Sam Elliott — American Actor born on August 09, 1944,

Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott is an American actor. His rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache, deep, resonant voice, and Western drawl lend to frequent casting as cowboys and ranchers. His other credits over the years have included playing Marvel Comics characters General Ross in Hulk and The Caretaker in Ghost Rider, as well as the "Stranger" in 1998's The Big Lebowski... (wikipedia)

The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.
I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.
I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, 'Boy, would I love to do that over.'
Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.