Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. He is
the recipient of several accolades, including a National Board of
Review Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden
Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild
Awards.Elliott is known for his distinctive lanky physique, full
mustache, and deep, resonant voice. He began his film career with
minor appearances in The Way West (1967) and Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid (1969), and guest-starred on television in the Western
Gunsmoke (1972) and the television films Murder in Texas (1981) and
The Shadow Riders (1982). His film breakthrough was in the drama
Lifeguard (1976). He then appeared in several Louis L'Amour
adaptations such as The Quick and the Dead (1987) and Conagher (1991),
the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best
Actor â€" Miniseries or Television Film. He received his second Golden
Globe and first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Buffalo Girls
(1995). Other film credits from the early 1990s include as John Buford
in the historical drama Gettysburg (1993) and as Virgil Earp in the
Western Tombstone (also 1993).In the 2000s, Elliott appeared in
supporting roles in the drama We Were Soldiers (2002), and the
superhero films Hulk (2003), and Ghost Rider (2007). In 2015, he
guest-starred on the series Justified, which earned him a Critics'
Choice Television Award, and in 2016 began starring in the Netflix
series The Ranch. He subsequently had a lead role in the comedy-drama
The Hero (2017). The following year, Elliott was cast in the musical
drama A Star Is Born (2018), for which he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Critics' Choice Award, a
Screen Actors Guild Award and won a National Board of Review
Award.Samuel Pack Elliott was born August 9, 1944 in Sacramento,
California, the son of Glynn Mamie (née Sparks), a physical training
instructor and high school teacher, and Henry Nelson Elliott, who
worked as a predator control specialist for the Department of the
Interior. His parents were originally from El Paso, Texas, and Elliott
has an ancestor who served as a surgeon at the Battle of San Jacinto.
He moved from California to Portland, Oregon, with his family when he
was 13 years old.
the recipient of several accolades, including a National Board of
Review Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden
Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild
Awards.Elliott is known for his distinctive lanky physique, full
mustache, and deep, resonant voice. He began his film career with
minor appearances in The Way West (1967) and Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid (1969), and guest-starred on television in the Western
Gunsmoke (1972) and the television films Murder in Texas (1981) and
The Shadow Riders (1982). His film breakthrough was in the drama
Lifeguard (1976). He then appeared in several Louis L'Amour
adaptations such as The Quick and the Dead (1987) and Conagher (1991),
the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best
Actor â€" Miniseries or Television Film. He received his second Golden
Globe and first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Buffalo Girls
(1995). Other film credits from the early 1990s include as John Buford
in the historical drama Gettysburg (1993) and as Virgil Earp in the
Western Tombstone (also 1993).In the 2000s, Elliott appeared in
supporting roles in the drama We Were Soldiers (2002), and the
superhero films Hulk (2003), and Ghost Rider (2007). In 2015, he
guest-starred on the series Justified, which earned him a Critics'
Choice Television Award, and in 2016 began starring in the Netflix
series The Ranch. He subsequently had a lead role in the comedy-drama
The Hero (2017). The following year, Elliott was cast in the musical
drama A Star Is Born (2018), for which he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Critics' Choice Award, a
Screen Actors Guild Award and won a National Board of Review
Award.Samuel Pack Elliott was born August 9, 1944 in Sacramento,
California, the son of Glynn Mamie (née Sparks), a physical training
instructor and high school teacher, and Henry Nelson Elliott, who
worked as a predator control specialist for the Department of the
Interior. His parents were originally from El Paso, Texas, and Elliott
has an ancestor who served as a surgeon at the Battle of San Jacinto.
He moved from California to Portland, Oregon, with his family when he
was 13 years old.
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