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 Brewst...
Known For
Movies
- American History X
1998
- Sin City: A Dame to Kil...
2014
- Man with the Screaming ...
2005
- W.
2008
- Escape from L.A.
1996
- Nice Dreams
1981
- The Heart Is a Lonely H...
1968
- Future Fear
1997
- Body Bags
1993
- Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
- Class of 1999
1990
- Militia
2000
- Machete
2010
- The Forgotten
1989
- Gray Lady Down
1978
- The Portal
2010
- Children of the Corn 66...
1999
- Mercy Streets
2000
- Brewster McCloud
1971
- The Life and Times of J...
1972
- Death Row
2006
- Butterfly
1982
- Raw Justice
1994
- Diary of a Young Comic
1979
- The Boxer
2009
- Reflections on Elephants
1994
- The Hollow
2004
- The Long Riders
1980
- Icebreaker
2000
- Fear Runs Silent
2000
- Batman: Mask of the Pha...
1993
- Roadgames
1981
- The Killer Inside Me
1976
- Chicago Overcoat
2009
- The Pixar Story
2007
- All the Kind Strangers
1974
- Mike Hammer's Mickey Sp...
1998
- The New Centurions
1972
- Frozen Impact
2003
- Fat City
1972
- Gli esecutori
1976
- The Bourne Legacy
2012
- La montagna del dio can...
1978
- John Carpenter: The Man...
2004
- The Ninth Configuration
1980
- Storm War
2011
- Il grande attacco
1978
- Prey of the Jaguar
1996
- Buckle Up
2023
- Titus Family | Homecomi...
2020
- Meir's Festival
2013
- Doc
1971
- One By One
1975
- The Traveling Execution...
1970
- Tesla: Master of Lightn...
2000
- The Pathfinder
1996
- The Gravy Train
1974
- The Squeeze
1977
- Conduct Unbecoming
1975
- Trust in Me
1995
- Watched!
1974
- Unshackled
2000
- Cellmates
2012
- Lightning: Fire from th...
2001
- Miller's Tale
2011
- Texas
1995
- Lincoln and the War Wit...
1992
- Galaxy Hunter
2004
- End of the Road
1970
- Nebraska
2013
- Planes
2013
- Mission of the Shark: T...
1991
- The Return of Mickey Sp...
1986
- More Than Murder
1984
- Murder Me, Murder You
1983
- Air Mater
2011
- Savage Planet: Deadly S...
2000
- That Championship Season
1982
- Mike Hammer: Murder Tak...
1989
- Rio Diablo
1993
- Antigone
1974
- Young Ivanhoe
1995
- Ooga Booga
2013
- Luther
1974
- The Sea Wolf
1997
- Sea Monsters: Search fo...
2021
- Sunset Grill
1993
- Revenge on the Highway
1992
- Imbued
2009
- The Face: Jesus in Art
2001
- Sunstorm
2001
- Irresistible Force
1993
- Desolation Canyon
2006
- The Great Chameleon
2013
- New Crime City: Los Ang...
1994
- Amanda & the Alien
1998
- Lone Rider
2008
- Legend of the Lost Tomb
1997
- Operation Balikatan
2003
- Against Their Will
1994
- Up in Smoke
1978
- If I Stay
2014
- Dolphins: The Wild Side
1999
- National Geographic: Th...
1993
- Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
- Lost & Found in Clevela...
2025
- Vitaminamulch: Air Spec...
2014
- Night of 100 Stars III
1990
- Murder in My Mind
1997
- Wie tauscht man seine E...
2003
- The Nanny Express
2009
- Lincoln
1992
- The Switch
2006
- Keep Your Distance
2005
- Sasquatch: Legend Meets...
2003
- Lindbergh
1990
- Jay Kelly
2025
- Sucker Punch Blues: A L...
2017
- Gold
2016
- Dynasty
1976
- Majestic White Horses
2001
- Truth
2015
- Must See TV: An All Sta...
2016
- Sea Devils
1998
- Birds of Passage
2001
- Come Early Morning
2006
- Cell
2016
- The Real Death Star
2002
- Sam
2015
- Jerusalem Countdown
2011
- Milena
1991
- The Santa Trap
2002
- Particular Men
1972
- The Duellists
1977
- Habit i zbroja
2017
- Girlfriend's Day
2017
- Titanic's Lost Sister
1996
- Gotti
2018
- Andrew Wyeth: Self Port...
1995
- Honeydripper
2007
- Wait Until Dark
1982
- James Dean: The First A...
1975
- Cars Toon Mater's Tall ...
2008
- Father Rupert Mayer
2015
- Olympic Glory
1999
- Camelot: Live from Linc...
2008
- Alien Technology
2000
- Portrait of a Rebel: Th...
1980
- The Aristofrogs
2010
- The Last Full Measure
2008
- Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
- Working with Orson Well...
1993
- Ring of Death
2008
- False Identity
1990
- The Secret World Of Bats
1992
- The Courage to Love
2000
- Not Quite Hollywood
2008
- Cop Stories: The Making...
2016
- Two Solitudes
1978
- Survival Skills
2020
- Periphery
2018
- The Secret of the Wild ...
1994
- Valerie
2019
- An Amazing Time: A Conv...
2012
- Fatal Contact: Bird Flu...
2006
- El padrino
2004
- Intimate Strangers
1986
- Warren Oates: Across th...
1993
- Volcano: Nature's Infer...
1997
- Kangaroo Hitchcock: The...
2003
- Caught in the Headlights
2005
- The Assistants
2009
- The Assistants
2009
- The Formula One Drivers...
1974
- Miracle Dogs
2003
- Hamburger Hamlet
1975
- American Greed: James M...
2022
- Washington the Warrior
2006
- suppose
TV Shows
- Titus
2000
- Batman Beyond
1999
- The Simpsons
1989
- Boomtown
2002
- Touched by an Angel
1994
- Two and a Half Men
2003
- E! True Hollywood Story
1996
- George Lopez
2002
- Warship: Innovations th...
2001
- Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
- NOVA
1974
- The Zeta Project
2001
- Lassie
1954
- Will & Grace
1998
- ER
1994
- Girls Club
2002
- World's Most Amazing Vi...
1999
- Jesus of Nazareth
1977
- The Blue and the Gray
1982
- Totally Outrageous Beha...
2004
- Mowgli: The New Adventu...
1998
- Caribe
1975
- The Late Late Show with...
1999
- Mike Hammer
1984
- Lights Out
2011
- Meteor
2009
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
- The Simpsons
1989
- Mistral's Daughter
1984
- NOVA
1974
- Full Circle
2013
- Galapagos
2006
- Blue Bloods
2010
- Prison Break
2005
- Crowded
2016
- Six Centuries of Verse
1984
- Hemingway
1988
- Touched by an Angel
1994
- Blue Bloods
2010
- Warplane
2006
- Princess Daisy
1983
- The Outer Limits
1995
- Enlisted
2014
- I Misteri Della Giungla...
1991
- American Greed
2007
- Rugrats
1991
- Blackbeard
2006
- Gary & Mike
2001
- American Experience
1988
- Haunted Lives: True Gho...
1991
- 30 Rock
2006
- Law & Order: Special Vi...
1999
- Tokyo Trial
2016
- Die Gang
1997
- NOVA
1974
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
- A Rumor of War
1980
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
- The Blacklist
2013
- NCIS: New Orleans
2014
- Sean Saves the World
2013
- Hot in Cleveland
2010
- 1600 Penn
2012
- The Search for Solutions
1980
- Golden Globe Awards
1944
- The Exes
2011
- The Simpsons
1989
- Great Performances
1971
- Man with a Plan
2016
- Hindenburg
2011
- Anger Management
2012
- Golden Globe Awards
1944
- The Mike Douglas Show
1961
- Mysterious Places
- Kidding
2018
- Blue Bloods
2010
- Malibu Country
2012