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Biography

Sam Elliott, born Samuel Pack Elliott on August 9, 1944 in Sacramento, California, is an American actor. He made an immediate splash early in…more

Born

8/4/1944, Sacramento, California, USA

Birth Name

Samuel Pack Elliott

Gender

Male

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Role
- Back at the Barnyard
  Ben the Cow [voice]
  - S 1: Ep 0 Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
    8/4/06
- The Yellow Rose
  Chance McKenzie
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Far Side Of Fear
    5/12/84
  - S 1: Ep 21 Villa's Gold
    5/5/84
  - S 1: Ep 20 Beyond Vengeance
    4/28/84
  - S 1: Ep 19 Chains Of Fear
    3/24/84
  - S 1: Ep 18 Debt Of Honor
    3/17/84
  - + 17 More Credits
- Mission: Impossible
  Dr. Doug Robert (1970-1971)
  - S 5: Ep 22 The Party
    3/6/71
  - S 5: Ep 20 Kitara (aka The Bigot)
    2/20/71
  - S 5: Ep 19 The Catafalque
    2/6/71
  - S 5: Ep 17 The Field
    1/23/71
  - S 5: Ep 14 Takeover
    1/2/71
  - + 6 More Credits
Guest Star (29)

Role
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Jess Sanford
  - S 60: Ep 1 November Christmas
    11/28/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 175 Episode #2.175
    3/30/09
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 120 Sam Elliott, Paget Brewster
    4/5/06
  - S 1: Ep 50 Sam Elliott/Amy Yasbeck/Bob Marley
    3/22/05
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 165 April 25, 1995
    4/25/95
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 83 January 16, 1992
    1/16/92
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 66 December 16, 1991
    12/16/91
  - S 3: Ep 180 June 27, 1991
    6/27/91
  - S 2: Ep 48 November 15, 1989
    11/15/89
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 213 November 21, 1989
    11/21/89
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 15: Ep 94 February 3, 1977
    2/3/77
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 69 December 10, 1976
    12/10/76
  - S 13: Ep 217 July 29, 1976
    7/29/76
- Police Woman (1978)
  Michael Gregory
  - S 2: Ep 8 Farewell, Mary Jane
    11/4/75
- Hawaii Five-O
  Jack Huston
  - S 7: Ep 8 The Two-Faced Corpse
    10/29/74
- Manhunter
  Will Gantry
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Ma Gantry Gang
    9/11/74
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Ken Johnson
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Hard Breed
    2/21/74
- Hawkins
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Die, Darling, Die
    10/23/73
- Mannix
  Bill Saunders
  - S 7: Ep 4 Little Girl Lost
    10/7/73
- The Mod Squad
  Rick Price
  - S 5: Ep 8 Good Times Are Just Memories
    10/26/72
- Gunsmoke
  Cory Soames
  - S 17: Ep 24 The Wedding
    3/13/72
- Mission: Impossible
  Dr. Doug Robert
  - S 5: Ep 3 The Innocent
    10/3/70
- Bracken's World
  Todd Skinner
  - S 1: Ep 19 Superstar
    2/6/70
- Lancer
  Ryder
  - S 2: Ep 14 Blue Skies for Willie Sharpe
    1/13/70
- The Incredible Hulk (1996)
  General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Incredible Hulk
- The F.B.I.
  S.A.C. Kendall Lisbon
  - S 5: Ep 13 The Prey
    12/7/69
- Land of the Giants
  Martin Reed
  - S 2: Ep 2 Six Hours To Live
    9/28/69
- Lancer
  Canopus
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Great Humbug
    3/4/69
- Lancer
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 14 Death Bait
    1/14/69
- The Felony Squad
  Marine Leader
  - S 3: Ep 14 Blind Terror
    1/9/69
- The Felony Squad
  Attendant
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Fatal Hours
    11/22/68
- The Felony Squad
  Jack
  - S 3: Ep 5 Kiss Me, Kill You
    10/17/68
- Judd for the Defense
  Guest Star

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- For the upcoming film The Incredible Hulk, Sam Elliott was replaced as General Ross by William Hurt. Elliott said he would have liked to have reprised the role, but that "I'll be looking forward to seeing this one."
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- Sam Elliott has received two Golden Globe Award nominations: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for Buffalo Girls (1995); and Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for Conagher (1991).
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- Early in his career, Sam Elliott was observed on set by legendary Western director John Ford. Ford, upon seeing Elliott, said "That's my kind of a guy, he'll go far."
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- Sam Elliott: I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten. I just went to see too many movies and I sat in too many dark matinees watching those old serials.
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- Sam Elliott: I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you. I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.
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- Sam Elliott: I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, "Boy, would I love to do that over."
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