Stacy Keach

Walter Stacy Keach Jr (lahir 2 Juni 1941) adalah aktor Amerika, aktif di teater, film dan televisi sejak tahun 1960an. Keach pertama kali menonjol dalam produksi Off-Broadway dan tetap menjadi tokoh terkemuka di teater Amerika sepanjang kariernya, terutama sebagai seorang Shakespeare terkenal. Dia adalah penerima beberapa penghargaan teater: empat Drama Desk Awards, dua Helen Hayes Awards dan dua Obie Awards untuk Penampilan Terhormat oleh seorang Aktor. Dia dinominasikan untuk Tony Award untuk Aktor Terbaik dalam Drama untuk penampilannya dalam produksi Indians tahun 1969 karya Arthur Kopit. Dalam film, ia mendapat pujian kritis atas perannya sebagai petinju dalam film John Huston Fat City (1972) dan muncul sebagai Sersan Stedenko dalam film Cheech & Chong Up in Smoke (1978) dan Nice Dreams (1981). Kredit film terkenal lainnya termasuk 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 LA (1996), American History X (1998), The Bourne Legacy (2012) dan Nebraska (2013). Keach dikenal oleh pemirsa televisi karena perannya sebagai detektif swasta Mike Hammer dalam film televisi dan serial televisi Mike Hammer (1984–1987) karya Mickey Spillane, yang membuatnya dinominasikan untuk Golden Globe, sebagai Ken Titus di sitkom Titus (2000–2002) dan sebagai narator serial dokumenter kriminal American Greed (2007–sekarang). Dia juga memiliki peran pemeran utama dalam sitkom Man with a Plan (2017–2020) dan peran berulang dalam serial seperti Prison Break (2005–2007), Two and a Half Men (2010), Blue Bloods (2016–2024) dan The Blacklist (2019–2023). Dia memenangkan Golden Globe dan dinominasikan untuk Primetime Emmy Award karena memerankan Ernest Hemingway di miniseri televisi Hemingway (1988). Dia adalah orang yang dilantik dari Hall of Fame Teater dan dianugerahi bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame pada tahun 2019. Dia adalah putra dari sutradara teater Stacy Keach Sr., dan kakak dari aktor James Keach.

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.