Happy Birthday, Badass - August 9

It's August 9, maybe you or somebody you know has a birthday -- and so does the man with the best voice ever, actor Sam Elliot.

Renowned for his roles as the Stranger in The Big Lebowski and Wade Garrett in Road House, Sam Elliot also shares a birthday with a character he voices, Smokey the Bear.

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, one and all, and to Sam Elliot, a badass you only need hear once to remember.

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