Stacy Keach
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Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor, active in theatre, film and television since the 1960s. Keach first distinguished himself in Off-Broadway productions and remains a prominent figure in American theatre across his career, particularly as a noted Shakespearean. He is the recipient of several theatrical accolades: four Drama Desk Awards, two Helen Hayes Awards and two Obie Awards for Distinguished Performance by an Actor. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Arthur Kopit's 1969 production of Indians. In film, he garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of a washed-up boxer in the John Huston film Fat City (1972) and appeared as Sergeant Stedenko in Cheech & Chong's films Up in Smoke (1978) and Nice Dreams (1981).[4] His other notable film credits include Brewster McCloud (1970), Doc (1971), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The New Centurions (1972), Luther (1974), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), The Ninth Configuration (1980), The Long Riders (1980), Roadgames (1981), Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Escape from L.A. (1996), American History X (1998), The Bourne Legacy (2012) and Nebraska (2013). Keach is known to television audiences for his portrayal of private detective Mike Hammer in television movies and on the television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984–1987), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, as Ken Titus on the sitcom Titus (2000–2002) and as the narrator of the crime documentary series American Greed (2007–present). He also had a main cast role on the sitcom Man with a Plan (2017–2020) and recurring roles on series such as Prison Break (2005–2007), Two and a Half Men (2010), Blue Bloods (2016–2024) and The Blacklist (2019–2023). He won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for playing Ernest Hemingway on the television miniseries Hemingway (1988). He is an inductee of the Theatre Hall of Fame and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019. He is the son of theatre director Stacy Keach Sr., and the older brother of actor James Keach.
Known for
Credits
American History X (1998)
as Cameron
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
as Wallenquist
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
as Turso
Gold (2016)
as Clive Coleman
Machete (2010)
as Doc Franklin
Planes (2013)
as Skipper (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
as Skipper (voice)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
as Malloy
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
as Phantasm (voice) / Carl Beaumont (voice)
Nebraska (2013)
as Ed Pegram
If I Stay (2014)
as Gramps
Texas (1995)
as Sam Houston
Jay Kelly (2025)
as Jay's Dad
Butterfly (1982)
as Jess Tyler
Street People (1976)
as Charlie Hanson
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
as Skipper (voice)
Cell (2016)
as Charles Ardai
Gotti (2018)
as Neil Dellacroce
Honeydripper (2007)
as Sheriff Pugh
Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
as Professor Edward Foster
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
as Col. Hudson Kane
Sunstorm (2001)
as Gen. John Parker
Air Mater (2011)
as Skipper (voice)
Up in Smoke (1978)
as Sergeant Stedenko
W. (2008)
as Rev. Earle Hudd
Militia (2000)
as George Armstrong Montgomery
Truth (2015)
as Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett
The Duellists (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
Body Bags (1993)
as Richard
The Biggest Battle (1978)
as Maggiore Mannfred Roland
Sam (2015)
as The Shopkeeper
Milena (1991)
as Jesenski
Class of 1999 (1990)
as Dr. Bob Forrest
Ooga Booga (2013)
as Judge
The Nanny Express (2009)
as Reverend MacGregor
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
as (archive footage)
Ring of Death (2008)
as Warden Carl Golan
The Long Riders (1980)
as Frank James
Periphery (2018)
as Noah Cross
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Roadgames (1981)
as Patrick 'Pat' Quid
Come Early Morning (2006)
as Owen Allen
Nice Dreams (1981)
as Sergeant Stedenko
Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular (2014)
as Skipper
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Bad Bob
The Way Things Seem to Be (2026)
as Self
Fat City (1972)
as Tully
Gray Lady Down (1978)
as Captain Bennett
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (1999)
as Dr. Michaels
Tokyo Trial (2017)
as Narrator
El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004)
as Gov. Lancaster
Olympic Glory: Nagano 1998 (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Girlfriend's Day (2017)
as Gundy
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006)
as Collin Reed
Murder Me, Murder You (1983)
as Mike Hammer
The New Centurions (1972)
as Roy Fehle
That Championship Season (1982)
as James Daley
Two Solitudes (1978)
as Huntley McQueen
Particular Men (1972)
as William Benjamin
The Santa Trap (2002)
as Max the Biker
Watched! (1974)
as Mike Mandell / Sonny
The Guillotine (1996)
as Narrator (Voice)
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
as Capt. Charles Butler McVay
Miller's Tale (2011)
as Self
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
as Self
Brewster McCloud (1971)
as Abraham Wright
Hamburger Hamlet (1975)
as Hamlet
The Face: Jesus in Art (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
Raw Justice (1994)
as Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998)
as Self
The Hollow (2004)
as Claus Van Ripper
Meir's Festival (2013)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Prey of the Jaguar (1996)
as The Commander
Doc (1971)
as Doc Holliday
Imbued (2009)
as Donatello
Revenge on the Highway (1992)
as Claude Sams
Storm War (2011)
as Marcus
Keep Your Distance (2005)
as Brooks Voight
American Greed: James McGill (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
The Courage to Love (2000)
as Jean-Baptiste Delille
The Pathfinder (1996)
as Compte du Leon
Tesla: Master of Lightning (2000)
as Nikola Tesla (Voice)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
as Blount
Lightning: Fire from the Sky (2001)
as Bart Pointdexter
Jerusalem Countdown (2011)
as Jackson
Titanic's Lost Sister (1996)
as Narrator (voice) - US Version
Titus Family | Homecoming (2020)
as Ken Titus
Sunset Grill (1993)
as Harrison Shelgrove
The Switch (2006)
Actor
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
as Captain Archer
All the Kind Strangers (1974)
as James "Jimmy" Wheeler
Lone Rider (2008)
as Robert Hattaway
Jesus, Mary and Joey (2006)
as Jack O`Callahan
The Great Chameleon (2013)
as Max
Desolation Canyon (2006)
as Samuel Kendrick
Rio Diablo (1993)
as Kansas
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986)
as Mike Hammer
Sea Devils (1998)
as Captain Savienko
Cellmates (2012)
as Warden Merville
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self
Legend of the Lost Tomb (1997)
as Dr. William Bent
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies (2004)
as Self
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
as Lou Ford
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989)
as Mike Hammer
Death Row (2006)
as John Elias
End of the Road (1970)
as Jacob Horner
The Forgotten (1989)
as Adam Roth
Lindbergh (1990)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)
as Dr. Ivanov
Lost & Found in Cleveland (2025)
as Will Sokolowski
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
Icebreaker (2000)
as Bill Foster
Unshackled (2000)
as Warden Kelso
The Traveling Executioner (1970)
as Jonas Candide
Chicago Overcoat (2009)
as Ray Berkowski
One By One (1975)
as Narrator
Amanda & the Alien (1998)
as Emmitt Mallory
Murder in My Mind (1997)
as Cargill
False Identity (1990)
as Ben Driscoll / Harlan Errickson
The Boxer (2009)
as Joe
Reflections on Elephants (1994)
as Narrator
The Secret World Of Bats (1992)
as Host
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger (1980)
as Judge Murdock
Luther (1974)
as Martin Luther
Caught in the Headlights (2005)
as Mr. Jones
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road (2012)
as Self
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020 (1994)
as Wynorski
Fear Runs Silent (2000)
as Mr. Hill
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead) (1974)
as Narrator
The Squeeze (1977)
as Jim Naboth
Buckle Up (2023)
as Ronnie Straight
Dynasty (1976)
as Matt Blackwood
Mercy Streets (2000)
as Tom
Lincoln and the War Within (1992)
Actor
Volcano: Nature's Inferno (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
The Portal (2010)
as Professor Haffler
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City' (2017)
as Self
Future Fear (1997)
as General Wallace
Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993)
as Self
Miracle Dogs (2003)
as C.W. Aldrich
The Dion Brothers (1974)
as Calvin
Habit & Armour (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Frozen Impact (2003)
as Pete Crane
Alien Technology (2000)
as Host
Intimate Strangers (1986)
as Dr. Jeff Bierston
Working with Orson Welles (1993)
as Himself
Valerie (2019)
as Self
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games' (2003)
as Self
The Assistants (2009)
as Jasper / The Garbage Man
Irresistible Force (1993)
as Harris Stone
Galaxy Hunter (2004)
as 3V3
Survival Skills (2020)
as The Narrator
The Real Death Star (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Diary of a Young Comic (1979)
as Mr. Porzinski
Majestic White Horses (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
Lincoln (1992)
as George McClellan (voice)
Operation Balikatan (2003)
as General Thurmond
How Do You Change Your Parents? (2003)
as Richard Hendersen
Trust in Me (1995)
as The Reverend
suppose (—)
as Death
Dolphins: The Wild Side (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center (2008)
as Merlyn
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’ (2016)
as Self
The Secret of the Wild Child (1994)
as Self
The Last Full Measure (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
More Than Murder (1984)
as Mike Hammer
Wait Until Dark (1982)
as Roat / Roat Sr. / Roat Jr.
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Antigone (1974)
as Chorus
The Sea Wolf (1997)
as Wolf Larsen
The Orphan Trains (1995)
as Narrator (voice)
Father Rupert Mayer (2015)
as Colonel von Bayern
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Against Their Will (1994)
as Jack Devlin
Birds of Passage (2001)
as Captain Savienko
Washington the Warrior (2006)
Actor
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (1993)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Young Ivanhoe (1995)
as Pembrooke
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill (1995)
as Narrator
Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid (1998)
as Narrator (voice)