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He publicly supported Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election.

As of 2019, he 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).

Had three films that premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: Digging for Fire (2015), Grandma (2015), and I'll See You in My Dreams (2015).

Shares birthday with "Smokey Bear," and Sam Elliott has been the voice of "Smokey Bear" since 2008.

Had not read any of the 'His Dark Materials' books before he was asked to take the role as Lee Scoresby in The Golden Compass (2007). He chose to first read the books by Philip Pullman, then read the film's script.

To date, he is the first (and only) actor to be nominated for an Emmy for guest-performing on Robot Chicken (2005).

His character in Hulk (2003), Gen. Ross, wore a combat patch for the 1st Cavalry Division. In We Were Soldiers (2002), he played Sgt. Maj. Plumley of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, part of the 1st Cav Div.

In The Big Lebowski (1998), his 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.

John Buford in the film Gettysburg (1993) to Wild Bill Hickok in the made-for-TV movie Buffalo Girls (1995).

In the 1990s, Elliott was back on the western trail, playing everyone from Brig. Gen.

Illness forced him to drop out of the 1982 TV movie The Ambush Murders (1982). He was replaced by James Brolin.

Over the years there would be few opportunities to act in feature westerns, but it would be television that gave him that opportunity, in The Sacketts (1979), The Shadow Riders (1982) and The Yellow Rose (1983), among others.

Although his future wife, Katharine Ross co-starred in the film, the two did not meet until they filmed The Legacy (1978) Together.

He would also work in non-westerns, usually as a tough guy, as in Lifeguard (1976) and Road House (1989).

Tall, thin, wiry Sam Elliott is the classic picture of the American cowboy. Elliott began his acting career on the stage and his film debut was in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

Attended high school with the guys who formed the Kingsmen (1963's "Louie Louie").

Used his own Winchester 1894 rifle in Thank You for Smoking (2005).

His great-great-great-uncle, Edward F. Mitchusson, was a doctor who died at the Alamo in 1836. Edward was the brother of Sam's paternal great-great-grandfather, Jacob Robert Mitchusson.