Katharine ross
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The Sam Elliott Story
“I think anytime you can affect people in general,
in a positive way, then you’re a lucky individual.”
– Sam Elliott
The Quintessential Hollywood Cowboy
With his rugged appearance, calm demeanor, and distinctive voice, Sam Elliott has been a mainstay in television and film for over 50 years.
From character actor to Western star and everything in between, Sam Elliott has the acting chops to play just about any character.
EARLY LIFE
Although he was born in Sacramento, California, in 1944, Sam Elliott comes from a long line of Texans and considers himself to be one. As a teenager, his family moved to Portland, Oregon. Early on, Sam knew that he wanted to be an actor. Still, his father’s disapproval in the profession led him to enroll at the University of Oregon, majoring in English and Psychology. Dropping out shortly thereafter, Sam headed back to Portland and attended Clark College. While completing a two-year degree, Sam began pursuing his true passion—acting. When he landed a lead role in the college’s production
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Tall, thin, wiry Sam Elliott is the classic picture of the American cowboy. Elliott began his acting career on the stage and his film debut was in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Although his future wife, Katharine Ross co-starred in the film, the two did not meet until they filmed The Legacy (1978) together. Over the years there would be few opportunities to act in feature westerns, but it would be television that gave him that opportunity, in The Sacketts (1979), The Shadow Riders (1982) and The Yellow Rose (1983), among others. He would also work in non-westerns, usually as a tough guy, as in Lifeguard (1976) and Road House (1989). In 1985 he played Cher's love interest Gar in the drama Mask (1985), and he was in some cop movies such as Fatal Beauty (1987) and Shakedown (1988). In the 1990s, Elliott was back on the western trail, playing everyone from Brig. Gen. John Buford in the film Gettysburg (1993) to Wild Bill Hickok in the made-for-TV movie Buffalo Girls (1995). In 1991 he wrote the screenplay and co-starred with his wife in the made-for-TV western Conag
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Sam Elliott
American actor (born 1944)
For the cricketer, see Sam Elliott (cricketer).
Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. With a career spanning over five decades of film and television, he is recognized for his deep sonorous voice. Elliott has received various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a National Board of Review Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
Elliott began his career with minor roles on screen, making his film debut in the western The Way West (1967). After his first leading film role in the horror Frogs (1972), Elliott gained wider attention with his breakthrough role in the drama Lifeguard (1976). He achieved commercial success with his role in the biopic Mask (1985) and received Golden Globe nominations for starring in Louis L'Amour's adaptation of Conagher (1991) and the miniseries Buffalo Girls (1995), the latter of which also earned him his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Throughout the 1990s, he portrayed John B
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