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