American actor Samuel Pack Elliott was born on August 9, 1944. Along with being nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, he has won other awards, including a National Board of Review Award.
Elliott is recognized for his distinctively lanky build, thick mustache, and booming voice. He made supporting roles in The Way West (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), and season five of Mission: Impossible to start his cinematic career. He also made cameo appearances on television in Gunsmoke (1972), Murder in Texas (1981), and The Shadow Riders (1982).
Sam Elliott parents: Meet Henry Nelson Elliott, Glynn Mamie Sparks
The son of Henry Nelson Elliott (1911–1966), a predator control specialist for the Department of the Interior, and Glynn Mamie Elliott, a physical education teacher and high school physical education instructor, Samuel Pack Elliott was born on August 9, 1944, at the Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, California. Elliott’s parents are from El Paso, Texas, and he has a grandfather who participated in the Battle of San Jacinto as a surgeon. He and his family relocated to Portland, Oregon when he was 13 years old, leaving California.
