- Films
- 31
- Avg rating
- 6.24
- Peak run
- 1993’02
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Sam by the numbers
Average
6.24
28 rated films
Vote weighted
6.29
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.84
rating spread
Career
50y
1970 to 2019
Total votes
2.14M
across every film
Best
7.8
Tombstone
Worst
4.5
Frogs
Newest first
Filmography
| 2019 |  Lady and the Tramp | Trusty | 6.2 | 26,950 |
| 2018 |  A Star Is Born | Bobby | 7.6 | 454K |
| 2018 |  The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot | Calvin Barr | 5.7 | 15,119 |
| 2017 |  The Hero | Lee Hayden | 6.5 | 11,014 |
| 2016 | Rock Dog | Fleetwood Yak | 6.0 | 6,665 |
| 2015 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Bill | 6.7 | 9,894 |
| 2010 | The Big Bang | Simon Kestral | 5.4 | 7,672 |
| 2009 |  Up in the Air | Maynard Finch | 7.4 | 363K |
| 2009 |  Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Clay Wheeler | 5.0 | 45,327 |
| 2007 |  Ghost Rider | Caretaker | 5.3 | 275K |
| 2006 |  Barnyard | Ben the Cow | 5.7 | 39,468 |
| 2003 |  Hulk | Ross | 5.7 | 296K |
| 2003 | Off the Map | Charley | 7.1 | 3,574 |
| 2002 |  We Were Soldiers | Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley | 7.2 | 161K |
| 2001 | Pretty When You Cry | Detective Lukas Black | · | 480 |
| 2000 |  The Contender | Kermit Newman | 6.9 | 26,217 |
| 1998 | The Hi-Lo Country | Jim Ed Love | 6.1 | 4,887 |
| 1995 | The Final Cut | John Pierce | 5.5 | 1,396 |
| 1993 |  Tombstone | Virgil Earp | 7.8 | 196K |
| 1991 |  Rush | Dodd | 6.7 | 11,403 |
Better together?
Sam Elliott's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sam Elliott
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2019Sam Elliott
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