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Stacy Keach

American actor

Stacy Keach is an American actor active in theatre, film and television since the 1960s and a noted Shakespearean, with four Drama Desk Awards and a Tony nomination for Indians. On film he drew praise as a washed-up boxer in John Huston's Fat City and played Sergeant Stedenko in Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke and Nice Dreams. His credits also include The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and American History X.

Stacy Keach appears in 6 films in The Rerun, from 1968 to 2025. Most of that work is in drama, action and comedy. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Edward Norton (2), Albert Finney (2).

Known for

  • Fat City (1972). His portrayal of a washed-up boxer in John Huston’s film.
  • Up in Smoke (1978), Sergeant Stedenko. A role he played again in Nice Dreams in 1981.
  • The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968). One of his earliest film credits.
  • American History X (1998). A late 1990s film credit.

Movies

Quick answers

What movies and TV shows has Stacy Keach been in?
Stacy Keach appears in Jay Kelly (2025), The Bourne Legacy (2012), American History X (1998), Escape from L.A. (1996), The Duellists (1977) and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968) on The Remote.
When was Stacy Keach born?
Stacy Keach was born on 2 June 1941.

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