Shaw Jones
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| Born | September 23, 1969 |
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| Occupation | Actor |
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Shaw Jones (born 23 September 1969) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the films Dust to Dust (1994), The Fifth of November (2018), Blue (2019), Proximity (2020), and The Forever Purge (2021).
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Shaw Jones was born to Pat Walsh and Hall Jones in Memphis, Tennessee.[1][2][3] A graduate of the Memphis University School, and the Southern Methodist University, he attended Sigma Alpha Epsilon with his brothers.[1][4] After he earned a degree in psychology at Southern Methodist University,[1] Jones took up acting.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1994, Jones auditioned for Dust to Dust after a teacher of his allowed him to read part of the film's screenplay.[1] It was his first full-length film which he co-starred alongside Robert Vaughn and Willie Nelson. At 23, he played a 16 year old cowboy named Billy, who lived on a valuable watering hole property.[5][1]
2009–2023
[edit | edit source]In 2009, Jones starred as a model suffering from amnesia after a car accident in Gordon Bressack's FUGGEDABOUTIT! at Hudson Backstage Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.[6] He later portrayed Lee Harvey Oswald in Assassins by Stephen Soundheim.[7][8]
By 2020, Jones was in cast in the films Blue, Proxy, Nightingale and several network television shows, including Your Honor with Bryan Cranston.[9][3] Peter Travers at Rolling Stone said his performance in Proximity is "acted to the hilt and beyond."[10] In 2023, he was cast in Wounded, an off-broadway production by Del Shores at the SoHo Playhouse.[3][11][12]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1994 | Dust to Dust | Billy | [1] |
| 2018 | The Fifth of November | Owen | Short film |
| 2019 | Blue | Robert | [8][13] |
| End of Sentence | Officer Stringer | [8][14] | |
| 2020 | Proximity | Agent Graves | [8][9][14] |
| 2021 | The Forever Purge | Merc Moran | |
| 2023 | Pens & Pencils | Officer Shelby | Short film[14] |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Shaw Jones at IMDb
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