Sam Shepard Net Worth
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What’s Sam Shepard's net worth? How wealthy is he? Below are all stats like net worth, salary, profession, and more!
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
|---|---|
| Salary | N/A |
| Date of Birth | November 5, 1943 - July 27, 2017 (age 73 years) | Gender | Male |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.87 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Author, Film director, Musician, Playwright, Screenwriter, Teacher, Television Director, Voice Actor, Writer |
| Nationality | American |
Net Worth of Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard was an American actor, playwright, and director who had a net worth of $10 million at the time of his death in 2017. Shepard earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film “The Right Stuff,” and he received Tony nominations for Best Play for “Buried Child” (1996) and “True West” (2000). He also earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations for Drama, winning for “Buried Child” in 1979; his other nominations were for “True West” (1983) and “Fool for Love” (1984). Sam wrote 58 plays, two novels (2017’s “The One Inside” and “Spy of the First Person”), and several collections of essays and short stories.
Career
In 1963, Sam moved to New York City and worked as a busboy at the Greenwich Village nightclub the Village Gate. The club’s head waiter, Ralph Cook, founded Theater Genesis, an experimental stage company, at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery in 1964, and Shepard’s one-act plays “Cowboys” and “The Rock Garden” premiered in October of that year. In 1965, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club produced the one-act plays “The Rocking Chair” and “Dog,” followed by “Melodrama Play” in 1967, “The Unseen Hand” in 1969, and “Shaved Splits” in 1970. A 1981 La MaMa production of “The Unseen Hand” later transferred to Manhattan’s Provincetown Playhouse, where it ran for more than 100 performances. Between 1966 and 1968, Sam won six Obie Awards, and in 1968, he made his screenwriting debut with “Me and My Brother.” In 1971, he collaborated on the play “Cowboy Mouth” with musician Patti Smith (his then-lover), and not long after, he moved to London with his wife and son. There, Shepard studied G.I. Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way, and after returning to the U.S. in 1975, he moved to the Flying Y Ranch in Mill Valley, California, and spent a semester working as a Regents’ Professor of Drama at the of California, Davis.
Personal Life
Sam married actress O-Lan Jones on November 9, 1969, and their divorce was finalized on the same date in 1984. They welcomed a son, Jesse Mojo, in May 1970. Around this time, Shepard had an affair with musician Patti Smith. He also had an affair with Joni Mitchell, who wrote two songs about him; “Coyote” includes the line “He’s got a woman at home, another woman down the hall, but he seems to want me anyway.” In 1983, Sam moved in with his “Frances” co-star Jessica Lange, and they had two children, daughter Hannah (born January 13, 1986) and son Samuel (born June 14, 1987), before splitting up in 2009 after 27 years together. Shepard dated actress Mia Kirshner from 2014 to 2015. In January 2009, he was charged with drunk driving and speeding after being arrested in Normal, Illinois. He pleaded guilty the following month and received a sentence of 24 months probation and 100 hours of community service. He was also ordered to attend alcohol education classes. Sam was arrested again in May 2015 for aggravated drunk driving, but the charges were dismissed.
Sam Shepard Quotes
How is it that Sam Shepard has a net worth of $10 Million? These quotes by the actor may indicate the character traits that led to his financial situation:
There is this aura that the three-act play is the important one: it's the one that you do to win the Pulitzer. Some part of you falls for that, and then after a while, you don't fall for that.
Sam Shepard
I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.
Sam Shepard
When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
Sam Shepard
My father had a real short fuse. He had a tough life - had to support his mother and brother at a very young age when his dad's farm collapsed. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one. My father was full of terrifying anger.
Sam Shepard
I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
Sam Shepard
