
Rod Steiger
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Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was a European-American actor known for his performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Oklahoma!, Waterloo, The Pawnbroker, On the Waterfront, The Harder They Fall, Doctor Zhivago, and Jesus of Nazareth.
Known for
Credits

The Harder They Fall (1956)
as Nick Benko

Mars Attacks! (1996)
as General Decker

The Player (1992)
as Rod Steiger

End of Days (1999)
as Father Kovak

The Hurricane (1999)
as Judge Sarokin

The Specialist (1994)
as Joe Leon

The Longest Day (1962)
as Destroyer Commander

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
as Viktor Komarovsky

Duck, You Sucker (1971)
as Juan Miranda

On the Waterfront (1954)
as Charley Malloy

In the Heat of the Night (1967)
as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

The Amityville Horror (1979)
as Father Delaney

The January Man (1989)
as Mayor Eamon Flynn

Lion of the Desert (1981)
as Benito Mussolini

I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

Waterloo (1970)
as Napoleon Bonaparte

F.I.S.T. (1978)
as Sen. Andrew Madison

Modern Vampires (1998)
as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing

Oklahoma! (1955)
as Jud Fry

The Naked Face (1984)
as Lieutenant McGreary

The Real Thing (1996)
as Victor

Crazy in Alabama (1999)
as Judge Louis Mead

Run of the Arrow (1957)
as Pvt. O'Meara

The Pawnbroker (1965)
as Sol Nazerman

Jubal (1956)
as Pinky

Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
as Tilghman

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
as Maj. Allan Guillion

The Loved One (1965)
as Mr. Joyboy

Hands Over the City (1963)
as Edoardo Nottola

Breakthrough (1979)
as General Webster

Poolhall Junkies (2002)
as Nick

The Last Four Days (1974)
as Mussolini

Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
as Tony Vago

Seven Thieves (1960)
as Paul Mason

No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
as Christopher Gill

In Pursuit of Honor (1995)
as Col. Owen Stuart

Carpool (1996)
as Mr. Hammerman

Al Capone (1959)
as Al Capone

Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self

The Kindred (1987)
as Dr. Phillip Lloyd

Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
as Louis Wormser

Out There (1995)
as Col. Buck Gunner

Shiloh (1996)
as Doc Wallace

James Dean: Forever Young (2005)
as Self (archive footage)

Men Of Respect (1990)
as Charlie D'Amico

The Chosen (1981)
as Reb Saunders

The Big Knife (1955)
as Stanley Shriner Hoff

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
as Rev. Willin

Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998)
as Fontina

Klondike Fever (1980)
as Soapy Smith

W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
as W. C. Fields

In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991)
as Gordon Kahl

The Hollywood Sign (2002)
as Floyd Benson

Love and Bullets (1979)
as Joe Bomposa

I Love Liberty (1982)
as Self

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)
as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999)
as Doc Wallace

Time of Indifference (1964)
as Leo

James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self

Portrait of a Hitman (1979)
as Max Androtti

Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
as Laban Feather

Across the Bridge (1957)
as Carl Schaffner

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1998)
as Self

Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)

A Month of Sundays (2001)
as Charley McCabe

American Gothic (1987)
as Pa

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995)
as Anthony Comstock

Hennessy (1975)
as Niall Hennessy

James Dean and Me (1995)
as Self (uncredited)

A Town Has Turned to Dust (1958)
as Harvey Denton

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
as Self

Incognito (1997)
as Milton A. Donovan

Dalva (1996)
as John Wesley Northridge II

13 West Street (1962)
as Detective Sergeant Koleski

Back from Eternity (1956)
as Vasquel

The Last Producer (2000)
as Sheri Ganse

The Unholy Wife (1957)
as Paul Hochen

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995)
as The President

Lucky Luciano (1973)
as Gene Giannini

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000)
as Self

3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969)
as Steve Howard

The Last Tattoo (1994)
as General Frank W. Zane

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World (2001)
as Self

Passion and Paradise (1989)
as Sir Harry Oakes

Catch the Heat (1987)
as Jason Hannibal

The Illustrated Man (1969)
as Carl

Sword of Gideon (1986)
as Mordechai Samuels

Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
as Harold Ryan

An einem Freitag um halb zwölf (1961)
as Frank Morgan

The Heroes (1973)
as Guenther von Lutz

Death of a Salesman (1966)
as Willy Loman

Seven Sundays (1995)
as Benjamin

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983)
as Robert E. Peary

Contender: Mastering the Method (2001)
as Self

The Girl and the General (1967)
as der General

Cry Terror! (1958)
as Paul Hoplin

Guilty as Charged (1991)
as Kallin
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001)
as Self

James Dean: A Portrait (1995)
as Self

The Neighbor (1993)
as Dr. Myron Hatch

The Final Contract (1993)
as Frank Argento

OP Center (1995)
as Boroda

Convicts 4 (1962)
as Tiptoes

The Real James Dean (2006)
as Self

The Mark (1961)
as Doctor McNally

Wolf Lake (1980)
as Charlie

The Flying Dutchman (2001)
as Ben

Teresa (1951)
as Frank

Tennessee Nights (1989)
as Richter Prescott

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988)
as Silas Slaten

From Hollywood to Hanoi (1993)
as Self

Body and Soul (2000)
as Johnny Ticotin

The Magic Mountain (1982)
as Mynher Peperkorn
Lincoln (1992)
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

Tattooed Steiger (1969)
as Himself

The Unforgettable Diana Dors (2000)
as Self

Little Surprises (1996)
Actor

The Sergeant (1968)
as MSgt. Albert Callan

A Man Named John (1965)
as The Intermediary

The Moviemakers (1973)
as Self

The Kid (1997)
as Harry Sloan

Animated Epics: Moby Dick (2000)
as Ahab (voice)

Marty (1953)
as Marty Pilletti

The Evil Within (1953)
as Peter

That Summer of White Roses (1989)
as Martin

Cypress Edge (1999)
as Woodrow McCammon
Besuch bei Rod Steiger (2001)
as Self

Forbidden City: The Great Within (1995)
as Narrator (voice)

The Lucky Star (1982)
as Colonel Gluck
Sergey Bondarchuk (1982)
as Self (archive)

The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place (1970)
as Narrator

Kingdom of Shadows (1998)
as Narrator

Legacy (1998)
as Sadler

MGM 40th Anniversary (1964)
Actor





