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.
252 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 252
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Simpsons
1989
The Blacklist
2013
Prison Break
2005
Blue Bloods
2010
Two and a Half Men
2003
Saturday Night Live
1975
ER
1994
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
NOVA
1974
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Rugrats
1991
30 Rock
2006
Will & Grace
1998
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
Lassie
1954
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
American Experience
1988
Great Performances
1971
Touched by an Angel
1994
Tony Awards
1956
The Outer Limits
1995
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Batman Beyond
1999
Anger Management
2012
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
Man with a Plan
2016
Film '72
1971
Titus
2000
The Exes
2011
American History X
1998
American Greed
2007
Boomtown
2002
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Kidding
2018
George Lopez
2002
The Zeta Project
2001
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
The Bourne Legacy
2012
1600 Penn
2012
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
Enlisted
2014
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
Crowded
2016
Mike Hammer
1984
Planes
2013
Gary & Mike
2001
Sean Saves the World
2013
Lights Out
2011
Blackbeard
2006
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
Escape from L.A.
1996
Machete
2010
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Meteor
2009
World's Most Amazing Videos
1999
Jay Kelly
2025
Cell
2016
Mistral's Daughter
1984
Gold
2016
Malibu Country
2012
The Blue and the Gray
1982
Tokyo Trial
2016
Full Circle
2013
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
If I Stay
2014
Girls Club
2002
Up in Smoke
1978
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
Nebraska
2013
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
2011
The Pixar Story
2007
Die Gang
1997
A Rumor of War
1980
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Long Riders
1980
W.
2008
Class of 1999
1990
Truth
2015
The Duellists
1977
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
Slave of the Cannibal God
1978
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
1991
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
2006
Princess Daisy
1983
Gotti
2018
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
Body Bags
1993
Sam
2015
Butterfly
1982
Hemingway
1988
Habit & Armour
2017
The New Centurions
1972
The Ninth Configuration
1980
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Honeydripper
2007
Nice Dreams
1981
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
1991
Galapagos
2006
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
The Search for Solutions
1980
Fat City
1972
Raw Justice
1994
Militia
2000
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986
Gray Lady Down
1978
Street People
1976
Brewster McCloud
1971
Doc
1971
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
1999
Caribe
1975
Murder Me, Murder You
1983
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004
Air Mater
2011
Rio Diablo
1993
Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book
1998
Roadgames
1981
The Forgotten
1989
Ring of Death
2008
Girlfriend's Day
2017
The Biggest Battle
1978
Frozen Impact
2003
Totally Outrageous Behavior
2004
Jerusalem Countdown
2011
Storm War
2011
Man with the Screaming Brain
2005
Lincoln
1992
Dynasty
1976
Buckle Up
2023
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025
Miracle Dogs
2003
The Killer Inside Me
1976
Keep Your Distance
2005
Ooga Booga
2013
Warplane
2006
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
1980
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
2014
Icebreaker
2000
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
The Traveling Executioner
1970
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968
Death Row
2006
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
Amanda & the Alien
1998
The Hollow
2004
The Pathfinder
1996
Mysterious Places
—
The Santa Trap
2002
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
Come Early Morning
2006
Desolation Canyon
2006
Texas
1995
Future Fear
1997
How Do You Change Your Parents?
2003
Revenge on the Highway
1992
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
Luther
1974
Lone Rider
2008
That Championship Season
1982
Irresistible Force
1993
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
1994
Working with Orson Welles
1993
Milena
1991
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
All the Kind Strangers
1974
The Dion Brothers
1974
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
1989
End of the Road
1970
More Than Murder
1984
Chicago Overcoat
2009
False Identity
1990
The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
Operation Balikatan
2003
Trust in Me
1995
Warship: Innovations that Changed the World
2001
Young Ivanhoe
1995
Periphery
2018
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
2001
Valerie
2019
The Nanny Express
2009
Sunset Grill
1993
Murder in My Mind
1997
Mercy Streets
2000
Legend of the Lost Tomb
1997
Cellmates
2012
Prey of the Jaguar
1996
The Assistants
2009
Intimate Strangers
1986
Survival Skills
2020
The Boxer
2009
Meir's Festival
2013
The Portal
2010
The Courage to Love
2000
Tesla: Master of Lightning
2000
The Aristofrogs
2010
Olympic Glory
1999
Sunstorm
2001
One By One
1975
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
1993
Against Their Will
1994
Diary of a Young Comic
1979
Caught in the Headlights
2005
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008
The Squeeze
1977
Two Solitudes
1978
Wait Until Dark
1982
Particular Men
1972
Antigone
1974
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998
The Sea Wolf
1997
suppose
—
Lindbergh
1990
Volcano: Nature's Inferno
1997
Sea Devils
1998
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
2017
Galaxy Hunter
2004
The Face: Jesus in Art
2001
The Real Death Star
2002
American Greed: James McGill
2022
The Secret World Of Bats
1992
Birds of Passage
2001
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
2016
Dolphins: The Wild Side
1999
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)
1974
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
2003
Reflections on Elephants
1994
Watched!
1974
The Secret of the Wild Child
1994
Miller's Tale
2011
Imbued
2009
The Great Chameleon
2013
Unshackled
2000
Titus Family | Homecoming
2020
Titanic's Lost Sister
1996
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games'
2003
Alien Technology
2000
Father Rupert Mayer
2015
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies
2000
Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid
2021
Washington the Warrior
2006
The Switch
2006
Fear Runs Silent
2000
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill
1995
The Last Full Measure
2008
Hamburger Hamlet
1975
Majestic White Horses
2001
Tokyo Trial
2017
