Forrest Gump
1994
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He also played University of Alabama head coach Bear Bryant Paramount's smash hit Forrest Gump (1994) with Tom Hanks. Sonny makes numerous benefit appearances, helping out with projects such as the Los Angeles Special Olympics, Muscular Dystrophy, The Cystic Fibrosis Telethon, and the American Cancer Society.
- January 1, 1
- 1.89 m
- Valdosta, Georgia, USA
Shroyer remained active until he retired in 2023 due to COVID-related issues. He portrayed University of Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant in Forrest Gump, Delbert Birdsong in The Rainmaker, and Governor Jimmie Davis in Ray. He is also a country and gospel singer.
Jun 27, 2019 · Actor Sonny Shroyer, now 83, starred as Paul "Bear" Bryant in the 1994 Oscar-winner "Forrest Gump." (Paramount) By. Ben Flanagan | bflanagan@al.com. Most folks from Alabama know the name...
Dec 31, 2020 · On the big screen, he played legendary University of Alabama football coach Bear Bryant in Forrest Gump (1994) and country singer turned Louisiana Gov. Jimmie Davis in Ray Charles biopic...
- Kat Rosenfield
- Tom Hanks/Forrest Gump. Let's start with the obvious: Tom Hanks, already an Oscar-winning mega-star when he played Forrest Gump, hasn't exactly vanished from view.
- Robin Wright/Jenny Curran. Robin Wright was hardly an unknown when she scored her role in Forrest Gump—at least not for the millions of fans who loved her on the daytime drama Santa Barbara or her performance in the cult fairytale favorite The Princess Bride.
- Michael Conner Humphreys/Young Forrest. Most of the main folks in Forrest Gump have gone on to have long and storied acting careers, but Michael Conner Humphreys is an exception.
- Sally Field/Momma Gump. Sally Field was already a multiple Oscar winner and longstanding A-lister when she played the tenacious matriarch of the Gump family—which is to say that her Hollywood legacy was rock solid no matter what she did after Forrest Gump.
Coach Bryant : [sees Forrest running across the football field] Who in the hell is that? High School Football Coach : That there is Forrest Gump Coach.
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1951. Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode) as Mason Davis. Sonny Shroyer was born in Valdosta, Georgia, a small city on the Georgia-Florida border. Shroyer, whose given name is Otis Burt Shroyer Jr., grew up steeped in the traditions of the deep South.
