Sam Elliott facts for kids
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Sam Elliott
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Elliott at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
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Samuel Pack Elliott
August 9, 1944 Sacramento, California, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1966–present |
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| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Full list |
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| Allegiance |  United States |
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 United States Air Force
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Samuel Pack Elliott, born on August 9, 1944, is a famous American actor. He has been acting in movies and TV shows for over 50 years. People often recognize him for his deep, calm voice.
Sam Elliott has won many awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award. He has also been nominated for big awards like an Academy Award, which is one of the highest honors in movies.
He started his career with small parts. His first main movie role was in the horror film Frogs (1972). He became more widely known after his role in the drama Lifeguard (1976). He also had success in the movie Mask (1985).
In the 1990s, he played important historical figures. He was John Buford in Gettysburg (1993) and Virgil Earp in Tombstone (1993). He also played the mysterious Stranger in the comedy The Big Lebowski (1998).
In recent years, Sam Elliott has continued to act in many films and TV shows. He starred in The Hero (2017) and played a key role in A Star Is Born (2018). For A Star Is Born, he received great reviews and was nominated for an Academy Award. More recently, he starred in the TV series 1883 (2021–2022), which also earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Early Life and Education
Samuel Pack Elliott was born on August 9, 1944, in Sacramento, California. His mother, Glynn Mamie, was a physical training instructor. His father, Henry Nelson Elliott, worked for the Department of the Interior. His parents were from Texas.
When Sam was 13, his family moved from California to Portland, Oregon. He spent his teenage years there and graduated from David Douglas High School in 1962.
After high school, Sam went to the University of Oregon to study English and psychology. He left after two terms but later attended Clark College in Washington. There, he acted in a play called Guys and Dolls. A local newspaper even suggested he should become a professional actor!
After finishing at Clark in 1965, he went back to the University of Oregon. However, he left again after his father passed away.
In the late 1960s, Sam Elliott moved to Los Angeles to become an actor. His father had encouraged him to get a college degree instead. Sam remembered his father saying, "You've got a snowball's chance in hell of having a career in (Hollywood)." But Sam admired his father's strong work ethic and used it to guide his own career. While studying acting, he worked in construction and served in the California Air National Guard.
Acting Career Highlights
Starting Out
Sam Elliott started his career playing supporting characters. His look, voice, and way of carrying himself were perfect for Western movies. In 1969, he got his first TV role in Judd for the Defense.
That same year, he appeared in the show Lancer. One of his very first movie roles was a small part in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). From 1970 to 1971, he starred in the popular TV series Mission: Impossible.
In 1975, Sam Elliott played a main role as Charles Wood in the TV movie I Will Fight No More Forever. This film told the story of Chief Joseph's fight against the U.S. government.
From 1976 to 1977, he played the main character Sam Damon in the TV series Once an Eagle. He also had a starring role in the movie Lifeguard (1976), which helped him become more widely known. In this film, he played a lifeguard in Southern California who thinks about his life choices.
Becoming a Well-Known Actor
Sam Elliott played Tom Keating in the TV series Aspen in 1977. He later starred with Farrah Fawcett in Murder in Texas (1981) and with Cheryl Ladd in A Death in California (1985). In 1979, he worked with Tom Selleck in The Sacketts, a popular TV series. They worked together again in 1982 in The Shadow Riders.
Elliott had a supporting role in Mask (1985) alongside Cher. He played a tough but caring father figure in the Christmas movie Prancer (1989). He also appeared as a guest on shows like Gunsmoke and Hawaii Five-O. In the TV movie Buffalo Girls (1995), he played the famous Wild Bill Hickok.
In 1986, he starred in the TV movie Gone to Texas, playing Sam Houston. This role showed him as both a fighter and a skilled political leader. In 1989, Elliott appeared with Patrick Swayze in Road House. In 1991, he and his wife, Katharine Ross, starred in the movie Conagher.
He played Brigadier General John Buford in the 1993 historical drama Gettysburg. In the same year, he played Virgil Earp in the Western Tombstone (1993). Elliott also played The Stranger, who tells the story in The Big Lebowski (1998). He co-starred in We Were Soldiers (2002), playing Command Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley. He also played General Thaddeus Ross in the 2003 action film Hulk.
Recent Roles and Awards
In 2005, he appeared in Thank You for Smoking. In 2006, he voiced Ben the Cow in the animated movie Barnyard.
In 2007, Elliott joined the comic book movie Ghost Rider, playing Carter Slade. That same year, he appeared in The Golden Compass as Lee Scoresby. In 2009, Elliott had a small role in Up In The Air.
He appeared three times on Parks and Recreation as Ron Dunn. He also voiced Buster in the animated film Marmaduke (2010). He had a supporting role in the thriller The Company You Keep and played a college football coach in Draft Day (2014).
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In 2015, Elliott appeared with Lily Tomlin in the comedy Grandma. He also appeared in I'll See You in My Dreams and Digging for Fire. In 2015, he won an award for best guest performer in a drama for his role in the show Justified.
In 2015, Elliott began starring in the Netflix series The Ranch. He also had a recurring role in the second season of Grace and Frankie. In animated films, he voiced Butch in The Good Dinosaur (2015).
In 2017, Elliott starred in The Hero, playing an older Western movie star. His performance received a lot of praise. Later that year, he starred in The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot.
The next year, Elliott co-starred in A Star Is Born (2018). He played Bobby Maine, the older half-brother of Bradley Cooper's character. Elliott received great reviews for his acting and won an award from the National Board of Review. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which was his first nomination for this prestigious award.
In 2022, Elliott starred as Shea Brennan in the Paramount+ series 1883. This show is a prequel to the Yellowstone series. In 1883, he leads a group of immigrants across the western plains. For his performance, he won a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Other Activities
In 1998, Sam Elliott was the grand marshal of the Calgary Stampede parade, riding in front of about 300,000 people.
Voice Work
Sam Elliott is famous for his voice-over work in commercials. He has lent his voice to campaigns for companies like Dodge, IBM, and Union Pacific. He is most known for being the voice of the American Beef Council, taking over from Robert Mitchum.
Since 2007, Elliott has done voice-overs for Coors beer. His deep voice and "western" style fit the brand well. In 2010, Ram Trucks hired him to do voice-overs for their truck commercials, and he has continued to do so.
Starting in 2008, he has been the voice of Smokey Bear, the famous fire prevention mascot. It's a fun fact that he shares Smokey Bear's birth date: August 9, 1944. He also narrated the team introductions for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers at Super Bowl XLV. In 2020, he began a recurring role on Family Guy as Wild Wild West, the new mayor of Quahog.
Personal Life
Sam Elliott married actress Katharine Ross in 1984. They have one daughter, Cleo, who is a musician. Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott live on a ranch by the sea in Malibu, California, which they bought in the 1970s. Elliott also owns property in Oregon. After his mother passed away in 2012, he also took ownership of his childhood home in Portland.
Awards and Recognition
Sam Elliott has received many awards and nominations for his acting roles. These include a Screen Actors Guild Award, a National Board of Review Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.
He received Golden Globe nominations for his roles in the TV film Conagher (1991) and the series Buffalo Girls (1995). His voice-over work in Robot Chicken (2012–2020) also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. For his guest role in Justified (2015), he won a Critics' Choice Television Award.
As part of the cast of Up in the Air (2009), Elliott was nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award. For his role in A Star Is Born (2018), he won the National Board of Review Award. He was also nominated for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. His role in the series 1883 (2021–2022) won him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
See also
In Spanish: Sam Elliott para niños
