Stacy Keach
Known for Acting · 253 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
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Tom
Blue Bloods
2010
as Archbishop Kevin Kearns
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
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Tom
Blue Bloods
2010
as Archbishop Kevin Kearns
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Jimmy Brogan
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Man in 'Cold As Ice' (uncredited)
Rugrats
1991
as Marvin Finster (voice)
NOVA
1974
as Narrator / Narrator (voice)
ER
1994
as Mike Gates
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Lassie
1954
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Self - Performer
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as (archive footage)
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Cassius Pride
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Great Performances
1971
Will & Grace
1998
as Wendell Schacter
30 Rock
2006
as Stacy Keach
Anger Management
2012
as Ray
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Ty Duncan / Maury Hoover
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Alex Chase
The Outer Limits
1995
as Cord van Owen
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
as The Mayor (voice) / Harold Ling (voice)
Batman Beyond
1999
as Vance (voice)
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Exes
2011
as Bill Drake
Man with a Plan
2016
as Joe Burns
George Lopez
2002
as Blaine McNamara
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
Titus
2000
as Ken Titus
The Zeta Project
2001
Kidding
2018
as Stacy Keach
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Barabbas
Boomtown
2002
as Jack 'Mac' McNorris
American Greed
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Full Circle
2013
as Bud O'Rourke
Mike Hammer
1984
as Mike Hammer
Crowded
2016
as Bob Moore
Malibu Country
2012
as Brad
Enlisted
2014
as Patrick
1600 Penn
2012
as Frohm Thoroughgood
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
as Mike Hammer
Gary & Mike
2001
as (voice)
Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Julien Mistral
Tokyo Trial
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Meteor
2009
as Sheriff Crowe
Sean Saves the World
2013
as Lee Thompson
Blackbeard
2006
as Cpt. Benjamin Hornigold
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Jonas Steele
A Rumor of War
1980
as Maj. Ball
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Die Gang
1997
as Jean-Marie Bosco
World's Most Amazing Videos
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Reader
Galapagos
2006
as Bishop of Panama (voice)
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
2011
as Edward van Zandt
Girls Club
2002
Movies (181)
American History X
1998
as Cameron
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Wallenquist
Planes
2013
as Skipper (voice)
The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Turso
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Skipper (voice)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
Gold
2016
as Clive Coleman
Nebraska
2013
as Ed Pegram
Escape from L.A.
1996
as Malloy
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
as Phantasm and Carl Beaumont (voice)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
as Skipper (voice)
Jay Kelly
2025
as Jay's Dad
If I Stay
2014
as Gramps
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004
as Gov. Lancaster
Cell
2016
as Charles Ardai
Machete
2010
as Doc Franklin
Sam
2015
as The Shopkeeper
Street People
1976
as Charlie Hanson
The Duellists
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Up in Smoke
1978
as Sergeant Stedenko
The Pixar Story
2007
as Narrator (voice)
The Long Riders
1980
as Frank James
Slave of the Cannibal God
1978
as Professor Edward Foster
Butterfly
1982
as Jess Tyler
The Ninth Configuration
1980
as Col. Hudson Kane
Periphery
2018
as Noah Cross
The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
as Self
Miracle Dogs
2003
as C.W. Aldrich
Truth
2015
as Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett
Sunstorm
2001
as Gen. John Parker
Gotti
2018
as Neil Dellacroce
Body Bags
1993
as Richard
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
W.
2008
as Rev. Earle Hudd
Tokyo Trial
2017
as Narrator
Hamburger Hamlet
1975
Class of 1999
1990
as Dr. Bob Forrest
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Bad Bob
Come Early Morning
2006
as Owen Allen
Gray Lady Down
1978
as Captain Bennett
Texas
1995
as Sam Houston
Fat City
1972
as Tully
The Nanny Express
2009
as Reverend MacGregor
Watched!
1974
as Mike Mandell / Sonny
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
1999
as Dr. Michaels
The New Centurions
1972
as Roy Fehle
That Championship Season
1982
as James Daley
Nice Dreams
1981
as Sergeant Stedenko
Murder Me, Murder You
1983
as Mike Hammer
Ooga Booga
2013
as Judge
Brewster McCloud
1971
as Abraham Wright
Two Solitudes
1978
as Huntley McQueen
The Switch
2006
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
as Capt. Charles Butler McVay
Miller's Tale
2011
as Self
The Santa Trap
2002
as Max the Biker
The Traveling Executioner
1970
as Jonas Candide
Raw Justice
1994
as Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins
Storm War
2011
as Marcus
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
Honeydripper
2007
as Sheriff Pugh
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Roadgames
1981
as Patrick 'Pat' Quid
The Biggest Battle
1978
as Maggiore Mannfred Roland
Girlfriend's Day
2017
as Gundy
Caught in the Headlights
2005
as Mr. Jones
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Captain Archer
The Face: Jesus in Art
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Titanic's Lost Sister
1996
as Narrator (voice) - US Version
Rio Diablo
1993
as Kansas
Milena
1991
as Jesenski
Ring of Death
2008
as Warden Carl Golan
Air Mater
2011
as Skipper (voice)
Particular Men
1972
Desolation Canyon
2006
as Samuel Kendrick
Tesla: Master of Lightning
2000
as Nikola Tesla (Voice)
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025
as Will Sokolowski
Doc
1971
as Doc Holliday
Diary of a Young Comic
1979
as Mr. Porzinski
Titus Family | Homecoming
2020
as Ken Titus
Revenge on the Highway
1992
as Claude Sams
The Pathfinder
1996
as Compte du Leon
Frozen Impact
2003
as Pete Crane
Militia
2000
as George Armstrong Montgomery
The Courage to Love
2000
as Jean-Baptiste Delille
End of the Road
1970
as Jacob Horner
Lincoln
1992
as George McClellan (voice)
Jerusalem Countdown
2011
as Jackson
Chicago Overcoat
2009
as Ray Berkowski
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
1989
as Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998
as Self
Amanda & the Alien
1998
as Emmitt Mallory
Against Their Will
1994
as Jack Devlin
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
as Jack O`Callahan
Lone Rider
2008
as Robert Hattaway
More Than Murder
1984
as Mike Hammer
The Hollow
2004
as Claus Van Ripper
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968
as Blount
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
2006
as Collin Reed
Irresistible Force
1993
as Harris Stone
Sea Devils
1998
as Captain Savienko
The Killer Inside Me
1976
as Lou Ford
Wait Until Dark
1982
as Roat / Roat Sr. / Roat Jr.
Future Fear
1997
as General Wallace
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
2001
as Bart Pointdexter
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
2014
as Skipper
One By One
1975
as Narrator
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
as Narrator (voice)
Legend of the Lost Tomb
1997
as Dr. William Bent
The Dion Brothers
1974
as Calvin
Luther
1974
as Martin Luther
Fear Runs Silent
2000
as Mr. Hill
Habit & Armour
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Young Ivanhoe
1995
as Pembrooke
The Real Death Star
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Cellmates
2012
as Warden Merville
Birds of Passage
2001
as Captain Savienko
Prey of the Jaguar
1996
as The Commander
Man with the Screaming Brain
2005
as Dr. Ivanov
The Great Chameleon
2013
as Max
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 253 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Stacy Keach has appeared in 181 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
- Planes (2013) — as Skipper (voice)
- The Bourne Legacy (2012) — as Turso
- Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) — as Skipper (voice)
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