---
name: "Sturgill Simpson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sturgill-simpson"
fi1m_id: "sturgill-simpson"
imdb_id: "nm4699627"
tmdb_id: 1526793
wikidata_id: "Q16736403"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 June 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T20:23:38.034925+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sturgill Simpson

## Identity

Sturgill Simpson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sturgill-simpson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sturgill-simpson
- **IMDb ID:** nm4699627
- **TMDB ID:** 1526793
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16736403
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgill_Simpson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16736403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4699627/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1526793

Actor. Born 8 June 1978 in Jackson, Kentucky, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 June 1978, Jackson, Kentucky, USA
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgill_Simpson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16736403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4699627/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1526793

## Biography

Sturgill Simpson is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his supporting roles in films including *The Dead Don't Die* (2019), *Queen & Slim* (2019), *The Hunt* (2020), *Materna* (2020), *The Creator* (2023) as Drew, and *Killers of the Flower Moon* (2023) as Henry Grammer. He has also appeared in the television series *The Righteous Gemstones* (2023).

Born in Jackson, Kentucky, Simpson first gained recognition as a country music artist before expanding into acting. His film roles often feature in independent and mainstream productions alongside established directors such as Jim Jarmusch and Martin Scorsese.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com, collider.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Killers of the Flower Moon* (2023), Fi1m 86, as Henry Grammer — [page](https://film.one/film/killers-of-the-flower-moon.md)
- *The Creator* (2023), Fi1m 64, as Drew — [page](https://film.one/film/the-creator.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sturgill Simpson: Live at The Austin City Limits Festival* (2024), Actor
- *Killers of the Flower Moon* (2023), as Henry Grammer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/killers-of-the-flower-moon.md)
- *The Creator* (2023), as Drew — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-creator.md)
- *Materna* (2020), as Paul
- *The Hunt* (2020), as Vanilla Nice
- *Queen & Slim* (2019), as Police Officer Reed
- *Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury* (2019), Original Music Composer, Producer, Writer
- *The Righteous Gemstones* (2019), series, as Brother Marshall
- *The Dead Don't Die* (2019), as Guitar Zombie
- *Black Hog Gut* (2018), as Top Hat
- *Orca Park* (2011), as Jackson
- *Squidbillies* (2005), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *The Lonely Woman*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Sturgill Simpson](https://film.one/media/person/15824/gallery-45277429c5e9.jpg) Sturgill Simpson — Atlantic Records, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Sturgill_Simpson_photo_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sturgill Simpson at Hinterland Music Festival, St Charles, IA 8/4/18 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/15824/gallery-16d794d2fe67.jpg) Sturgill Simpson at Hinterland Music Festival, St Charles, IA 8/4/18 (2018) — Roberta, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Sturgill_Simpson-10_%2844718922070%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sturgill Simpson at Hinterland Music Festival, St Charles, IA 8/4/18 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/15824/gallery-74a2a0d24cef.jpg) Sturgill Simpson at Hinterland Music Festival, St Charles, IA 8/4/18 (2018) — Roberta, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Sturgill_Simpson-11_%2844718926110%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sturgill Simpson](https://film.one/media/person/15824/gallery-b54eb58b27c0.jpg) Sturgill Simpson — Image via TMDB
- ![Sturgill Simpson](https://film.one/media/person/15824/gallery-3d531237a6f7.jpg) Sturgill Simpson — Image via TMDB
- ![Sturgill Simpson](https://film.one/media/person/15824/gallery-8d6a44b93dc2.jpg) Sturgill Simpson — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Americana Award for Artist of the Year 2015: Americana Award for Artist of the Year (won)
- Americana Award for Emerging Act of the Year 2014: Americana Award for Emerging Act of the Year (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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