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Sam Elliott (1944-) is an Oscar®-nominated American actor. Elliott is known for his distinctive lanky physique, full mustache, and deep, resonant voice. He is best known for his roles in Tombstone, The Big Lebowski, Road House and the latest version of A Star Is Born. His IMDb page shows over 100 acting credits since 1967. This page will rank Sam Elliott movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Sam Elliott Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Sam Elliott Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Sam Elliott movies by his co-stars
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- Sort Sam Elliott movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Sam Elliott movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Sam Elliott movie received.
- Sort Sam Elliott movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Sam Elliott
1. Samuel Pack Elliott was born in Sacramento, California in 1944.
2. While attending Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, Sam Elliott’s played Big Jule from the stage play Guys and Dolls. The Vancouver Columbian newspaper reviewed the play and suggested that Elliott should be a professional actor.
3. Sam Elliott has appeared in 3 films that were Oscar® nominated for Best Picture: *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Up in the Air (2009), and A Star Is Born (2018). *He briefly appears at the beginning of the movie. Don’t blink or you will miss him in that great western.
3A. Although Katherine Ross and Sam Elliott were both in 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, they never met until they filmed 1978’s The Legacy. They have been married since 1984.
4. In The Big Lebowski (1998), Sam Elliott’s strange cowboy character admonishes The Dude (played by Jeff Bridges) for using “cusswords.” When recalling anecdotes for the book “I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You” from that film, Elliott used by far the most profanities of any cast member.
5. Sam Elliott’s great-great-great-uncle, Edward F. Mitchusson, was a doctor who died at the Alamo in 1836.
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Sam is the man. The ultimate cowboy. Favorites include The Hero and Tombstone.
i saw 11, including 10 of top 12. 10 and favorite: we were soldiers. 10s not favorites: butch cassidy and the sundance kid, a star is born. 9 and favorite tombstone. 9 gettysburg. hidden gems mask 8, big lebowski 8.