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| Born | Walter Stacy Keach Jr. June 2, 1941 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 2026 (aged 85) Magdalenka, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1962–2026 |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | James Keach (brother) |
| Website | gostacykeach |
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Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (June 2, 1941 – November 10, 2026)[1] was an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, his accolades include four Drama Desk Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He is an inductee of the Theatre Hall of Fame and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.
Keach was born into an acting family and was the son of theatre director Stacy Keach Sr., and the older brother of actor James Keach. his film debut in the film The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), before taking roles in films such as Fat City (1972), Brewster McCloud (1970), Doc (1971), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The New Centurions (1972), Luther (1974), The Ninth Configuration (1980), The Long Riders (1980), Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Escape from L.A. (1996), American History X (1998), The Bourne Legacy (2012) and Nebraska (2013). He also played Sergeant Stedenko in Cheech & Chong's films Up in Smoke (1978) and Nice Dreams (1981).[2]
Keach portrayed Ernest Hemingway in the miniseries Hemingway (1988), which earned him a Golden Globe Award as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. He was further Globe-nominated for playing the titular character in the TV series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984–1987). He also starred in sitcoms Titus (2000–2002) and Man with a Plan (2017–2020), was the narrator for the docu-series American Greed (2007–2023), and took recurring roles in Prison Break (2005–2007), Two and a Half Men (2010), Blue Bloods (2016–2024) and The Blacklist (2019–2023).
On stage, he made his Broadway debut in 1965 in the Georg Büchner play Danton's Death and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Buffalo Bill in the Arthur Kopit play Indians (1970). He earned four Drama Desk Awards for his performances in productions of the plays MacBird! (1967), Indians (1970), Long Day's Journey into Night (1971), and Hamlet (1973).
Early life and education
Walter Stacy Keach Jr. was born in Savannah, Georgia, to Mary Cain (née Peckham),[3][4] an actress, and Stacy Keach Sr., a theatre director, drama teacher, and actor with dozens of television and theatrical film credits billed as "Stacy Keach".[5] The younger Keach was born with a cleft lip and a partial cleft of the hard palate, and he underwent numerous operations as a child. Throughout his adult life he has usually worn a mustache to hide the scars. He was the honorary chairman of the Cleft Palate Foundation and advocated for insurance coverage for surgeries.[6]
Keach graduated from Van Nuys High School in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles in June 1959, where he was class president,[7] attended the American Legion's Boys State summer program of California, then earned two BA degrees at the University of California, Berkeley (1963): one in English, the other in Dramatic Art. He earned a Master of Fine Arts at the Yale School of Drama in 1966 and was a Fulbright Scholar at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[8]
While studying in London, Keach met Laurence Olivier, his acting hero.[9]
Career
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Theatre
He first distinguished himself in Off-Broadway productions and was a prominent figure in American theatre, particularly as a noted Shakespearean.[10][11][12] Keach was the recipient of several theatrical accolades, including four Drama Desk Awards and two Helen Hayes Awards. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Arthur Kopit's 1969 production of Indians,[12] and twice nominated for the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor.
Keach played the title role in MacBird!, an Off-Broadway anti-war satire by Barbara Garson staged at the Village Gate in 1966. In 1967, he was cast, again Off-Broadway, in George Tabori's The Niggerlovers with Morgan Freeman in his acting debut. To this day, Freeman credits Keach with having taught him the most about acting.[13] In 1967, Keach also starred in We Bombed in New Haven, a play by Joseph Heller that premiered in New Haven at the Yale Repertory Theatre and later was produced on Broadway. Keach first appeared on Broadway in 1969 as Buffalo Bill in Indians by Arthur Kopit.[14] Early in his career, he was credited as Stacy Keach Jr. to distinguish himself from his father. He played the lead actor in The Nude Paper Sermon, an avant-garde musical theatre piece for media presentation, commissioned by Nonesuch Records by composer Eric Salzman.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Keach established himself as a leading American classical stage actor. His work with the New York Shakespeare Festival at Central Park's Delacorte Theater included Falstaff in both parts of Henry IV (1968) and the title role in Peer Gynt (1969). He returned in 1972 to play Hamlet in Gerald Freedman's production. Reviewing the performance in The New York Times, Clive Barnes called it “one of the great Hamlets of our time” and described Keach as “the finest American classic actor since John Barrymore.”[15]
He won numerous awards, including Drama Desk Awards and Vernon Rice Awards. In the early 1980s, he starred in the title role of the national touring company of the musical Barnum, composed by Cy Coleman.[16] In 1991 and 1996 he won Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Actor for his work in Richard III and Macbeth with the Shakespeare Theatre Company. In 1998, he was one of the three characters in a London West End production of 'Art' with David Dukes and George Wendt.
In 2006, Keach performed the lead role in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In 2008, he played Merlin in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot, done with the New York Philharmonic. In the summer of 2009, Shakespeare Theatre Company remounted the production of King Lear at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C., for which Keach won another Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actor.[17][18]
Keach played the title role in two separate productions of Hamlet.[19]
In 2008 and 2009, Keach portrayed Richard M. Nixon in the U.S. touring company of the play Frost/Nixon.[17]
On December 16, 2010, Keach began performances as patriarch Lyman Wyeth in the off-Broadway premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's acclaimed new play Other Desert Cities. The production transferred to Broadway's Booth Theatre, where it opened November 3, 2011.
He was a founding member of L.A. Theatre Works. Keach performed leads in many productions with the company, including 'Willy Loman' in Death of a Salesman and 'John Proctor' in The Crucible.[20]
He was scheduled to return to Broadway in December 2014 in the revival of Love Letters at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre alongside Diana Rigg, but the production closed before Keach and Rigg began their runs.[21]
Keach was scheduled to play Ernest Hemingway in Jim McGrath's one-man play Pamplona at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago from May 30 to June 25, 2017. Keach appeared in previews of Pamplona, May 19 through May 28, and was well received by audiences. On opening night, he suffered a mild heart attack on stage and the next day, Keach had heart bypass surgery.[22] On June 2, the Goodman Theatre announced that the entire run would be canceled after Keach's doctors advised a period of rest and recuperation.[23]
Keach returned to the role at The Goodman one year later, July 10 through August 18, 2018. Keach said it would fulfill an obligation "to the play, to the city and to myself".[24][25]
Film
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Keach's early fîlm roles included The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Brewster McCloud (1970), Doc (1971), and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972). He played a rookie policeman in The New Centurions (1972), opposite George C. Scott. That year he also starred in Fat City, a boxing film directed by John Huston. He was the first choice for the role of Damien Karras in the 1973 movie The Exorcist; after a few screen tests the role was given to Jason Miller. He went on to play Kane in the 1980 movie The Ninth Configuration, written and directed by Exorcist author William Peter Blatty; this role was itself intended for Nicol Williamson.
He was narrator of the 1975 Formula One racing documentary One by One by Claude du Boc. He portrayed Martin Luther in the 1974 film Luther. He played Cheech & Chong's police department nemesis Sgt. Stedenko in Up in Smoke (1978) and Nice Dreams (1981). In 1978, he played a role of explorer and scientist in Slave of the Cannibal God, co-starring former Bond girl Ursula Andress.[17] The film became a cult favorite as a "video nasty". Another one of his screen performances was as Frank James (elder brother of Jesse) in The Long Riders (1980). His brother James played Jesse James. Keach starred in the 1981 Australian thriller Roadgames alongside Jamie Lee Curtis. In 1982, Keach starred in Butterfly with Pia Zadora and Orson Welles. In the 1993 movie, Body Bags he played a man who is obsessed with hair.
Keach had a voice role in the 1993 animated feature film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, based on the popular TV show Batman: The Animated Series. He played Commander Mac Malloy in Escape from L.A. (1996), alongside Kurt Russell, and portrayed a white supremacist in American History X (1998), alongside Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. In Oliver Stone's 2008 biographical film W., Keach portrays a Texas preacher whose spiritual guidance begins with George W. Bush's AA experience, but extends long thereafter.
He also starred in the TV film Ring of Death (2008) playing a sadistic prison warden who runs an underground fight club where prisoners compete for their lives. He had a voice role in the movie Planes (2013) as Skipper Riley, main character Dusty Crophopper's flight instructor. He reprised the role in Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014).
Keach had supporting roles in the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy, the 2013 Alexander Payne film Nebraska, and the 2014 film If I Stay. In the 2017 film Gotti, Keach played the part of Neil Dellacroce, the underboss of the Gambino crime family.
Television
Keach's first-ever experience as a series regular on a television program was playing the lead role of Lieutenant Ben Logan in Caribe in 1975.[26] He played Barabbas in 1977's Jesus of Nazareth directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and he portrayed Jonas Steele, a psychic and Scout of the United States Army in the 1982 CBS miniseries, The Blue and the Gray. He later appeared as Mike Hammer in the CBS television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and The New Mike Hammer from 1984 to 1987. He returned to the role of Hammer in Mike Hammer, Private Eye, a syndicated series that aired from 1997 to 1998. In 1988, Keach starred as Ernest Hemingway in the made-for-TV movie Hemingway.[27] He also hosted segments for the Encore Mystery premium cable network in the late 1990s and 2000s.
In 2000, Keach played Ken Titus, the sarcastic, chain-smoking, five-time-divorced functional alcoholic father of the title character in Fox's sitcom Titus. Cast members of Titus have commented they enjoyed working with Keach because he would find a way to make even the driest line funny.[28][citation needed]
Keach lent his voice to The Simpsons episodes "Hungry, Hungry Homer", "Old Yeller-Belly", "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play", and "Waiting for Duffman", portraying Duff Brewery President Howard K. Duff VIII, and the Batman Beyond episode "Lost Soul" as Robert Vance, a deceased businessman resurrected as an artificial intelligence. He also guest starred in a 2005 episode of the sitcom Will & Grace and had a recurring role as Warden Henry Pope in the Fox drama Prison Break.
In 2006, Keach acted in the mini-series Blackbeard, made for the Hallmark Channel. It was directed by Kevin Connor and starred Angus Macfadyen, with Richard Chamberlain, David Winters, and Jessica Chastain.[29] In 2010, he appeared as a recurring character in the comedy series Two and a Half Men. In 2011, Keach co-starred as "Pops", the father of the main character in the short-lived boxing drama series Lights Out.
In November 2013, Keach appeared on the Fox comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine in the episode "Old School".[30] In February 2015, Keach started guest appearances in NCIS: New Orleans as Cassius Pride, father of NCIS Agent Dwayne Pride.[31] He played the elderly father Bob on the 2016 sitcom Crowded. Beginning in 2016, Keach appeared intermittently on CBS's drama Blue Bloods as Archbishop Kevin Kearns. In 2017, Keach started guest appearances in Man with a Plan as Joe Burns, father of Adam Burns (played by co-star Matt LeBlanc) and was later promoted to series regular status for season three. He played the role of Robert Vesco, Raymond Reddington's former mentor and criminal muse on the TV series The Blacklist.[32]
Narrator
Keach narrated several episodes of Nova, National Geographic, and various other informational series. From 1989 to 1992, he was host and narrator of the syndicated informational reenactment show, Missing Reward, which had a similar format to the popular Unsolved Mysteries at the time. From 1992 to 1995, he became the voice-over narrator for the paranormal series Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories.[citation needed]
From 1999 to 2007, he served as the narrator for the NBC video clip show World's Most Amazing Videos, which was later seen on Spike TV. For the PBS series American Experience, he narrated The Kennedys, among others.[citation needed] Keach could also be heard narrating the CNBC series American Greed, from its 2007 inception to the 2022-23 season.[33] At the time of his death in 2026 he was hosting The Twilight Zone radio series.[citation needed]
In 2008, Keach once again reprised his famous role as Mike Hammer in a series of full-cast radio dramatizations for Blackstone Audio. (He also arranged and performed the music for the audio dramas. His wife, Malgosia Tomassi, also starred in the dramas, playing Maya Ricci, a yoga instructor.) Keach also read many of Mickey Spillane's original Mike Hammer novels as Audiobooks.[citation needed]
He played the role of John in The Truth & Life Dramatized Audio Bible, a 22-hour audio version of the RSV-CE translation of the New Testament.[34] He also voiced both Job and Paul the Apostle in The Word of Promise, a 2007 dramatic audio presentation based on the New King James Version.[35]
On January 6, 2014, Keach became the official voice of The Opie and Anthony Channel on SiriusXM Satellite Radio (Sirius Channel 206, XM Channel 103).[citation needed]
Music
Keach was an accomplished pianist and composer. He sang backing vocals on the Judy Collins hit song "Amazing Grace". He is also credited with co-writing a song, "Easy Times", on the Judy Collins live album Living.[citation needed]
He provided music for the film Imbued, directed by Rob Nilssen. Keach also completed composing the music for the Mike Hammer audio radio series, "Encore For Murder", written by Max Collins, directed by Carl Amari, and produced by Blackstone Audio.[citation needed]
Personal life and death
Keach was married four times: to Kathryn Baker in 1964, to Marilyn Aiken in 1975, to Jill Donahue in 1981, and to Małgorzata Tomassi in 1986.[36] Tomassi is a Polish former fashion model and actress who later worked as an interior designer.[37][better source needed] Keach met her on the set of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, and they performed together in various Mike Hammer-related television shows, including Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, The New Mike Hammer, and later Mike Hammer, Private Eye.[38][better source needed]
He had two children by adoption with Małgorzata: son Shannon Keach and daughter Karolina Keach. In 2015, Keach became a Polish citizen.[39]
His brother James is an actor and television director.[citation needed]
Keach was a Roman Catholic.[citation needed]
Keach died from heart failure complicated by heart disease at his home in Magdalenka, Poland, on November 10, 2026, at the age of 85.[40][41]
Legal issues
In 1984, Customs and Excise officers arrested Keach at Heathrow Airport for importation of cocaine. Keach pleaded guilty, and served six months at Reading Prison.[42] Keach stated that his time in prison, which he described as the lowest point of his life, and the friendship he formed with a priest during that time led to his conversion to Catholicism. Subsequently, he and his wife met Pope John Paul II. His wife, Małgorzata Tomassi, had attended the same school in Warsaw as the pope.[43]
Acting career
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Blount | Credited as 'Stacy Keach Jr.' |
| 1970 | End of the Road | Jacob Horner | |
| The Traveling Executioner | Jonas Candide | ||
| Brewster McCloud | Abraham Wright | ||
| 1971 | Doc | Doc Holliday | |
| 1972 | Fat City | Billy Tully | |
| The New Centurions | Roy Fehler | ||
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Bad Bob | ||
| 1974 | Luther | Martin Luther | |
| The Gravy Train | Calvin | ||
| Watched! | Mike Mandell / 'Sonny' | ||
| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming | Cpt. Harper | |
| 1976 | Street People | Charlie Hanson | |
| The Killer Inside Me | Lou Ford | ||
| 1977 | The Squeeze | Jim Naboth | |
| The Duellists | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1978 | The Greatest Battle | Maj. Mannfred Roland | |
| Gray Lady Down | Cpt. Bennett | ||
| Slave of the Cannibal God | Prof. Edward Foster | ||
| Up in Smoke | Sgt. Stedenko | ||
| Two Solitudes | Huntley McQueen | ||
| 1980 | The Ninth Configuration | Col. Vincent "Killer" Kane | |
| The Long Riders | Frank James | Also writer and executive producer | |
| 1981 | Roadgames | Patrick Quid | |
| Nice Dreams | Sergeant Stedenko | ||
| 1982 | Butterfly | Jess Tyler | |
| That Championship Season | James Daley | ||
| 1990 | Class of 1999 | Dr. Bob Forest | |
| Milena | Jesenski | ||
| False Identity | Ben Driscoll / Harlan Errickson | ||
| 1993 | Sunset Grill | Harrison Shelgrove | |
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Carl Beaumont, Phantasm (voice) | [44] | |
| 1994 | Raw Justice | Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins | |
| New Crime City | Wynorski | ||
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Cdr. Mac Malloy | |
| Prey of the Jaguar | The Commander | ||
| 1997 | The Sea Wolf | Cpt. Wolf Larsen | |
| Future Fear | Gen. Wallace | ||
| 1998 | American History X | Cameron Alexander | |
| Sea Devils | Cpt. Savienko | ||
| 1999 | Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return | Dr. Michaels | |
| Fear Runs Silent | Mr. Hill | ||
| 2000 | Unshackled | Warden Kelso | |
| Icebreaker | Bill Foster | ||
| Militia | George Armstrong Montgomery | ||
| Mercy Streets | Tom | ||
| 2001 | Sunstorm | General John Parker | |
| 2003 | When Eagles Strike | General Thurmond | |
| 2004 | The Hollow | Claus Van Ripper | |
| Caught in the Headlights | Mr. Jones | ||
| Galaxy Hunter | 3V3 | ||
| El Padrino: The Latin Godfather | Governor Lancaster | ||
| 2005 | Man with the Screaming Brain | Dr. Ivanov | |
| Keep Your Distance | Brooks Voight | ||
| 2006 | Come Early Morning | Owen Allen | |
| Jesus, Mary and Joey | Jack O'Callahan | ||
| 2007 | Honeydripper | Sheriff | |
| The Pixar Story | Narrator | ||
| 2008 | W. | Earle Hudd | |
| 2009 | Chicago Overcoat | Ray Berkowski | |
| The Boxer | Joe | ||
| 2010 | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | Grandpa Sammy/Narrator (voice, American version) | |
| 2011 | Weather Wars | Marcus Grange | |
| Cellmates | Warden Merville | ||
| Jerusalem Countdown | Jackson | ||
| 2012 | The Great Chameleon | Max | |
| The Bourne Legacy | Adm. Mark Turso | ||
| 2013 | Ooga Booga | Judge Marks | |
| Planes | Skipper Riley (voice) | [44] | |
| Tom Stinger (voice)[44] | Polish-language dubbing; guest cameo[45] | ||
| Nebraska | Ed Pegram | ||
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Skipper Riley | [44] |
| Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Alarich 'Kraut' Wallenquist | ||
| If I Stay | Grandpa | ||
| 2015 | Truth | Lt. Col. Bill Burkett | |
| 2016 | Cell | Charles Ardai | |
| Gold | Clive Coleman | ||
| 2017 | Girlfriend's Day | Gundy | |
| 2018 | Gotti | Aniello Dellacroce | |
| 2020 | Survival Skills | The Narrator | |
| 2024 | Lost & Found in Cleveland | Will Sokolowski | |
| 2025 | Jay Kelly | Mr. Kelly | [46] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Channing | The Colleague | Episode: "The Face in the Sun" |
| 1967 | The Winter's Tale | Autolycus | Television film |
| 1968 | Macbeth | Banquo | |
| 1971 | NET Playhouse | Wilbur Wright | Episode: "The Wright Brothers" |
| 1973 | Incident at Vichy | Television play, director | |
| The Man of Destiny | Napoleon Bonaparte | Television film | |
| 1974 | All the Kind Strangers | Jimmy Wheeler | |
| Great Performances | Chorus | Episode: "Antigone" | |
| 1975 | Caribe | Lieutenant Ben Logan | 13 episodes |
| 1976 | Dynasty | Matt Blackwood | Television film |
| Six Characters in Search of an Author | Television play, director | ||
| Lincoln | Politician | Episode: "Crossing Fox River" | |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Barabbas | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | The Fitzpatricks | Unnamed Character | Episode: "The New Fitzpatrick" |
| Saturday Night Live | Man In Cold As Ice | Episode: "Christopher Lee/Meatloaf" | |
| 1979 | The Search For Solutions | Narrator (voice) | 9 episodes |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War | Major Ball | 2 episodes |
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Jonas Steele | 3 episodes |
| 1983 | Princess Daisy | Prince Alexander 'Stash' Valensky | 2 episodes |
| Murder Me, Murder You | Mike Hammer | Television film | |
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter | Julien Mistral | 4 episodes |
| More Than Murder | Mike Hammer | Television film | |
| 1984–1987 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Main role | |
| 1986 | The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Television film | |
| Intimate Strangers | Dr. Jeff Bierston | ||
| 1988 | Hemingway | Ernest Hemingway | 4 episodes |
| 1989 | The Forgotten | Adam Roth | Television film |
| Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All | Mike Hammer | ||
| 1989–1992 | Missing: Reward | Himself (host) | Documentary |
| 1991 | The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle | Col. Edward Corishant | 3 episodes |
| Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | CPT. Charles B. McVay III | Television film | |
| 1992 | Lincoln | George McClellan (voice) | |
| Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories | Narrator | Documentary | |
| Revenge on the Highway | Claude Sams | Television film | |
| 1993 | Rio Diablo | 'Kansas' | |
| Body Bags | Richard Coberts | ||
| In the Heat of the Night | Wade Hatton | 2 episodes | |
| 1994 | Against Their Will: Women in Prison | Jack Devlin | Television film |
| Texas | Sam Houston | ||
| 1995 | Young Ivanhoe | Pembrooke | |
| Amanda & the Alien | Emmitt Mallory | ||
| 1996 | The Pathfinder | Compte Du Leon | |
| 1997 | Promised Land | Ned Bernhart | Episode: "Downsized" |
| Legend of the Lost Tomb | Dr. William Bent | Television film | |
| Murder in My Mind | Cargill | ||
| 1997–1998 | Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Mike Hammer | Main role; also executive producer |
| 1997, 2003 | Touched by an Angel | Ty Duncan / Maury Hoover | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Planet of Life | Narrator | 7 episodes |
| 1998–2001 | Rugrats | Marvin Finster (voice) | 3 episodes[44] |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Robert Vance (voice) | Episode: "Lost Soul"[44] |
| 2000 | The Courage to Love | Jean Baptiste | Television film |
| The Outer Limits | Cord Van Owen | Episode: "The Gun" | |
| 2000–2002 | Titus | Ken Titus | Main role |
| 2001 | Lightning: Fire from the Sky | Bart Pointdexter | Television film |
| The Zeta Project | Roland De Fleures (voice) | Episode: "The Next Gen"[44] | |
| 2001–2016 | The Simpsons | Various (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 2002 | The Santa Trap | Max Hurst | Television film |
| Girls Club | Harold Falcon | Episode: "Book of Virtues" | |
| 2003 | Miracle Dogs | C.W. Aldrich | Television film |
| How Do You Change Your Parents? | Richard Henderson | ||
| Frozen Impact | Pete Crane | ||
| 2003–2005 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Harold Lind / The Mayor (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | George Lopez | Blaine McNamara | Episode: "George Stare-oids Down Jason" |
| Will & Grace | Wendell Schacter | Episode: "From Queer to Eternity" | |
| 2005–2007 | Prison Break | Henry Pope | Main role |
| 2006 | Desolation Canyon | Samuel Kendrick | Television film |
| Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America | Secretary Collin Reed | ||
| Blackbeard | Captain Benjamin Hornigold | ||
| Death Row | John Elias | ||
| 2007 | ER | Mike Gates | 3 episodes |
| 2007–2023 | American Greed | Narrator | Main role |
| 2008 | Lone Rider | Robert Hattaway | Television film |
| Ring of Death | Warden Golan | ||
| 2009 | Meteor | Sheriff Crowe | |
| The Nanny Express | Reverend McGuiness | ||
| 2010 | Two and a Half Men | Tom | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Lights Out | 'Pops' Leary | Recurring role |
| Bored to Death | Bergeron | 2 episodes | |
| Mater's Tall Tales | Skipper (voice) | Episode: "Air Mater" | |
| Hindenburg: The Last Flight | Edward Van Zandt | Television film | |
| 2012 | 30 Rock | Himself | Episode: "Murphy Brown Lied to Us" |
| 2012–2013 | The Neighbors | Dominick Weaver | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Sean Saves the World | Lee Thompson | |
| 1600 Penn | Senator Frohm Thoroughgood | 2 episodes | |
| Anger Management | Ray | Episode: "Charlie and Deception Therapy" | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Jimmy Brogan | Episode: "Old School" | |
| 2014 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Orion Bauer | Episode: "American Disgrace"[47] |
| Enlisted | Patrick | Episode: "Vets" | |
| Jennifer Falls | Mike | Episode: "Jennifer's Song" | |
| The Exes | Bill Drake | Episode: "An Officer and a Dental Man" | |
| 2015 | Hot in Cleveland | Alex | 2 episodes |
| Full Circle | Bud O'Rourke | Recurring role | |
| 2015–2019 | NCIS: New Orleans | Cassius Pride | |
| 2016 | Crowded | Bob Moore | |
| Blunt Talk | Arthur Bronson | 2 episodes | |
| Ray Donovan | Marty 'The Texan' Swanbeck | ||
| 2016–2024 | Blue Bloods | Archbishop Kevin Kearns | Recurring role |
| 2017 | Tokyo Trial | Narrator (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2017–2020 | Man with a Plan | Joe Burns | Main role |
| 2019–2023 | The Blacklist | Robert Vesco | Recurring role |
| 2020 | Kidding | Himself | Episode: "The Death of Fil" |
Theater
| Title | Run | Role | Original venue | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Comedy of Errors | 07/21/1962-08/30/1962 | Antipholus of Syracuse | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | [48] | |
| Henry IV, Part 2 | 07/22/1962-08/31/1962 | Earl of Westmorland | [48] | ||
| Coriolanus | 07/24/1962-09/02/1962 | Senator | [48] | ||
| Henry V | 07/27/1963-09/05/1963 | Henry V | [48] | ||
| Romeo and Juliet | 07/25/1963-09/07/1963 | Mercutio | [48] | ||
| Love's Labour's Lost | 07/26/1963-09/08/1963 | Lord Berowne | [48] | ||
| Hamlet | 06/16/1964-07/04/1964 | Marcellus / First Player | Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway | [49] | |
| Danton's Death | 10/21/1965-11/27/1965 | Performer | Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | [50] | |
| The Country Wife | 12/09/1965-01/23/1966 | Mr. Horner | [50] | ||
| The Caucasian Chalk Circle | 03/24/1966-06/18/1966 | Performer | [50] | ||
| Annie Get Your Gun | 08/23/1966-08/27/1966 | Sitting Bull | Williamstown Theatre Festival | [51] | |
| You Can't Take It with You | 07/01/1966-07/09/1966 | Boris Kolenkhov | [51] | ||
| Incident at Vichy | 07/12/1966-07/16/1966 | Prinz von Berg | [51] | ||
| The Lion in Winter | 07/19/1966-07/23/1966 | Richard I | [51] | ||
| Marat/Sade | 07/26/1966-07/30/1966 | Jean-Paul Marat | [51] | ||
| MacBird! | 02/22/1967-01/21/1968 | MacBird | Village Gate, Off-Broadway | [49] | |
| The Niggerlovers | 10/01/1967-10/22/1967 | August / The Man | Orpheum Theatre, Off-Broadway | [49] | |
| We Bombed in New Haven | 12/04/1967-12/23/1967 | Captain Starkey | Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven | [52] | |
| Henry IV, Part 1 | 01/29/1968-02/10/1968 | John Falstaff | [52] | ||
| Henry IV, Part 2 | [52] | ||||
| Three Sisters | 03/04/1968-03/16/1968 | Baron Tusenbach | Also composer | [52] | |
| Henry IV, Part 1 | 06/11/1968-08/03/1968 | John Falstaff | Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway | [49] | |
| Henry IV, Part 2 | 06/18/1968-08/03/1968 | [49] | |||
| King Lear | 11/07/1968-02/12/1969 | Edmund | Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | [50] | |
| Peer Gynt | 07/08/1969-08/02/1969 | Peer Gynt | Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway | [49] | |
| Indians | 05/01/1969-06/08/1969 | Buffalo Bill | Arena Stage, Washington D.C. | [52] | |
| 10/13/1969-01/03/1970 | Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | [50] | |||
| Long Day's Journey into Night | 04/21/1971-08/22/1971 | James Tyrone Jr. | Promenade Theatre, Off-Broadway | [49] | |
| Hamlet | 01/21/1972-02/12/1972 | Prince Hamlet | Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven | [52] | |
| 05/20/1972-07/16/1972 | Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway | [49] | |||
| Deathtrap | 01/15/1979-09/02/1980 | Sidney Bruhl | Music Box Theatre, Broadway | Replacement | [50] |
| Barnum | 05/12/1981-08/22/1981 | P. T. Barnum | U.S. tour | [50] | |
| Sleuth | 05/03/1988-08/08/1988 | Milo Tindle | [50] | ||
| Richard III | 09/11/1990-11/10/1990 | Richard III | Folger Theater, Washington D.C. | [52] | |
| Solitary Confinement | 11/08/1992-11/29/1992 | Richard Jannings | Nederlander Theatre, Broadway | [50] | |
| The Kentucky Cycle | 09/11/1993-10/07/1993 | Various | Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. | [52] | |
| 11/14/1993-12/12/1993 | Royale Theatre, Broadway | [50] | |||
| An Inspector Calls | 05/07/1996-08/04/1996 | Arthur Birling | U.S. tour | [50] | |
| A Christmas Carol | 12/09/2003-12/27/2003 | Ebenezer Scrooge | Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston | [52] | |
| Finishing the Picture | 09/21/2004-11/07/2004 | Phillip Ochsner | Goodman Theatre, Chicago | [52] | |
| King Lear | 09/09/2006-10/22/2006 | Lear | [52] | ||
| White Christmas | 07/08/2007-07/15/2007 | General Henry Waverly | Benedum Center, Pittsburgh | [52] | |
| A Love Like No Other | 10/02/2008-10/26/2008 | Malibu Playhouse, Malibu | Also playwright | [52] | |
| Frost/Nixon | 09/30/2008-05/10/2009 | President Richard Nixon | U.S. tour | [50] | |
| King Lear | 06/16/2009-07/19/2009 | Lear | Sidney Harman Hall, Washington D.C. | [52] | |
| Other Desert Cities | 01/13/2011-02/27/2011 | Lyman Wyeth | Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | [49] | |
| 11/03/2011-06/17/2012 | Booth Theatre, Broadway | [50] | |||
| Death of a Salesman | 03/16/2011-03/20/2011 | Willy Loman | Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles | [52] | |
| Uncle Vanya | 10/17/2013-10/20/2013 | Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky | James Bridges Theater, Los Angeles | [52] | |
| Henry IV, Part 1 | 03/24/2014-06/07/2014 | John Falstaff | Sidney Harman Hall, Washington D.C. | [52] | |
| Henry IV, Part 2 | 04/01/2014-05/08/2014 | [52] | |||
| Love Letters | 09/13/2014-12/14/2014 | Andrew Makepeace Ladd III | Brooks Atkinson Theater, Broadway | [53] | |
| Pamplona | 05/19/2017-05/30/2017 | Ernest Hemingway | Goodman Theatre, Chicago | [52] | |
| 07/10/2018-08/10/2018 | [52] |
Other stage credits
- The Devil's Disciple (1963, Yale Drama School) - Richard Dudgeon[54]
- Julius Caesar (1965, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) - Brutus[54]
- King Lear (1965, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) - Earl of Kent[54]
- Oh, What a Lovely War! (1969, Long Wharf Theatre) - Master of Ceremonies
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1978, Long Beach Theatre Festival) - Cyrano de Bergerac
- Hughie (1980, Royal National Theatre) - Erie Smith[55]
- Idiot's Delight (1986, American National Theater and Academy) - Harry Van[56]
- The Crucible (1988, L.A. Theatre Works) - John Proctor[57]
- The King and I (1989, Benedum Center) - Mongkut[52]
- Camelot (1991, Benedum Center) - King Arthur[52]
- Stieglitz Loves O'Keefe (1995, Morris A. Mechanic Theatre) - Alfred Stieglitz[58]
- Macbeth (1995, Folger Shakespeare Festival) - Macbeth
- Art (1998, London)
- Camelot (2008, Avery Fisher Hall) - Merlyn[52]
Awards and nominations
In 2015, Keach was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.[59] In 2019, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[10]
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Notes
- Tied with Michael Caine for Jack the Ripper.
- Tied with Marlon Brando for The Godfather.
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