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->''"I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual."''

Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944 in Sacramento, California) is an American actor. He's something of a living legend and is instantly recognizable due to his incredible moustache, bass-baritone voice and Western drawl. He frequently plays cowboys, ranchers and other Southern types. Basically the go-to guy for CoolOldGuy and BaritoneOfStrength. You don't get much manlier than Sam Elliott.

Oh -- and though Creator/RobertMitchum did it first, Elliot's is the voice you think of when you remember the "'''Beef... it's what's for dinner'''" commercials.

Elliott has one daughter with his wife, Katherine Ross (Elaine in ''Film/TheGraduate''), who he's been married to [[HappilyMarried for 35 years.]][[note]]This gets even more impressive as Ross had four previous marriages that only lasted a couple years at most.[[/note]]
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!!Film roles:
* ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'' (1969) as Card Player #2
* ''Film/{{Frogs}}'' (1972) as Pickett Smith
* ''Film/TheLegacy'' (1978) as Pete Danner
* ''Film/{{Mask|1985}}'' (1985) as Gar
* ''Film/{{Road House|1989}}'' (1989) as Wade Garrett
* ''Film/{{Prancer}}'' (1989) as John Riggs
* ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' (1993) as Virgil Earp
* ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}'' (1993) as Gen. John Buford, credited as a "[[AndStarring special appearance]]"
* ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' (1998) as the Stranger
* ''Film/TheContender'' (2000) as Kermit Newman
* ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'' (2002) as Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley
* ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' (2003) as Gen. Thunderbolt Ross
* ''Film/ThankYouForSmoking'' (2005) as Lorne Lutch
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'' (2006) as Ben
* ''Film/{{Ghost Rider|2007}}'' (2007) as The Caretaker/Carter Slade
* ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' (2007) as Lee Scoresby
* ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans'' (2009) as Clay Wheeler
* ''Film/UpInTheAir'' (2009) as Maynard Finch
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' (2015) as Butch
* ''WesternAnimation/RockDog'' (2016) as Fleetwood Yak
* ''[[Film/AStarIsBorn2018 A Star Is Born]]'' (2018) as Bobby
* ''Film/TheManWhoKilledHitlerAndThenTheBigfoot'' (2018) as Calvin Barr
* ''[[Film/LadyAndTheTramp2019 Lady and the Tramp]]'' (2019) as Trusty

!!TV roles:
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'' (1970-71) as Doug Robert
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2012) as Various
* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' (2013-15) as Ron Dunn
* ''Series/{{Justified}}'' (2015) as Avery Markham
* ''Series/TheRanch'' (2016) as Beau Bennett
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (2019-present) as Wild Wild West
* ''Series/EighteenEightyThree'' (2021-22) as Shea Brennan
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