Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott is one of those rare actors who seems like he wasn't born so much as carved out of the American West itself. That mustache, that voice — a low, unhurried baritone that makes everything sound like a verdict — are so distinctively his that Hollywood has essentially built a whole archetype around him. What I find genuinely impressive is that he spent decades as a respected character actor, doing steady, unglamorous work in Westerns and dramas, before landing the kind of late-career recognition he always deserved, including that Oscar nomination for A Star Is Born in 2019. He attended the University of Oregon, which always surprises people who assume a man this weathered must have learned everything from the open range. Nearly six decades in the business, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and he's still working — that's not nostalgia, that's mastery.

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Name (English)

Sam Elliott

Name (Japanese)

サム・エリオット

Reading

さむ・えりおっと

Born

August 9, 1944 (age 82)

Origin

Sacramento, California, United States

Occupation

character actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

High school

David Douglas High School

University

University of Oregon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Elliott
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311314

Tags

• California
• character actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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