Stacy Keach
Acting
- Born:
- 1941-06-02
- Place of birth:
- Savannah, Georgia, USA
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
Filmography
The Way Things Seem to Be
Jay Kelly
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Buckle Up
American Greed: James McGill
Titus Family | Homecoming
Survival Skills
Valerie
Kidding
Gotti
Periphery
Tokyo Trial
Habit & Armour
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
Girlfriend's Day
Tokyo Trial
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
Man with a Plan
Cell
Crowded
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Gold
Truth
Father Rupert Mayer
Sam
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
NCIS: New Orleans
If I Stay
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Enlisted
Full Circle
Sean Saves the World
Meir's Festival
The Blacklist
Nebraska
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Planes
The Great Chameleon
Ooga Booga
1600 Penn
Malibu Country
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
The Bourne Legacy
Anger Management
Cellmates
The Exes
Storm War
Jerusalem Countdown
Air Mater
Miller's Tale
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
Lights Out
Blue Bloods
Machete
Hot in Cleveland
The Portal
Chicago Overcoat
Imbued
Meteor
The Assistants
The Boxer
The Nanny Express
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
W.
Not Quite Hollywood
Ring of Death
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Lone Rider
The Last Full Measure
Honeydripper
The Pixar Story
American Greed
Warplane
Death Row
30 Rock
Galapagos
Blackbeard
Washington the Warrior
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
The Switch
Come Early Morning
Desolation Canyon
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Keep Your Distance
Prison Break
Man with the Screaming Brain
Caught in the Headlights
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
The Hollow
Galaxy Hunter
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Totally Outrageous Behavior
Two and a Half Men
Miracle Dogs
How Do You Change Your Parents?
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games'
Frozen Impact
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
Operation Balikatan
The Santa Trap
Girls Club
Boomtown
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
George Lopez
The Real Death Star
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
Birds of Passage
The Face: Jesus in Art
Sunstorm
The Zeta Project
Majestic White Horses
Gary & Mike
Warship: Innovations that Changed the World
Tesla: Master of Lightning
Mercy Streets
Militia
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies
Icebreaker
Alien Technology
Titus
Fear Runs Silent
The Courage to Love
Unshackled
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
World's Most Amazing Videos
Dolphins: The Wild Side
Olympic Glory: Nagano 1998
Batman Beyond
Will & Grace
Sea Devils
American History X
Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid
Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book
Amanda & the Alien
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Future Fear
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Murder in My Mind
Die Gang
Legend of the Lost Tomb
The Sea Wolf
Volcano: Nature's Inferno
Prey of the Jaguar
E! True Hollywood Story
Escape from L.A.
The Pathfinder
Titanic's Lost Sister
The Guillotine
The Orphan Trains
Young Ivanhoe
Texas
The Outer Limits
Trust in Me
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill
Against Their Will
The Secret of the Wild Child
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
Touched by an Angel
ER
Raw Justice
Reflections on Elephants
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Sunset Grill
Body Bags
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
Irresistible Force
Rio Diablo
Working with Orson Welles
Lincoln
Revenge on the Highway
Lincoln and the War Within
The Secret World Of Bats
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
Rugrats
Milena
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
Lindbergh
False Identity
Night of 100 Stars III
Class of 1999
The Simpsons
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
The Forgotten
American Experience
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Hemingway
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Intimate Strangers
Mistral's Daughter
Six Centuries of Verse
Mike Hammer
More Than Murder
Princess Daisy
Murder Me, Murder You
That Championship Season
The Blue and the Gray
Wait Until Dark
Butterfly
Nice Dreams
Roadgames
A Rumor of War
The Search for Solutions
The Long Riders
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
The Ninth Configuration
Diary of a Young Comic
Two Solitudes
Up in Smoke
Slave of the Cannibal God
Gray Lady Down
The Biggest Battle
The Duellists
Jesus of Nazareth
The Squeeze
The Killer Inside Me
Street People
Dynasty
Saturday Night Live
Conduct Unbecoming
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Caribe
One By One
Hamburger Hamlet
All the Kind Strangers
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)
Watched!
The Dion Brothers
NOVA
Antigone
Luther
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The New Centurions
Fat City
Particular Men
Film '72
Brewster McCloud
Doc
Great Performances
The Traveling Executioner
End of the Road
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Mike Douglas Show
Tony Awards
Lassie
Golden Globe Awards
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Mysterious Places