Lawless John Johnny Lawler Television film
1973 The Blue Knight Detective Charlie Bronski
Mannix Bill Saunders Episode: "Little Girl Lost" [6]
Hawkins Luther Wilkes Episode: "Die Die, Darling"
1974 Doc Elliot Lee Barrows Episode: "A Time to Live"
Hawaii Five-O Jack Houston Episode: "The Two-Faced Corpse"
Evel Knievel Evel Knievel Television film
The Manhunter Will Gantry Episode: "The Ma Gantry Gang"
The Streets of San Francisco Ken Johnson Episode: "The Hard Breed" [1]
1975 Police Woman Michael Gregory Episode: "Farewell, Mary Jane"
I Will Fight No More Forever Captain Wood Television film
1976–1977 Once an Eagle Sam Damon Miniseries; main role [1]
1977 Aspen Tom Keating Television film [1]
1979 The Sacketts Tell Sackett [1]
1980 Wild Times Hugh Cardiff 2 episodes [1]
1981 Murder in Texas Dr. John Hill Television film [7]
1982 The Shadow Riders Dal Traven
The Yellow Rose Chance McKenzie Main role [1]
1984 Travis McGee Travis McGee Television film
1985 A Death in California D. Jordan Williams 2 episodes
1987 Gone to Texas Sam Houston Television film; also producer
The Quick and the Dead Con Vallian Television film
1988 The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen Himself Documentary
1991 Conagher Conn Conagher Television film; also writer and producer [8]
1992 Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert Lyn Cutter Television film
1994 The Desperate Trail Bill Speakes [1]
1995 The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky Bill Bell
Buffalo Girls Bill 'Wild Bill' Hickok [1]
Blue River Henry Howland
The Way West (voice) Documentary
Woman Undone Ross Bishop Television film
1997 Rough Riders Captain 'Bucky' O'Neill
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western Himself Documentary
1998 Texarkana N/A Television film
1999 You Know My Name Bill Tilghman Television film; also producer
2000 Fail Safe Congressman Raskob Television film
2001 Pretty When You Cry Detective Lukas Black
2002–2007 American Bikers Joel Baldwin (voice) Main role
2003 Hulk: The Lowdown Himself (co-host) Documentary
2006 Avenger Calvin Dexter Television film
2010 November Christmas Jesse 'Jess' Sanford Television film
2012, 2020 Robot Chicken Himself / White Wine Narrator / Skito / Reporter (voices) 2 episodes [1]
2013–2015 Parks and Recreation Ron Dunn 3 episodes [1]
2015 Justified Avery Markham Main role (season 6) [1]
2016–2020 The Ranch Beau Bennett Main role; also producer [1]
2016 American Dad! John 'Big John' Tanner (voice) Episode: "Kiss Kiss Cam Cam"
Grace and Frankie Phil Milstein 4 episodes
2019–present Family Guy Wild West / Himself (voices) 15 episodes
2021–2022 1883 Shea Brennan Main role
2021 MacGruber Perry 4 episodes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Sam Elliott Credits". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Sam Elliott Filmography". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Amanda N'Duka (9 August 2017). "Ron Livingston Joins 'The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  4. ^ Mallenbaum, Carly (September 25, 2018). "'A Star is Born': Bradley Cooper's deep Sam Elliott-inspired voice impressed even Elliott". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Sam Elliott Joins Disney's LADY AND THE TRAMP Remake | That Hashtag Show". That Hashtag Show. July 30, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d Parish, James Robert; Terrace, Vincent (1990). The Complete Actors' Television Credits, 1948-1988: Actors (2nd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-0-810-82204-7.
  7. ^ Rettenmund, Matthew (1995). Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of that Decadent Decade. New York: Macmillan. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-312-14436-4.
  8. ^ Mills, Bart (June 30, 1991). "Sam Elliott, On The 'Conagher' Trail". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015.