Stacy Keach
Known for Acting · 252 credits
- Born
- 1941-06-02 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Savannah, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- Stacey Keach · Stacy Keach Jr. · Walter Stacy Keach Jr.
Biography
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Orion Bauer
The Simpsons
1989
as Howard K. Duff VIII (voice) / Don Bookner (voice) / Howard Duff (voice) / Howard K. Duff VIII / Don Bookner (voice)
The Blacklist
2013
as Robert Vesco
Prison Break
2005
as Warden Henry Pope
Blue Bloods
2010
as Archbishop Kevin Kearns
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Tom
TV Shows (72)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Orion Bauer
The Simpsons
1989
as Howard K. Duff VIII (voice) / Don Bookner (voice) / Howard Duff (voice) / Howard K. Duff VIII / Don Bookner (voice)
The Blacklist
2013
as Robert Vesco
Prison Break
2005
as Warden Henry Pope
Blue Bloods
2010
as Archbishop Kevin Kearns
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Tom
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Man in 'Cold As Ice' (uncredited)
ER
1994
as Mike Gates
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Jimmy Brogan
NOVA
1974
as Narrator / Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as (archive footage)
Rugrats
1991
as Marvin Finster (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Will & Grace
1998
as Wendell Schacter
30 Rock
2006
as Stacy Keach
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Cassius Pride
Lassie
1954
Great Performances
1971
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Ty Duncan / Maury Hoover
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Self - Performer
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Alex Chase
The Outer Limits
1995
as Cord van Owen
Batman Beyond
1999
as Vance (voice)
Anger Management
2012
as Ray
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
as The Mayor (voice) / Harold Ling (voice)
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Exes
2011
as Bill Drake
Man with a Plan
2016
as Joe Burns
Titus
2000
as Ken Titus
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
George Lopez
2002
as Blaine McNamara
Kidding
2018
as Stacy Keach
American Greed
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Boomtown
2002
as Jack 'Mac' McNorris
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Barabbas
The Zeta Project
2001
1600 Penn
2012
as Frohm Thoroughgood
Enlisted
2014
as Patrick
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
as Mike Hammer
Crowded
2016
as Bob Moore
Mike Hammer
1984
as Mike Hammer
Malibu Country
2012
as Brad
Full Circle
2013
as Bud O'Rourke
World's Most Amazing Videos
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lights Out
2011
as Pops
Sean Saves the World
2013
as Lee Thompson
Meteor
2009
as Sheriff Crowe
Blackbeard
2006
as Cpt. Benjamin Hornigold
Gary & Mike
2001
as (voice)
Tokyo Trial
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Julien Mistral
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Reader
Princess Daisy
1983
as Count Alexander "Stash" Valensky
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Jonas Steele
Die Gang
1997
as Jean-Marie Bosco
Girls Club
2002
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
2011
as Edward van Zandt
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Movies (180)
American History X
1998
as Cameron
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Wallenquist
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Turso
Planes
2013
as Skipper (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Skipper (voice)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
as Phantasm / Carl Beaumont (voice)
Machete
2010
as Doc Franklin
Nebraska
2013
as Ed Pegram
Gold
2016
as Clive Coleman
If I Stay
2014
as Gramps
Escape from L.A.
1996
as Malloy
Cell
2016
as Charles Ardai
Jay Kelly
2025
as Jay's Dad
W.
2008
as Rev. Earle Hudd
Up in Smoke
1978
as Sergeant Stedenko
The Duellists
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
The Long Riders
1980
as Frank James
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
as Skipper (voice)
Frozen Impact
2003
as Pete Crane
The Pixar Story
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Class of 1999
1990
as Dr. Bob Forrest
Truth
2015
as Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
2006
as Collin Reed
Nice Dreams
1981
as Sergeant Stedenko
Slave of the Cannibal God
1978
as Professor Edward Foster
Fat City
1972
as Tully
Gotti
2018
as Neil Dellacroce
Body Bags
1993
as Richard
The New Centurions
1972
as Roy Fehle
Roadgames
1981
as Patrick 'Pat' Quid
The Assistants
2009
as Harlin W. Keyes / Jasper / The Garbage Man
The Ninth Configuration
1980
as Col. Hudson Kane
Doc
1971
as Doc Holliday
Storm War
2011
as Marcus
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Sam
2015
as The Shopkeeper
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Bad Bob
Raw Justice
1994
as Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins
Street People
1976
as Charlie Hanson
Air Mater
2011
as Skipper (voice)
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
as Capt. Charles Butler McVay
Butterfly
1982
as Jess Tyler
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
1999
as Dr. Michaels
The Biggest Battle
1978
as Maggiore Mannfred Roland
Habit & Armour
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
Gray Lady Down
1978
as Captain Bennett
Come Early Morning
2006
as Owen Allen
Honeydripper
2007
as Sheriff Pugh
Sunset Grill
1993
as Harrison Shelgrove
Militia
2000
as George Armstrong Montgomery
Buckle Up
2023
as Ronnie Straight
Brewster McCloud
1971
as Abraham Wright
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986
as Mike Hammer
Murder Me, Murder You
1983
as Mike Hammer
The Nanny Express
2009
as Reverend MacGregor
Icebreaker
2000
as Bill Foster
The Santa Trap
2002
as Max the Biker
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004
as Gov. Lancaster
Rio Diablo
1993
as Kansas
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
1980
as Judge Murdock
Girlfriend's Day
2017
as Gundy
Amanda & the Alien
1998
as Emmitt Mallory
Miracle Dogs
2003
as C.W. Aldrich
Ooga Booga
2013
as Judge
Desolation Canyon
2006
as Samuel Kendrick
Valerie
2019
as Self
The Hollow
2004
as Claus Van Ripper
Ring of Death
2008
as Warden Carl Golan
The Pathfinder
1996
as Compte du Leon
Milena
1991
as Jesenski
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025
as Will Sokolowski
The Forgotten
1989
as Adam Roth
Irresistible Force
1993
as Harris Stone
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968
as Blount
Keep Your Distance
2005
as Brooks Voight
Man with the Screaming Brain
2005
as Dr. Ivanov
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
as Jack O`Callahan
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
as Self
Lone Rider
2008
as Robert Hattaway
That Championship Season
1982
as James Daley
Luther
1974
as Martin Luther
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
as Self
Revenge on the Highway
1992
as Claude Sams
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
2001
as Bart Pointdexter
More Than Murder
1984
as Mike Hammer
Dynasty
1976
as Matt Blackwood
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
2014
as Skipper
Chicago Overcoat
2009
as Ray Berkowski
Death Row
2006
as John Elias
The Aristofrogs
2010
Lincoln
1992
as George McClellan (voice)
All the Kind Strangers
1974
as James "Jimmy" Wheeler
The Traveling Executioner
1970
as Jonas Candide
The Killer Inside Me
1976
as Lou Ford
Future Fear
1997
as General Wallace
Jerusalem Countdown
2011
as Jackson
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
Sunstorm
2001
as Gen. John Parker
Young Ivanhoe
1995
as Pembrooke
End of the Road
1970
as Jacob Horner
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
1994
as Wynorski
Texas
1995
as Sam Houston
Prey of the Jaguar
1996
as The Commander
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Capitano Archer
Intimate Strangers
1986
as Dr. Jeff Bierston
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
as Self
Against Their Will
1994
as Jack Devlin
The Boxer
2009
as Joe
False Identity
1990
as Ben Driscoll / Harlan Errickson
Cellmates
2012
as Warden Merville
Operation Balikatan
2003
as General Thurmond
Wait Until Dark
1982
as Roat / Roat Sr. / Roat Jr.
Murder in My Mind
1997
as Cargill
Working with Orson Welles
1993
as Himself
Trust in Me
1995
as The Reverend
Legend of the Lost Tomb
1997
as Dr. William Bent
The Portal
2010
as Professor Haffler
About Stacy Keach
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… With 252 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Stacy Keach has appeared in 180 films and 72 TV shows.
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Most Popular Stacy Keach Movies
- American History X (1998) — as Cameron
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) — as Wallenquist
- Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015) — as (archive footage)
- The Bourne Legacy (2012) — as Turso
- Planes (2013) — as Skipper (voice)
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