Robert Shepherd is a full time actor that was raised on a farm in southern Missouri. He graduated from college and spent several years as an elementary school teacher. He was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army and completed over 20 years of service. However,his primary desire was to be an actor and over the years appeared in numerous plays such as 1776,The Four Poster,and Oklahoma in local community theater productions. Upon retirement from the Army, he was able to concentrate full time on his acting career and has appeared in numerous TV,industrial films and has had principal roles in Motion Pictures such as Evan Almighty,Dean Teaster's Ghost Town, and Book of Ruth. He and his wife Marcia live in Virginia.