Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

166

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-04-14

Deathday

2002-07-09 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Westhampton, New York, USA

Also Known As

Род Стайгер
Rodney Stephen Steiger
راد استایگر

Rod Steiger

Biography

Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an 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.

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Known For

8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

6.4%

Mars Attacks!

Dec 13, 1996

6.1%

End of Days

Nov 24, 1999

7.9%

On the Waterfront

Jun 22, 1954

7.4%

The Hurricane

Sep 17, 1999

5.9%

The Specialist

Oct 7, 1994

7.6%

Doctor Zhivago

Dec 22, 1965

7.6%

In the Heat of the Night

Aug 2, 1967

7.7%

Duck, You Sucker

Oct 29, 1971

7.6%

The Longest Day

Sep 25, 1962

6.3%

The Amityville Horror

Jul 27, 1979

7.2%

The Player

May 8, 1992

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The Unforgettable Diana Dors as Self

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2006

The Real James Dean as Self

2004		Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
2004		Hollywood Legenden as Self

2002		The Hollywood Sign as Floyd Benson
2002		The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)
2002		Poolhall Junkies as Nick

2001		Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World as Self
2001		Contender: Mastering the Method as Self
2001		A Month of Sundays as Charley McCabe
2001		The Flying Dutchman as Ben
2001		Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul as Self
2001		Besuch bei Rod Steiger as Self

2000		Body and Soul as Johnny Ticotin
2000		The Last Producer as Sheri Ganse
2000		Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self
2000		Animated Epics: Moby Dick as Ahab (voice)

1999		End of Days as Father Kovak
1999		Crazy in Alabama as Judge Louis Mead
1999		The Hurricane as Judge Sarokin
1999		Cypress Edge as Woodrow McCammon

1998		Modern Vampires as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing
1998		Legacy as Sadler
1998		Hollywood Squares
1998		The Heaven and Earth Show
1998		Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's as Self
1998		Animals with the Tollkeeper as Fontina
1998		Kingdom of Shadows as Narrator

1997		Incognito as Milton A. Donovan
1997		Scene by Scene as Self
1997		Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Tony Vago
1997		Breakout as Narrator
1997		The Kid as Harry Sloan

1996		Mars Attacks! as General Decker
1996		Shiloh as Doc Wallace
1996		EZ Streets
1996		Little Surprises
1996		Carpool as Mr. Hammerman
1996		Dalva as John Wesley Northridge II
1996		The Real Thing as Victor

1995		Out There as Col. Buck Gunner
1995		Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as The President
1995		Forbidden City: The Great Within as Narrator (voice)
1995		In Pursuit of Honor as Col. Owen Stuart
1995		Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story as Anthony Comstock
1995		OP Center as Boroda
1995		OP Center as Boroda
1995		Seven Sundays as Benjamin
1995		James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)

1994		The Specialist as Joe Leon
1994		The Last Tattoo as General Frank W. Zane
1994		The Critic as Rod Steiger (voice)

1993		The Neighbor as Dr. Myron Hatch
1993		Tales of the City as Bookshop Owner
1993		From Hollywood to Hanoi as Self
1993		The Final Contract as Frank Argento

1992		Lincoln as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
1992		Sinatra as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana
1992		Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
1992		The Player as Rod Steiger

1991		Tennessee Nights as Richter Prescott
1991		The Commish
1991		In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas as Gordon Kahl
1991		Guilty As Charged as Kallin
1991		The Ballad of the Sad Cafe as Rev. Willin

1990

Men Of Respect as Charlie D'Amico

1989		The Simpsons as Captain Tenille (voice)
1989		Passion and Paradise as Sir Harry Oakes
1989		The January Man as Mayor Eamon Flynn
1989		That Summer of White Roses as Martin

1988		Hello Actors Studio as Self
1988		Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge as Silas Slaten

1987		Catch the Heat as Jason Hannibal
1987		American Gothic as Pa
1987		The Kindred as Dr. Phillip Lloyd

1986

Sword of Gideon as Mordechai Samuels

1985

Hollywood Wives as Oliver Easterne

1984		The Glory Boys as Professor David Sokarev
1984		The Naked Face as Lieutenant McGreary
1984		The Magic Mountain as Mynheer Peperkorn

1983		Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole as Robert E. Peary
1983		James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self

1982		The Lucky Star as Colonel Gluck
1982		I Love Liberty as Self
1982		The Magic Mountain as Mynher Peperkorn

1981		The Chosen as Reb Saunders
1981		Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Tilghman
1981		Lion of the Desert as Benito Mussolini

1980		Wolf Lake as Charlie
1980		Klondike Fever as Soapy Smith

1979		The Amityville Horror as Father Delaney
1979		Portrait of a Hitman as Max Androtti
1979		Love and Bullets as Joe Bomposa
1979		Breakthrough as General Webster

1978

F.I.S.T. as Sen. Andrew Madison

1977

Jesus of Nazareth as Pontius Pilate

1976

W.C. Fields and Me as W. C. Fields

1975		Hennessy as Niall Hennessy
1975		Innocents with Dirty Hands as Louis Wormser

1974

The Last Four Days as Mussolini

1973		Lucky Luciano as Gene Giannini
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973		The Heroes as Guenther von Lutz
1973		Lolly-Madonna xxx as Laban Feather

1971		Happy Birthday, Wanda June as Harold Ryan
1971		Duck, You Sucker as Juan Miranda
1971		Columbo as Vincenzo Fortelli

1970		Waterloo as Napoleon Bonaparte
1970		The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place as Narrator

1969		3 Into 2 Won't Go as Steve Howard
1969		The Illustrated Man as Carl
1969		Tattooed Steiger as Himself

1968		The Sergeant as MSgt. Albert Callan
1968		No Way to Treat a Lady as Christopher Gill

1967		The Girl and the General as der General
1967		In the Heat of the Night as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

1965		Doctor Zhivago as Viktor Komarovsky
1965		A Man Named John as The Intermediary
1965		The Loved One as Mr. Joyboy
1965		The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman

1964		Time of Indifference as Leo
1964		MGM 40th Anniversary

1963		Hands over the City as Edoardo Nottola
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Longest Day as Destroyer Commander
1962		Convicts 4 as Tiptoes
1962		13 West Street as Detective Sergeant Koleski

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		Ben Casey
1961		On Friday at Eleven as Frank Morgan
1961		The Mark as Doctor McNally

1960		Route 66
1960		Seven Thieves as Paul Mason

1959

Al Capone as Al Capone

1958		A Town Has Turned to Dust as Harvey Denton
1958		Cry Terror! as Paul Hoplin

1957		Suspicion as Frank Marre
1957		Run of the Arrow as Pvt. O'Meara
1957		Across the Bridge as Carl Schaffner
1957		Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1957		The Unholy Wife as Paul Hochen

1956		Back from Eternity as Vasquel
1956		The Harder They Fall as Nick Benko
1956		Jubal as Pinky

1955		The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Maj. Allan Guillion
1955		The Big Knife as Stanley Shriner Hoff
1955		Oklahoma! as Jud Fry
1955		Screen Director's Playhouse as Visitor

1954

On the Waterfront as Charley Malloy

1953		Marty as Marty Pilletti
1953		The Evil Within as Peter
1953		The Oscars as Self
1953		General Electric Theater as Bruno Holder

1951		Out There
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Charles Steinmetz
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Hume Searcy
1951		Tales of Tomorrow
1951		Teresa as Frank

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Victor Honegger

1949		Suspense as Leo Whaley
1949		Suspense

1948		The Philco Television Playhouse
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse as Marty Pilletti
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self