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