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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) an…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Stacy Keach's Filmography
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The Way Things Seem to Be
as Self
Jay Kelly
as Jay's Dad
Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Will Sokolowski
Buckle Up
as Ronnie Straight
American Greed: James McGill
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Titus Family | Homecoming
as Ken Titus
Survival Skills
as The Narrator
Valerie
as Self
Gotti
as Neil Dellacroce
Periphery
as Noah Cross
Tokyo Trial
as Narrator
Habit & Armour
as Narrator (voice)
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
as Self
Girlfriend's Day
as Gundy
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
as Self
Cell
as Charles Ardai
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
Gold
as Clive Coleman
Truth
as Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett
Father Rupert Mayer
as Colonel von Bayern
Sam
as The Shopkeeper
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
as Skipper
If I Stay
as Gramps
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
as Wallenquist
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Skipper (voice)
No Poster
Meir's Festival
as Self
Nebraska
as Ed Pegram
Planes
as Skipper (voice)
No Poster
The Great Chameleon
as Max
Ooga Booga
as Judge
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
as Self
The Bourne Legacy
as Turso
Cellmates
as Warden Merville
Storm War
as Marcus
Jerusalem Countdown
as Jackson
Air Mater
as Skipper (voice)
Miller's Tale
as Self
Machete
as Doc Franklin
The Portal
as Professor Haffler
Chicago Overcoat
as Ray Berkowski
Imbued
as Donatello
The Assistants
as Harlin W. Keyes
The Assistants
as Jasper / The Garbage Man
The Boxer
as Joe
The Nanny Express
as Reverend MacGregor
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
as Skipper (voice)
W.
as Rev. Earle Hudd
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
Ring of Death
as Warden Carl Golan
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
as Merlyn
Lone Rider
as Robert Hattaway
The Last Full Measure
as Narrator (voice)
Honeydripper
as Sheriff Pugh
The Pixar Story
as Narrator (voice)
Death Row
as John Elias
Washington the Warrior
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
as Collin Reed
The Switch
Come Early Morning
as Owen Allen
Desolation Canyon
as Samuel Kendrick
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Jack O`Callahan
Keep Your Distance
as Brooks Voight
Man with the Screaming Brain
as Dr. Ivanov
Caught in the Headlights
as Mr. Jones
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
as Gov. Lancaster
The Hollow
as Claus Van Ripper
Galaxy Hunter
as 3V3
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
as Self
Miracle Dogs
as C.W. Aldrich
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games'
as Self
How Do You Change Your Parents?
as Richard Hendersen
Frozen Impact
as Pete Crane
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
as Narrator (voice)
Operation Balikatan
as General Thurmond
The Santa Trap
as Max the Biker
The Real Death Star
as Narrator (voice)
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
as Bart Pointdexter
Birds of Passage
as Captain Savienko
No Poster
The Face: Jesus in Art
as Narrator (voice)
Sunstorm
as Gen. John Parker
No Poster
Majestic White Horses
as Narrator (voice)
Tesla: Master of Lightning
as Nikola Tesla (Voice)
Mercy Streets
as Tom
Militia
as George Armstrong Montgomery
No Poster
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies
as Narrator (voice)
Icebreaker
as Bill Foster
Alien Technology
as Host
Fear Runs Silent
as Mr. Hill
The Courage to Love
as Jean-Baptiste Delille
Unshackled
as Warden Kelso
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
as Dr. Michaels
Dolphins: The Wild Side
as Narrator (voice)
Olympic Glory: Nagano 1998
as Narrator (voice)
Sea Devils
as Captain Savienko
American History X
as Cameron
Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid
as Narrator (voice)
Amanda & the Alien
as Emmitt Mallory
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
as Self
Future Fear
as General Wallace
Murder in My Mind
as Cargill
Legend of the Lost Tomb
as Dr. William Bent
Volcano: Nature's Inferno
as Narrator (voice)
The Sea Wolf
as Wolf Larsen
Prey of the Jaguar
as The Commander
Escape from L.A.
as Malloy
The Pathfinder
as Compte du Leon
Titanic's Lost Sister
as Narrator (voice) - US Version
The Guillotine
as Narrator (Voice)
The Orphan Trains
as Narrator (voice)
Young Ivanhoe
as Pembrooke
Texas
as Sam Houston
Trust in Me
as The Reverend
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill
as Narrator
Against Their Will
as Jack Devlin
The Secret of the Wild Child
as Self
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
as Wynorski
Raw Justice
as Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins
Reflections on Elephants
as Narrator
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
as Phantasm (voice) / Carl Beaumont (voice)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Self
Sunset Grill
as Harrison Shelgrove
Body Bags
as Richard
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Irresistible Force
as Harris Stone
Rio Diablo
as Kansas
Working with Orson Welles
as Himself
No Poster
Lincoln
as George McClellan (voice)
Revenge on the Highway
as Claude Sams
Lincoln and the War Within
The Secret World Of Bats
as Host
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
as Capt. Charles Butler McVay
Milena
as Jesenski
Lindbergh
as Self - Narrator (voice)
False Identity
as Ben Driscoll / Harlan Errickson
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Class of 1999
as Dr. Bob Forrest
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
as Mike Hammer
The Forgotten
as Adam Roth
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Mike Hammer
Intimate Strangers
as Dr. Jeff Bierston
More Than Murder
as Mike Hammer
Murder Me, Murder You
as Mike Hammer
That Championship Season
as James Daley
Wait Until Dark
as Roat / Roat Sr. / Roat Jr.
Butterfly
as Jess Tyler
Nice Dreams
as Sergeant Stedenko
Roadgames
as Patrick 'Pat' Quid
The Long Riders
as Frank James
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
as Judge Murdock
The Ninth Configuration
as Col. Hudson Kane
Diary of a Young Comic
as Mr. Porzinski
Two Solitudes
as Huntley McQueen
Up in Smoke
as Sergeant Stedenko
Slave of the Cannibal God
as Professor Edward Foster
Gray Lady Down
as Captain Bennett
The Biggest Battle
as Maggiore Mannfred Roland
The Duellists
as Narrator (voice)
The Squeeze
as Jim Naboth
The Killer Inside Me
as Lou Ford
Street People
as Charlie Hanson
Dynasty
as Matt Blackwood
Conduct Unbecoming
as Captain Archer
James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Narrator (voice)
One By One
as Narrator
No Poster
Hamburger Hamlet
as Hamlet
All the Kind Strangers
as James "Jimmy" Wheeler
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)
as Narrator
Watched!
as Mike Mandell / Sonny
The Dion Brothers
as Calvin
Antigone
as Chorus
Luther
as Martin Luther
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Bad Bob
The New Centurions
as Roy Fehle
Fat City
as Tully
Particular Men
as William Benjamin
Brewster McCloud
as Abraham Wright
Doc
as Doc Holliday
The Traveling Executioner
as Jonas Candide
End of the Road
as Jacob Horner
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
as Blount
suppose
as Death