Stacy Keach
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.
Movies (171)
The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
Jay Kelly
2025
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025
Buckle Up
2023
American Greed: James McGill
2022
Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid
2021
Survival Skills
2020
Valerie
2019
Gotti
2018
Periphery
2018
Habit & Armour
2017
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
2017
Girlfriend's Day
2017
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
2016
Cell
2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
Gold
2016
Truth
2015
Father Rupert Mayer
2015
Sam
2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
2014
If I Stay
2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Nebraska
2013
Planes
2013
Ooga Booga
2013
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
The Bourne Legacy
2012
Cellmates
2012
Storm War
2011
Jerusalem Countdown
2011
Air Mater
2011
Miller's Tale
2011
Machete
2010
The Aristofrogs
2010
The Portal
2010
Chicago Overcoat
2009
The Assistants
2009
The Assistants
2009
The Boxer
2009
The Nanny Express
2009
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
W.
2008
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
Ring of Death
2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008
Lone Rider
2008
The Last Full Measure
2008
Honeydripper
2007
The Pixar Story
2007
Death Row
2006
Washington the Warrior
2006
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
2006
The Switch
2006
Come Early Morning
2006
Desolation Canyon
2006
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
Keep Your Distance
2005
Man with the Screaming Brain
2005
Caught in the Headlights
2005
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004
The Hollow
2004
Galaxy Hunter
2004
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
Miracle Dogs
2003
How Do You Change Your Parents?
2003
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games'
2003
Frozen Impact
2003
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
2003
Operation Balikatan
2003
The Santa Trap
2002
The Real Death Star
2002
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
2001
Birds of Passage
2001
Sunstorm
2001
Tesla: Master of Lightning
2000
Mercy Streets
2000
Militia
2000
Icebreaker
2000
Alien Technology
2000
Fear Runs Silent
2000
The Courage to Love
2000
Unshackled
2000
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
1999
Dolphins: The Wild Side
1999
Olympic Glory
1999
Sea Devils
1998
American History X
1998
Amanda & the Alien
1998
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998
Future Fear
1997
Murder in My Mind
1997
Legend of the Lost Tomb
1997
The Sea Wolf
1997
Volcano: Nature's Inferno
1997
Prey of the Jaguar
1996
Escape from L.A.
1996
The Pathfinder
1996
Titanic's Lost Sister
1996
Young Ivanhoe
1995
Texas
1995
Trust in Me
1995
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill
1995
Against Their Will
1994
The Secret of the Wild Child
1994
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
1994
Raw Justice
1994
Reflections on Elephants
1994
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
Sunset Grill
1993
Body Bags
1993
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
1993
Irresistible Force
1993
Rio Diablo
1993
Working with Orson Welles
1993
Revenge on the Highway
1992
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
The Secret World Of Bats
1992
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
Milena
1991
Lindbergh
1990
False Identity
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Class of 1999
1990
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
1989
The Forgotten
1989
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986
Intimate Strangers
1986
More Than Murder
1984
Murder Me, Murder You
1983
That Championship Season
1982
Wait Until Dark
1982
Butterfly
1982
Nice Dreams
1981
Roadgames
1981
The Long Riders
1980
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
1980
The Ninth Configuration
1980
Diary of a Young Comic
1979
Two Solitudes
1978
Up in Smoke
1978
Slave of the Cannibal God
1978
Gray Lady Down
1978
The Biggest Battle
1978
The Duellists
1977
The Squeeze
1977
The Killer Inside Me
1976
Street People
1976
Dynasty
1976
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
One By One
1975
All the Kind Strangers
1974
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)
1974
Watched!
1974
The Dion Brothers
1974
Antigone
1974
Luther
1974
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
The New Centurions
1972
Fat City
1972
Particular Men
1972
Brewster McCloud
1971
Doc
1971
The Traveling Executioner
1970
End of the Road
1970
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968
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TV Shows (75)
Kidding
2018
Tokyo Trial
2016
Man with a Plan
2016
Crowded
2016
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
Enlisted
2014
Full Circle
2013
Sean Saves the World
2013
The Blacklist
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
1600 Penn
2012
Malibu Country
2012
Anger Management
2012
The Exes
2011
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
2011
Lights Out
2011
Blue Bloods
2010
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Meteor
2009
American Greed
2007
Warplane
2006
30 Rock
2006
Galapagos
2006
Blackbeard
2006
Prison Break
2005
Two and a Half Men
2003
Girls Club
2002
Boomtown
2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
George Lopez
2002
The Zeta Project
2001
Gary & Mike
2001
Warship: Innovations that Changed the World
2001
Titus
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
World's Most Amazing Videos
1999
Batman Beyond
1999
Will & Grace
1998
Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book
1998
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Outer Limits
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
ER
1994
Rugrats
1991
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
1991
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
American Experience
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Hemingway
1988
Mistral's Daughter
1984
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
Mike Hammer
1984
Princess Daisy
1983
The Blue and the Gray
1982
A Rumor of War
1980
The Search for Solutions
1980
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975
NOVA
1974
NOVA
1974
NOVA
1974
Great Performances
1971
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Lassie
1954
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
