Before becoming an actor, Stan was a Karate Judo and Ju Jitsu instructor in Chicago.
Coincidence? Stan Shaw played a professional fighter in Snake Eyes (1998), Tough Enough (1983) and Harlem Nights (1989), and also appeared in Rocky (1976), and portrayed boxing legend Joe Louis in the TV movie "The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson".
Cousin of Tyrone Davis.
Graduate of Marshall High School in Chicago.
Has a first degree black belt in judo and jujitsu and a second degree black belt in karate.
Large-framed Chicago-born African-American lead and support player with a singing background.
On June 1, 2000, he was sentenced to three years probation for child support evasion. His son lives with his mother, Serdina White, in Las Vegas. Stan lives in Studio City, Californa.
Son of saxophonist Eddie Shaw and cousin of the late soul singer Sam Cooke.