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Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American character actor. He is usually recognized by his tall, thin, rough-hewn physique, a thick handlebar moustache and a gruff speaking voice.

Early life

Elliott was born in Sacramento, California. He moved from California to Oregon with his family during his teenage years. Elliott is a member of the college fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon and worked in construction while studying acting in Los Angeles.

Career

Elliott began his career as a stage actor, but his appearance naturally suited cowboy and adventurer movie roles. His first movie appearance was in 1969 as a card player in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where he met his future wife, actress Katharine Ross. They married in 1984, the same year their daughter, Cleo, was born.

During 1970-71, Elliott starred as Doug Robert in the hit TV series Mission: Impossible and later played "sexy" killers in the miniseries Murder in Texas (1981) and A Death in California (1986). He has made guest appearances on shows such as Felony Squad, Gunsmoke, Lancer and Hawaii Five-O and has featured in many TV movies, for instance as Wild Bill Hickock in Buffalo Girls (1995).

Some of his more well-known film roles include:

* Pickett Smith in Frogs (1972)
* Rick Peterson in Lifeguard (1976)
* Gar in Mask (1985)
* Wade Garrett in the cult film Road House (1989)
* Virgil Earp, in Tombstone (1993)
* General John Buford in Gettysburg (1993)
* Oklahoma Lawman Bill Tilghman in You Know My Name (1999)
* Sergeant-Major Basil L. Plumley in We Were Soldiers (2002)
* General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross in Hulk (2003)

He also had a small but memorable role as "The Stranger" in the Coen Brothers' film The Big Lebowski (1998), in which he narrated the movie. In 2006, he starred in the TNT TV movie Avenger.

Elliott's voice can be heard in as the voiceover narration for commercials from time to time. In the past he has lent his voice to campaigns for Chevy, IBM, Union Pacific, and, most notably, took over as the voice of the American Beef Council after Robert Mitchum.

The young Elliott was often cast for his "beefcake" appeal. In his early movies—The Games, Frogs, Molly and Lawless John—he performed a number of scenes without his shirt. Later, in Lifeguard, he appeared in much of the movie wearing nothing more than a pair of swim trunks. Next, in The Legacy, he shed all his clothes for a gratuitous nude scene. As late as 2003, when he was in his late 50s, Elliott still managed to strip to the waist for a scene in Off the Map.

Selected filmography
Year Title
2008 Madagascar 2
John Rambo
2007 Ghost Rider
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights
2006 Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
The Final Season
Thank You for Smoking
2005 The Alibi
2003 Hulk
2002 We Were Soldiers
2000 The Contender
1999 You Know My Name (TV movie)
1998 The Big Lebowski
The Hi-Lo Country
1995 The Desperate Trail (direct to video film)
1993 Tombstone
Gettysburg
1991 Rush
1991 Conagher (TV movie)
1990 Sibling Rivalry
1989 Prancer
Road House
1988 Shakedown
1987 Fatal Beauty
1985 Mask
1978 The Legacy
1975 Lifeguard
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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