Stacy Keach

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'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.

On screen

  • The Way Things Seem to Be
  • Lost & Found in Cleveland
  • Jay Kelly
  • Buckle Up
  • American Greed: James McGill
  • Survival Skills
  • Valerie
  • Gotti
  • Periphery
  • Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
  • Habit & Armour
  • Girlfriend's Day
  • Tokyo Trial
  • Gold
  • Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
  • Cell
  • Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
  • Truth
  • Sam
  • Father Rupert Mayer
  • Fifty Shades of Erotica
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
  • If I Stay
  • Planes: Fire & Rescue
  • Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
  • Nebraska
  • Planes
  • Ooga Booga
  • The Bourne Legacy
  • Cellmates
  • An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
  • Storm War
  • Miller's Tale
  • Air Mater
  • Jerusalem Countdown
  • Machete
  • The Portal
  • The Aristofrogs
  • The Boxer
  • Chicago Overcoat
  • The Nanny Express
  • The Assistants
  • W.
  • Lone Rider
  • Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
  • Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
  • The Last Full Measure
  • Ring of Death
  • Not Quite Hollywood
  • The Pixar Story
  • Honeydripper
  • Jesus, Mary and Joey
  • Death Row
  • Desolation Canyon
  • The Switch
  • Come Early Morning
  • Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
  • Washington the Warrior
  • Man with the Screaming Brain
  • Keep Your Distance
  • Caught in the Headlights
  • The Hollow
  • John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
  • Galaxy Hunter
  • El padrino: The Latin Godfather
  • Frozen Impact
  • Operation Balikatan
  • How Do You Change Your Parents?
  • Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
  • Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games'
  • Miracle Dogs
  • The Real Death Star
  • The Santa Trap
  • Lightning: Fire from the Sky
  • Sunstorm
  • Birds of Passage
  • Militia
  • Mercy Streets
  • Icebreaker
  • Fear Runs Silent
  • Tesla: Master of Lightning
  • Unshackled
  • Alien Technology
  • The Courage to Love
  • Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
  • Dolphins: The Wild Side
  • Olympic Glory
  • American History X
  • Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
  • Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid
  • Amanda & the Alien
  • Sea Devils
  • Future Fear
  • The Sea Wolf
  • Legend of the Lost Tomb
  • Murder in My Mind
  • Volcano: Nature's Inferno
  • Escape from L.A.
  • Prey of the Jaguar
  • The Pathfinder
  • Titanic's Lost Sister
  • Trust in Me
  • Texas
  • Young Ivanhoe
  • Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill
  • The Orphan Trains
  • Raw Justice
  • Reflections on Elephants
  • New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
  • Against Their Will
  • The Secret of the Wild Child
  • Body Bags
  • Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
  • Rio Diablo
  • Sunset Grill
  • Irresistible Force
  • National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
  • Working with Orson Welles
  • Warren Oates: Across the Border
  • Lincoln and the War Within
  • Revenge on the Highway
  • The Secret World Of Bats
  • Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
  • Milena
  • Class of 1999
  • Night of 100 Stars III
  • Lindbergh
  • False Identity
  • The Forgotten
  • Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
  • The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
  • Intimate Strangers
  • More Than Murder
  • Murder Me, Murder You
  • Butterfly
  • That Championship Season
  • Wait Until Dark
  • Nice Dreams
  • Roadgames
  • The Long Riders
  • The Ninth Configuration
  • Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
  • Diary of a Young Comic
  • Gray Lady Down
  • Slave of the Cannibal God
  • The Biggest Battle
  • Up in Smoke
  • Two Solitudes
  • The Squeeze
  • The Duellists
  • The Killer Inside Me
  • Street People
  • Dynasty
  • One By One
  • Conduct Unbecoming
  • James Dean: The First American Teenager
  • All the Kind Strangers
  • The Dion Brothers
  • Watched!
  • Antigone
  • Luther
  • The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)
  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
  • The New Centurions
  • Fat City
  • Particular Men
  • Brewster McCloud
  • Doc
  • The Traveling Executioner
  • End of the Road
  • The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
  • suppose

Behind the camera

  • The Long Riders
  • Six Characters in Search of An Author
  • Incident at Vichy

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