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Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois
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Handsome, athletic African-American character lead in films since the mid-1970s who is equally convincing playing jocks, soldiers, security staff, and simpletons. Shaw karate chopped his way into features playing a "Blaxploitation" villain in "TNT Jackson" (completed 1974; released 1975). He fared better in "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings" (1976) as an ace baseball player in the Negro Leagues. Shaw proved outstanding in his first starring role in the Vietnam action film "The Boys of Company C" (1978). He played a former drug pusher who initially views 'Nam as a business
1974
Feature debut, "TNT Jackson", a martial arts blaxploitation flick (released 1975)
1976
TV miniseries debut, "Arthur Hailey's 'The Moneychangers'"
1978
First starring role in a film, "The Boys in Company C"
1979
Co-starred in the unsold pilot "The Buffalo Soldiers", a historical drama set in the 1860s about the mostly Black 10th Cavalry of the US Army
1979
Acted in the sequel miniseries "Roots: The Next Generations"
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