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