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