Stacy Keach
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Orion Bauer
1999
Series
The Simpsons
Howard K. Duff VIII (voice) / Don Bookner (voice)
1989
Series
The Simpsons
Howard Duff (voice)
1989
Series
The Simpsons
Howard K. Duff VIII / Don Bookner (voice)
1989
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Blacklist
Robert Vesco
2013
Series
Saturday Night Live
Man in 'Cold As Ice' (uncredited)
1975
Series
Two and a Half Men
Tom
2003
Series
Blue Bloods
Archbishop Kevin Kearns
2010
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(archive footage)
1988
Series
Prison Break
Warden Henry Pope
2005
Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jimmy Brogan
2013
Series
ER
Mike Gates
1994
Series
Rugrats
Marvin Finster (voice)
1991
Series
The Outer Limits
Cord van Owen
1995
Series
Great Performances
1971
Series
NOVA
1974
Series
NOVA
Narrator
1974
Series
NOVA
Narrator (voice)
1974
Series
Will & Grace
Wendell Schacter
1998
Series
30 Rock
Stacy Keach
2006
Series
Touched by an Angel
Ty Duncan
1994
Series
Touched by an Angel
Maury Hoover
1994
Series
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
NCIS: New Orleans
Cassius Pride
2014
Series
Lassie
1954
Series
Hot in Cleveland
Alex Chase
2010
Series
Anger Management
Ray
2012
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
1999
Series
Batman Beyond
Vance (voice)
1999
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Man with a Plan
Joe Burns
2016
Series
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
The Mayor (voice)
2002
Series
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Harold Ling (voice)
2002
Series
The Exes
Bill Drake
2011
Series
Kidding
Stacy Keach
2018
Film
American History X
Cameron
1998
Series
Titus
Ken Titus
2000
Series
The Zeta Project
2001
Series
George Lopez
Blaine McNamara
2002
Film
The Bourne Legacy
Turso
2012
Series
Boomtown
Jack 'Mac' McNorris
2002
Film
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Wallenquist
2014
Film
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Skipper (voice)
2014
Series
Jesus of Nazareth
Barabbas
1977
Series
1600 Penn
Frohm Thoroughgood
2012
Series
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Mike Hammer
1997
Series
Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer
1984
Series
Crowded
Bob Moore
2016
Series
Gary & Mike
(voice)
2001
Series
American Greed
Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
Series
Enlisted
Patrick
2014
Series
Malibu Country
Brad
2012
Film
Escape from L.A.
Malloy
1996
Film
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Phantasm and Carl Beaumont (voice)
1993
Film
Planes
Skipper (voice)
2013
Film
Jay Kelly
Jay's Dad
2025
Series
Meteor
Sheriff Crowe
2009
Film
If I Stay
Gramps
2014
Series
World's Most Amazing Videos
Self - Narrator (voice)
1999
Film
Gold
Clive Coleman
2016
Series
Sean Saves the World
Lee Thompson
2013
Series
The Blue and the Gray
Jonas Steele
1982
Film
Machete
Doc Franklin
2010
Series
Full Circle
Bud O'Rourke
2013
Film
The Pixar Story
Narrator (voice)
2007
Series
Blackbeard
Cpt. Benjamin Hornigold
2006
Film
Cell
Charles Ardai
2016
Series
Mistral's Daughter
Julien Mistral
1984
Series
Lights Out
Pops
2011
Series
Galapagos
Bishop of Panama (voice)
2006
Film
The Long Riders
Frank James
1980
Series
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
1984
Film
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Skipper (voice)
2008
Series
A Rumor of War
Maj. Ball
1980
Film
Nebraska
Ed Pegram
2013
Film
Slave of the Cannibal God
Professor Edward Foster
1978
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Die Gang
Jean-Marie Bosco
1997
Film
Up in Smoke
Sergeant Stedenko
1978
Series
Princess Daisy
Count Alexander "Stash" Valensky
1983
Film
Gotti
Neil Dellacroce
2018
Series
Tokyo Trial
Narrator (voice)
2016
Film
The Duellists
Narrator (voice)
1977
Film
Butterfly
Jess Tyler
1982
Film
Air Mater
Skipper (voice)
2011
Film
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Bad Bob
1972
Series
Girls Club
2002
Series
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
Edward van Zandt
2011
Film
The Ninth Configuration
Col. Hudson Kane
1980
Film
Class of 1999
Dr. Bob Forrest
1990
Film
W.
Rev. Earle Hudd
2008
Film
Truth
Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett
2015
Film
Street People
Charlie Hanson
1976
Film
Body Bags
Richard
1993
Film
Gray Lady Down
Captain Bennett
1978
Series
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
Colonel Edward Corishant
1991
Film
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
Dr. Michaels
1999
Film
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
Gov. Lancaster
2004
Film
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
2016
Film
Girlfriend's Day
Gundy
2017
Film
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
2015
Series
Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book
1998
Film
Nice Dreams
Sergeant Stedenko
1981
Caribe
Lt. Ben Logan
1975
Film
Fat City
Tully
1972
Film
Roadgames
Patrick 'Pat' Quid
1981
Series
Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
1988
Film
Come Early Morning
Owen Allen
2006
Film
Sam
The Shopkeeper
2015
Film
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Merlyn
2008
Film
Ooga Booga
Judge
2013
Film
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Totally Outrageous Behavior
Self - Narrator (voice)
2004
Film
The New Centurions
Roy Fehle
1972
Film
Revenge on the Highway
Claude Sams
1992
Film
The Biggest Battle
Maggiore Mannfred Roland
1978
Film
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
Collin Reed
2006
Film
American Greed: James McGill
Narrator(voice)
2022
Film
Texas
Sam Houston
1995
Film
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
Capt. Charles Butler McVay
1991
Film
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Will Sokolowski
2025
Film
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Narrator (voice)
1975
Film
The Squeeze
Jim Naboth
1977
Film
The Courage to Love
Jean-Baptiste Delille
2000
Film
Militia
George Armstrong Montgomery
2000
Film
Brewster McCloud
Abraham Wright
1971
Film
Murder Me, Murder You
Mike Hammer
1983
Film
The Way Things Seem to Be
Self
2026
Film
Raw Justice
Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins
1994
Film
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer
1986
Film
Olympic Glory: Nagano 1998
Narrator (voice)
1999
Film
Sunstorm
Gen. John Parker
2001
Film
Two Solitudes
Huntley McQueen
1978
Film
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Blount
1968
Film
End of the Road
Jacob Horner
1970
Film
The Nanny Express
Reverend MacGregor
2009
Film
Storm War
Marcus
2011
Film
The Killer Inside Me
Lou Ford
1976
Film
The Forgotten
Adam Roth
1989
Film
All the Kind Strangers
James "Jimmy" Wheeler
1974
Film
Icebreaker
Bill Foster
2000
Film
Prey of the Jaguar
The Commander
1996
Film
Honeydripper
Sheriff Pugh
2007
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
Narrator
1991
Film
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
2008
Film
Frozen Impact
Pete Crane
2003
Hamburger Hamlet
Hamlet
1975
Film
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Jack O`Callahan
2006
Film
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Self
2004
Film
Doc
Doc Holliday
1971
Film
Caught in the Headlights
Mr. Jones
2005
Film
Ring of Death
Warden Carl Golan
2008
Film
Working with Orson Welles
Himself
1993
Film
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
Self
2016
Film
Milena
Jesenski
1991
Film
Conduct Unbecoming
Captain Archer
1975
Series
Warplane
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
Bart Pointdexter
2001
Film
The Pathfinder
Compte du Leon
1996
Film
Desolation Canyon
Samuel Kendrick
2006
Series
The Search for Solutions
Narrator
1980
Film
The Hollow
Claus Van Ripper
2004
Series
Mysterious Places
Series Host
Film
That Championship Season
James Daley
1982
Film
Amanda & the Alien
Emmitt Mallory
1998
Film
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
Mike Hammer
1989
Film
The Guillotine
Narrator (Voice)
1996
The Face: Jesus in Art
Narrator (voice)
2001
Film
Miracle Dogs
C.W. Aldrich
2003
Film
Diary of a Young Comic
Mr. Porzinski
1979
Film
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self
1993
Film
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Judge Murdock
1980
Film
Particular Men
William Benjamin
1972
Film
Man with the Screaming Brain
Dr. Ivanov
2005
Film
Rio Diablo
Kansas
1993
Lincoln
George McClellan (voice)
1992
Film
Sea Devils
Captain Savienko
1998
Film
Murder in My Mind
Cargill
1997
Film
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
Wynorski
1994
Film
Death Row
John Elias
2006
Film
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Self
1998
Film
The Traveling Executioner
Jonas Candide
1970
Film
Fear Runs Silent
Mr. Hill
2000
Film
The Santa Trap
Max the Biker
2002
Film
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
Film
Dynasty
Matt Blackwood
1976
Film
Legend of the Lost Tomb
Dr. William Bent
1997
Film
Jerusalem Countdown
Jackson
2011
Film
Tesla: Master of Lightning
Nikola Tesla (Voice)
2000
Film
Periphery
Noah Cross
2018
Series
Warship: Innovations that Changed the World
Host
2001
Film
Irresistible Force
Harris Stone
1993
Film
Tokyo Trial
Narrator
2017
Film
The Portal
Professor Haffler
2010
Film
Lindbergh
Self - Narrator (voice)
1990
Film
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Self
2012
Film
Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
Skipper
2014
Film
Watched!
Mike Mandell / Sonny
1974
Film
Sunset Grill
Harrison Shelgrove
1993
Film
Chicago Overcoat
Ray Berkowski
2009
Film
Lone Rider
Robert Hattaway
2008
Film
Valerie
Self
2019
Film
Keep Your Distance
Brooks Voight
2005
Film
More Than Murder
Mike Hammer
1984
Titus Family | Homecoming
Ken Titus
2020
Film
Survival Skills
The Narrator
2020
Film
The Boxer
Joe
2009
Film
The Dion Brothers
Calvin
1974
Film
Cellmates
Warden Merville
2012
Film
Titanic's Lost Sister
Narrator (voice) - US Version
1996
Film
False Identity
Ben Driscoll / Harlan Errickson
1990
Film
Antigone
Chorus
1974
Film
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games'
Self
2003
Film
Volcano: Nature's Inferno
Narrator (voice)
1997
Film
Miller's Tale
Self
2011
Film
Operation Balikatan
General Thurmond
2003
Imbued
Donatello
2009
Film
Luther
Martin Luther
1974
Film
One By One
Narrator
1975
Film
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)
Narrator
1974
Film
Future Fear
General Wallace
1997
Film
How Do You Change Your Parents?
Richard Hendersen
2003
Film
Buckle Up
Ronnie Straight
2023
Film
Against Their Will
Jack Devlin
1994
Film
Wait Until Dark
Roat / Roat Sr. / Roat Jr.
1982
Film
The Secret World Of Bats
Host
1992
Film
Trust in Me
The Reverend
1995
Film
Mercy Streets
Tom
2000
Film
The Assistants
Harlin W. Keyes
2009
Film
The Assistants
Jasper / The Garbage Man
2009
Film
The Switch
2006
Film
The Sea Wolf
Wolf Larsen
1997
Film
Father Rupert Mayer
Colonel von Bayern
2015
Meir's Festival
Self
2013
Film
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
Film
The Secret of the Wild Child
Self
1994
Film
The Last Full Measure
Narrator (voice)
2008
Film
Unshackled
Warden Kelso
2000
Film
Habit & Armour
Narrator (voice)
2017
Film
suppose
Death
Majestic White Horses
Narrator (voice)
2001
Film
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
Self
2017
Film
Young Ivanhoe
Pembrooke
1995
Film
Alien Technology
Host
2000
Film
Dolphins: The Wild Side
Narrator (voice)
1999
Film
The Real Death Star
Narrator (voice)
2002
Film
Birds of Passage
Captain Savienko
2001
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies
Narrator (voice)
2000
The Great Chameleon
Max
2013
Film
Galaxy Hunter
3V3
2004
Film
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill
Narrator
1995
Film
Washington the Warrior
2006
Film
Intimate Strangers
Dr. Jeff Bierston
1986
Film
Reflections on Elephants
Narrator
1994
Film
Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid
Narrator (voice)
1998
Film
The Orphan Trains
Narrator (voice)
1995