Stacy Keach
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  • Official sites :

    https://www.gostacykeach.com

  • Born:
    • Birthday: 1941-06-02
    • Born Place: Savannah, Georgia, USA
  • Also Known As:

    Stacey Keach, Stacy Keach Jr., Walter Stacy Keach Jr.

Stacy Keach

Walter Stacy Keach Jr. is a highly accomplished and versatile American actor whose career has spanned over six decades in theatre, film, and television. Born on June 2, 1941, in Savannah, Georgia, he is the son of an actor and theatre director, and he cultivated his craft at prestigious institutions like the University of California at Berkeley, the Yale School of Drama, and as a Fulbright Scholar at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Keach first distinguished himself as a powerful presence on the stage, earning recognition as one of the pre-eminent American interpreters of Shakespeare, with celebrated roles in plays like Hamlet, Richard III, and King Lear, and has received numerous accolades including Obie and Drama Desk Awards. To wide television audiences, he is perhaps best known for his charismatic portrayal of the hard-boiled private detective Mike Hammer in the popular 1980s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination. His notable film roles include the Academy Award-nominated Fat City (1972), the Western The Long Riders (1980), American History X (1998), the Cheech & Chong films Up in Smoke (1978), and Alexander Payne's Nebraska (2013). Keach also won a Golden Globe Award for his lead role as Ernest Hemingway in the 1988 TV miniseries Hemingway, had a memorable recurring role as Warden Henry Pope in Prison Break, and served as the longtime narrator of the CNBC series American Greed. He continues to work prolifically across all media, including a recent role in the 2025 film Jay Kelly.

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