Sam Shepard

Acting

1978 — 2016 · 34 films

Lived

5 November 1943 — d. 2017

From

Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA

Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child.