Sam Shepard

Shepard, Sam (1943– ), U.S. actor and playwright noted for almost cinematic inventiveness in such plays as Buried Child (1987; Pulitzer Prize), True West (1980), and Lie of the Mind (1987). Other works are collected in Mad Dog Blues and Other Plays (1972). Shepard appeared in the films Frances (1982), The Right Stuff (1983), Country (1984), and The Pelican Brief (1993).