Stacy Keach
Stacy Keach
Walter Stacy Keach, Jr.is an American actor and narrator. He is mostly known for his dramatic roles; however, he has done narration most notably for CNBC'S American Greed also his works included The Opie & Anthony Show on Sirius XM satellite radio, and in educational programming on PBS and the Discovery Channel, as well as some comedyand musical roles. He is also particularly well known for portraying Mickey Spillane's fictional detective Mike Hammer in a 1984 TV series, Mickey Spillane's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth2 June 1941
CitySavannah, GA
CountryUnited States of America
To have the freedom to be able to make choices is something I guess every actor aspires to. Most actors don't have those kind of choices. If the part comes along, they take it.
I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.
I've got to put my kids through school. And I like the security of working every day, which is what television is about.
My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career.
Actors, it's very hard for them to make value judgments when they play characters. It's very dangerous if you start thinking of yourself as a bad guy.
People want to typecast you; it's human nature.
Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experience.
I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people like John Wayne, of course.