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Stacy Keach

Acting 84 years old Savannah, Georgia, USA ★ 4.2
Born: June 2, 1941

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.

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Known For

American History X
American History X Cameron 1998
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Wallenquist 2014
The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy Turso 2012
Escape from L.A.
Escape from L.A. Malloy 1996
Planes
Planes Skipper (voice) 2013

Filmography

Acting Credits (259)

The Way Things Seem to Be
The Way Things Seem to Be Self 2026
Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly Jay's Dad 2025
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Lost & Found in Cleveland Will Sokolowski 2025
Buckle Up
Buckle Up Ronnie Straight 2023
American Greed: James McGill
American Greed: James McGill Narrator(voice) 2022
Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid
Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid Narrator (voice) 2021
Titus Family | Homecoming
Titus Family | Homecoming Ken Titus 2020
Survival Skills
Survival Skills The Narrator 2020
Valerie
Valerie Self 2019
Kidding
Kidding Stacy Keach 2018
Gotti
Gotti Neil Dellacroce 2018
Periphery
Periphery Noah Cross 2018
Habit & Armour
Habit & Armour Narrator (voice) 2017
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City' Self 2017
Girlfriend's Day
Girlfriend's Day Gundy 2017
Tokyo Trial
Tokyo Trial Narrator (voice) 2016
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’ Self 2016
Man with a Plan
Man with a Plan Joe Burns 2016
Cell
Cell Charles Ardai 2016
Crowded
Crowded Bob Moore 2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows Self 2016
Gold
Gold Clive Coleman 2016
Truth
Truth Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett 2015
Father Rupert Mayer
Father Rupert Mayer Colonel von Bayern 2015
Sam
Sam The Shopkeeper 2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Fifty Shades of Erotica (archive footage) 2015
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular Skipper 2014
NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: New Orleans Cassius Pride 2014
If I Stay
If I Stay Gramps 2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Wallenquist 2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Planes: Fire & Rescue Skipper (voice) 2014
Enlisted
Enlisted Patrick 2014
Full Circle
Full Circle Bud O'Rourke 2013
Sean Saves the World
Sean Saves the World Lee Thompson 2013
Meir's Festival
Meir's Festival Self 2013
The Blacklist
The Blacklist Robert Vesco 2013
Nebraska
Nebraska Ed Pegram 2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Jimmy Brogan 2013
Planes
Planes Skipper (voice) 2013
The Great Chameleon
The Great Chameleon Max 2013
Ooga Booga
Ooga Booga Judge 2013
1600 Penn
1600 Penn Frohm Thoroughgood 2012
Malibu Country
Malibu Country Brad 2012
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road Self 2012
The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy Turso 2012
Anger Management
Anger Management Ray 2012
Cellmates
Cellmates Warden Merville 2012
The Exes
The Exes Bill Drake 2011
Storm War
Storm War Marcus 2011
Jerusalem Countdown
Jerusalem Countdown Jackson 2011
Air Mater
Air Mater Skipper (voice) 2011
Miller's Tale
Miller's Tale Self 2011
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
Hindenburg: The Last Flight Edward van Zandt 2011
Lights Out
Lights Out Pops 2011
Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods Archbishop Kevin Kearns 2010
Machete
Machete Doc Franklin 2010
The Aristofrogs
The Aristofrogs 2010
Hot in Cleveland
Hot in Cleveland Alex Chase 2010
The Portal
The Portal Professor Haffler 2010
Chicago Overcoat
Chicago Overcoat Ray Berkowski 2009
Imbued
Imbued Donatello 2009
Meteor
Meteor Sheriff Crowe 2009
The Assistants
The Assistants Jasper / The Garbage Man 2009
The Assistants
The Assistants Harlin W. Keyes 2009
The Boxer
The Boxer Joe 2009
The Nanny Express
The Nanny Express Reverend MacGregor 2009
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales Skipper (voice) 2008
W.
W. Rev. Earle Hudd 2008
Not Quite Hollywood
Not Quite Hollywood Self 2008
Ring of Death
Ring of Death Warden Carl Golan 2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center Merlyn 2008
Lone Rider
Lone Rider Robert Hattaway 2008
The Last Full Measure
The Last Full Measure Narrator (voice) 2008
Honeydripper
Honeydripper Sheriff Pugh 2007
The Pixar Story
The Pixar Story Narrator (voice) 2007
American Greed
American Greed Self - Narrator (voice) 2007
Warplane
Warplane Self - Narrator (voice) 2006
Death Row
Death Row John Elias 2006
30 Rock
30 Rock Stacy Keach 2006
Galapagos
Galapagos Bishop of Panama (voice) 2006
Blackbeard
Blackbeard Cpt. Benjamin Hornigold 2006
Washington the Warrior
Washington the Warrior 2006
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Collin Reed 2006
The Switch
The Switch 2006
Come Early Morning
Come Early Morning Owen Allen 2006
Desolation Canyon
Desolation Canyon Samuel Kendrick 2006
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Jesus, Mary and Joey Jack O`Callahan 2006
Keep Your Distance
Keep Your Distance Brooks Voight 2005
Prison Break
Prison Break Warden Henry Pope 2005
Man with the Screaming Brain
Man with the Screaming Brain Dr. Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov 2005
Caught in the Headlights
Caught in the Headlights Mr. Jones 2005
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
El padrino: The Latin Godfather Gov. Lancaster 2004
The Hollow
The Hollow Claus Van Ripper 2004
Galaxy Hunter
Galaxy Hunter 3V3 2004
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies Self 2004
Totally Outrageous Behavior
Totally Outrageous Behavior Self - Narrator (voice) 2004
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men Tom 2003
Miracle Dogs
Miracle Dogs C.W. Aldrich 2003
How Do You Change Your Parents?
How Do You Change Your Parents? Richard Hendersen 2003
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games'
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games' Self 2003
Frozen Impact
Frozen Impact Pete Crane 2003
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science Narrator (voice) 2003
Operation Balikatan
Operation Balikatan General Thurmond 2003
The Santa Trap
The Santa Trap Max the Biker 2002
Girls Club
Girls Club 2002
Boomtown
Boomtown Jack 'Mac' McNorris 2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
What's New, Scooby-Doo? The Mayor (voice) 2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Harold Ling (voice) 2002
George Lopez
George Lopez Blaine McNamara 2002
The Real Death Star
The Real Death Star Narrator (voice) 2002
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
Lightning: Fire from the Sky Bart Pointdexter 2001
Birds of Passage
Birds of Passage Captain Savienko 2001
The Face: Jesus in Art
The Face: Jesus in Art Narrator (voice) 2001
Sunstorm
Sunstorm Gen. John Parker 2001
The Zeta Project
The Zeta Project 2001
Majestic White Horses
Majestic White Horses Narrator (voice) 2001
Gary & Mike
Gary & Mike (voice) 2001
Warship: Innovations that Changed the World
Warship: Innovations that Changed the World Host 2001
Tesla: Master of Lightning
Tesla: Master of Lightning Nikola Tesla (Voice) 2000
Mercy Streets
Mercy Streets Tom 2000
Militia
Militia George Armstrong Montgomery 2000
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies Narrator (voice) 2000
Icebreaker
Icebreaker Bill Foster 2000
Alien Technology
Alien Technology Host 2000
Titus
Titus Ken Titus 2000
Fear Runs Silent
Fear Runs Silent Mr. Hill 2000
The Courage to Love
The Courage to Love Jean-Baptiste Delille 2000
Unshackled
Unshackled Warden Kelso 2000
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return Dr. Michaels 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Orion Bauer 1999
Dolphins: The Wild Side
Dolphins: The Wild Side Narrator (voice) 1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Self - Guest 1999
World's Most Amazing Videos
World's Most Amazing Videos Self - Narrator (voice) 1999
Olympic Glory
Olympic Glory Narrator (voice) 1999
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond Vance (voice) 1999
Will & Grace
Will & Grace Wendell Schacter 1998
Sea Devils
Sea Devils Captain Savienko 1998
American History X
American History X Cameron 1998
Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book
Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book 1998
Amanda & the Alien
Amanda & the Alien Emmitt Mallory 1998
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane Self 1998
Future Fear
Future Fear General Wallace 1997
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Mike Hammer, Private Eye Mike Hammer 1997
Murder in My Mind
Murder in My Mind Cargill 1997
Die Gang
Die Gang Jean-Marie Bosco 1997
Legend of the Lost Tomb
Legend of the Lost Tomb Dr. William Bent 1997
The Sea Wolf
The Sea Wolf Wolf Larsen 1997
Volcano: Nature's Inferno
Volcano: Nature's Inferno Narrator (voice) 1997
Prey of the Jaguar
Prey of the Jaguar The Commander 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story 1996
Escape from L.A.
Escape from L.A. Malloy 1996
The Pathfinder
The Pathfinder Compte du Leon 1996
Titanic's Lost Sister
Titanic's Lost Sister Narrator (voice) - US Version 1996
Young Ivanhoe
Young Ivanhoe Pembrooke 1995
Texas
Texas Sam Houston 1995
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits Cord van Owen 1995
Trust in Me
Trust in Me The Reverend 1995
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill Narrator 1995
Against Their Will
Against Their Will Jack Devlin 1994
The Secret of the Wild Child
The Secret of the Wild Child Self 1994
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020 Wynorski 1994
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel Ty Duncan 1994
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel Maury Hoover 1994
ER
ER Mike Gates 1994
Raw Justice
Raw Justice Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins 1994
Reflections on Elephants
Reflections on Elephants Narrator 1994
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Phantasm / Carl Beaumont (voice) 1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Warren Oates: Across the Border Self 1993
Sunset Grill
Sunset Grill Harrison Shelgrove 1993
Body Bags
Body Bags Richard 1993
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal Self - Narrator (voice) 1993
Irresistible Force
Irresistible Force Harris Stone 1993
Rio Diablo
Rio Diablo Kansas 1993
Working with Orson Welles
Working with Orson Welles Himself 1993
Lincoln
Lincoln George McClellan (voice) 1992
Revenge on the Highway
Revenge on the Highway Claude Sams 1992
Lincoln and the War Within
Lincoln and the War Within 1992
The Secret World Of Bats
The Secret World Of Bats Host 1992
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Capt. Charles Butler McVay 1991
Rugrats
Rugrats Marvin Finster (voice) 1991
Milena
Milena Jesenski 1991
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories Narrator 1991
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera Colonel Edward Corishant 1991
Lindbergh
Lindbergh Self - Narrator (voice) 1990
False Identity
False Identity Ben Driscoll / Harlan Errickson 1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III Self 1990
Class of 1999
Class of 1999 Dr. Bob Forrest 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Howard K. Duff VIII (voice) / Don Bookner (voice) 1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Howard Duff (voice) 1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Howard K. Duff VIII / Don Bookner (voice) 1989
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All Mike Hammer 1989
The Forgotten
The Forgotten Adam Roth 1989
American Experience
American Experience Narrator (voice) 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (archive footage) 1988
Hemingway
Hemingway Ernest Hemingway 1988
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mike Hammer 1986
Intimate Strangers
Intimate Strangers Dr. Jeff Bierston 1986
Mistral's Daughter
Mistral's Daughter Julien Mistral 1984
Six Centuries of Verse
Six Centuries of Verse Self - Reader 1984
Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer Mike Hammer 1984
More Than Murder
More Than Murder Mike Hammer 1984
Princess Daisy
Princess Daisy Count Alexander "Stash" Valensky 1983
Murder Me, Murder You
Murder Me, Murder You Mike Hammer 1983
That Championship Season
That Championship Season James Daley 1982
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray Jonas Steele 1982
Wait Until Dark
Wait Until Dark Roat / Roat Sr. / Roat Jr. 1982
Butterfly
Butterfly Jess Tyler 1982
Nice Dreams
Nice Dreams Sergeant Stedenko 1981
Roadgames
Roadgames Patrick 'Pat' Quid 1981
A Rumor of War
A Rumor of War Maj. Ball 1980
The Search for Solutions
The Search for Solutions Narrator 1980
The Long Riders
The Long Riders Frank James 1980
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger Judge Murdock 1980
The Ninth Configuration
The Ninth Configuration Col. Hudson Kane 1980
Diary of a Young Comic
Diary of a Young Comic Mr. Porzinski 1979
Two Solitudes
Two Solitudes Huntley McQueen 1978
Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke Sergeant Stedenko 1978
Slave of the Cannibal God
Slave of the Cannibal God Professor Edward Foster 1978
Gray Lady Down
Gray Lady Down Captain Bennett 1978
The Biggest Battle
The Biggest Battle Maggiore Mannfred Roland 1978
The Duellists
The Duellists Narrator (voice) 1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth Barabbas 1977
The Squeeze
The Squeeze Jim Naboth 1977
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me Lou Ford 1976
Street People
Street People Charlie Hanson 1976
Dynasty
Dynasty Matt Blackwood 1976
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Man in 'Cold As Ice' (uncredited) 1975
Conduct Unbecoming
Conduct Unbecoming Capitano Archer 1975
James Dean: The First American Teenager
James Dean: The First American Teenager Narrator (voice) 1975
Caribe
Caribe Lt. Ben Logan 1975
One By One
One By One Narrator 1975
Hamburger Hamlet
Hamburger Hamlet 1975
All the Kind Strangers
All the Kind Strangers James "Jimmy" Wheeler 1974
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead) Narrator 1974
Watched!
Watched! Mike Mandell / Sonny 1974
The Dion Brothers
The Dion Brothers Calvin 1974
NOVA
NOVA 1974
NOVA
NOVA Narrator 1974
NOVA
NOVA Narrator (voice) 1974
Antigone
Antigone Chorus 1974
Luther
Luther Martin Luther 1974
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Bad Bob 1972
The New Centurions
The New Centurions Roy Fehle 1972
Fat City
Fat City Tully 1972
Particular Men
Particular Men 1972
Brewster McCloud
Brewster McCloud Abraham Wright 1971
Doc
Doc Doc Holliday 1971
Great Performances
Great Performances 1971
The Traveling Executioner
The Traveling Executioner Jonas Candide 1970
End of the Road
End of the Road Jacob Horner 1970
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Blount 1968
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
Tony Awards
Tony Awards Self - Nominee 1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards Self - Performer 1956
Lassie
Lassie 1954
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Presenter 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self 1944
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Mysterious Places
Mysterious Places Series Host

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Writing Credits (1)

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