Stacy Keach
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 2, 1941
- Died
- November 10, 2026
- Birthplace
- Savannah, Georgia, USA
Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (June 2, 1941 – November 10, 2026) was 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
suppose TBA
as Death
The Way Things Seem to Be 2026
as Self
Jay Kelly 2025
as Jay's Dad
Lost & Found in Cleveland 2025
as Will Sokolowski
Buckle Up 2023
as Ronnie Straight
American Greed: James McGill 2022
as Narrator (voice)
- Titus Family | Homecoming
Titus Family | Homecoming 2020
as Ken Titus
Survival Skills 2020
as The Narrator
Valerie 2019
as Self
Gotti 2018
as Neil Dellacroce
Periphery 2018
as Noah Cross
Tokyo Trial 2017
as Narrator
Habit & Armour 2017
as Narrator (voice)
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City' 2017
as Self
Girlfriend's Day 2017
as Gundy
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’ 2016
as Self
Cell 2016
as Charles Ardai
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows 2016
as Self
Gold 2016
as Clive Coleman
Truth 2015
as Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett
Father Rupert Mayer 2015
as Colonel von Bayern
Sam 2015
as The Shopkeeper
Fifty Shades of Erotica 2015
as (archive footage)
Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular 2014
as Skipper
If I Stay 2014
as Gramps
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 2014
as Wallenquist
Planes: Fire & Rescue 2014
as Skipper (voice)
- Meir's Festival
Meir's Festival 2013
as Self
Nebraska 2013
as Ed Pegram
Planes 2013
as Skipper (voice)
- The Great Chameleon
The Great Chameleon 2013
as Max
Ooga Booga 2013
as Judge
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road 2012
as Self
The Bourne Legacy 2012
as Turso
Cellmates 2012
as Warden Merville
Storm War 2011
as Marcus
Jerusalem Countdown 2011
as Jackson
Air Mater 2011
as Skipper (voice)
Miller's Tale 2011
as Self
Machete 2010
as Doc Franklin
The Portal 2010
as Professor Haffler
Imbued 2009
as Donatello
Chicago Overcoat 2009
as Ray Berkowski
The Assistants 2009
as Harlin W. Keyes, as Jasper / The Garbage Man
The Boxer 2009
as Joe
The Nanny Express 2009
as Reverend MacGregor
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales 2008
as Skipper (voice)
W. 2008
as Rev. Earle Hudd
Not Quite Hollywood 2008
as Self
Ring of Death 2008
as Warden Carl Golan
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center 2008
as Merlyn
Lone Rider 2008
as Robert Hattaway
The Last Full Measure 2008
as Narrator (voice)
Honeydripper 2007
as Sheriff Pugh
The Pixar Story 2007
as Narrator (voice)
Death Row 2006
as John Elias
Washington the Warrior 2006
Actor
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America 2006
as Collin Reed
The Switch 2006
Actor
Come Early Morning 2006
as Owen Allen
Desolation Canyon 2006
as Samuel Kendrick
Jesus, Mary and Joey 2006
as Jack O`Callahan
Keep Your Distance 2005
as Brooks Voight
Man with the Screaming Brain 2005
as Dr. Ivanov
Caught in the Headlights 2005
as Mr. Jones
El padrino: The Latin Godfather 2004
as Gov. Lancaster
The Hollow 2004
as Claus Van Ripper
Galaxy Hunter 2004
as 3V3
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies 2004
as Self
Miracle Dogs 2003
as C.W. Aldrich
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games' 2003
as Self
How Do You Change Your Parents? 2003
as Richard Hendersen
Frozen Impact 2003
as Pete Crane
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science 2003
as Narrator (voice)
Operation Balikatan 2003
as General Thurmond
The Santa Trap 2002
as Max the Biker
The Real Death Star 2002
as Narrator (voice)
Lightning: Fire from the Sky 2001
as Bart Pointdexter
Birds of Passage 2001
as Captain Savienko
- The Face: Jesus in Art
The Face: Jesus in Art 2001
as Narrator (voice)
Sunstorm 2001
as Gen. John Parker
- Majestic White Horses
Majestic White Horses 2001
as Narrator (voice)
Tesla: Master of Lightning 2000
as Nikola Tesla (Voice)
Mercy Streets 2000
as Tom
Militia 2000
as George Armstrong Montgomery
- Savage Planet: Deadly Skies
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies 2000
as Narrator (voice)
Icebreaker 2000
as Bill Foster
Alien Technology 2000
as Host
Fear Runs Silent 2000
as Mr. Hill
The Courage to Love 2000
as Jean-Baptiste Delille
Unshackled 2000
as Warden Kelso
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return 1999
as Dr. Michaels
Dolphins: The Wild Side 1999
as Narrator (voice)
Olympic Glory: Nagano 1998 1999
as Narrator (voice)
Sea Devils 1998
as Captain Savienko
American History X 1998
as Cameron
Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid 1998
as Narrator (voice)
Amanda & the Alien 1998
as Emmitt Mallory
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane 1998
as Self
Future Fear 1997
as General Wallace
Murder in My Mind 1997
as Cargill
Legend of the Lost Tomb 1997
as Dr. William Bent
Volcano: Nature's Inferno 1997
as Narrator (voice)
The Sea Wolf 1997
as Wolf Larsen
Prey of the Jaguar 1996
as The Commander
Escape from L.A. 1996
as Malloy
The Pathfinder 1996
as Compte du Leon
Titanic's Lost Sister 1996
as Narrator (voice) - US Version
The Guillotine 1996
as Narrator (Voice)
The Orphan Trains 1995
as Narrator (voice)
Young Ivanhoe 1995
as Pembrooke
Texas 1995
as Sam Houston
Trust in Me 1995
as The Reverend
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill 1995
as Narrator
Against Their Will 1994
as Jack Devlin
The Secret of the Wild Child 1994
as Self
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020 1994
as Wynorski
Raw Justice 1994
as Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins
Reflections on Elephants 1994
as Narrator
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993
as Phantasm (voice) / Carl Beaumont (voice)
Warren Oates: Across the Border 1993
as Self
Sunset Grill 1993
as Harrison Shelgrove
Body Bags 1993
as Richard
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal 1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Irresistible Force 1993
as Harris Stone
Rio Diablo 1993
as Kansas
Working with Orson Welles 1993
as Himself
- Lincoln
Lincoln 1992
as George McClellan (voice)
Revenge on the Highway 1992
as Claude Sams
Lincoln and the War Within 1992
Actor
The Secret World Of Bats 1992
as Host
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis 1991
as Capt. Charles Butler McVay
Milena 1991
as Jesenski
Lindbergh 1990
as Self - Narrator (voice)
False Identity 1990
as Ben Driscoll / Harlan Errickson
Night of 100 Stars III 1990
as Self
Class of 1999 1990
as Dr. Bob Forrest
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All 1989
as Mike Hammer
The Forgotten 1989
as Adam Roth
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer 1986
as Mike Hammer
Intimate Strangers 1986
as Dr. Jeff Bierston
More Than Murder 1984
as Mike Hammer
Murder Me, Murder You 1983
as Mike Hammer
That Championship Season 1982
as James Daley
Wait Until Dark 1982
as Roat / Roat Sr. / Roat Jr.
Butterfly 1982
as Jess Tyler
Nice Dreams 1981
as Sergeant Stedenko
Roadgames 1981
as Patrick 'Pat' Quid
The Long Riders 1980
as Frank James, Writer, Executive Producer
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger 1980
as Judge Murdock
The Ninth Configuration 1980
as Col. Hudson Kane
Diary of a Young Comic 1979
as Mr. Porzinski
Two Solitudes 1978
as Huntley McQueen
Up in Smoke 1978
as Sergeant Stedenko
Slave of the Cannibal God 1978
as Professor Edward Foster
Gray Lady Down 1978
as Captain Bennett
The Biggest Battle 1978
as Maggiore Mannfred Roland
The Duellists 1977
as Narrator (voice)
The Squeeze 1977
as Jim Naboth
Six Characters in Search of An Author 1976
Director
The Killer Inside Me 1976
as Lou Ford
Street People 1976
as Charlie Hanson
Dynasty 1976
as Matt Blackwood
Conduct Unbecoming 1975
as Captain Archer
James Dean: The First American Teenager 1975
as Narrator (voice)
- Hamburger Hamlet
Hamburger Hamlet 1975
as Hamlet
One By One 1975
as Narrator
All the Kind Strangers 1974
as James "Jimmy" Wheeler
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead) 1974
as Narrator
Watched! 1974
as Mike Mandell / Sonny
The Dion Brothers 1974
as Calvin
Antigone 1974
as Chorus
Luther 1974
as Martin Luther
Incident at Vichy 1973
Director
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 1972
as Bad Bob
The New Centurions 1972
as Roy Fehle
Fat City 1972
as Tully
Particular Men 1972
as William Benjamin
Brewster McCloud 1971
as Abraham Wright
Doc 1971
as Doc Holliday
The Traveling Executioner 1970
as Jonas Candide
End of the Road 1970
as Jacob Horner
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1968
as Blount
Credits from TMDB.