Stacy Keach Biography
Stacy Keach Jr. is an actor and narrator from America. Throughout his career, he has mainly played dramatic roles, often as a private detective or in law enforcement.
Stacy Keach Age|Bitrhday
Keach was born in Savannah, Georgia on 2nd June 1941. Therefore, he is 80 years old as of 2021 and celebrates his birthday on 2nd June every year.
Stacy Keach Height|Weight
Keach’s height is 5 feet 11 inches (approximately 1.8 meters). In addition, he weighs 83 kilograms. S
Stacy Keach Family
Keach’s parents are Walter Stacy Keach Sr. (father) and Mary Cain (mother). His father was a drama teacher, theater director as well as an actor whereas his mother was an actress. In addition, his brother, James, is an actor and a TV director.
Stacy Keach Education
Keach went to Van Nuys High School and graduated in 1959. Moreover, he has two bachelor’s degrees in Arts from California University in Berkeley. In addition, in 1966, he graduated with a master’s degree in Fine Arts from Yale School of Drama. Later when he was studying in London, he met Laurence Olivier who was his acting hero.
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Personal Life
Keach had a cleft lip, therefore, had to go through several operations as a kid. He was arrested at Heathrow Airport for cocaine possession in the year 1984 by the police in London. He pleaded guilty to the crime and served six months at Reading Prison. According to him, the lowest period of his entire life was the time he spent in prison.
Stacy Keach Wife|Children
Keach met his wife, in a school in Warsaw and got married in 1986. However, in 1964, he had married his wife, Kathryn Baker. Later in 1975, he got married to Marilyn Aiken. They later divorced some years later. Additionally, in 1981, he fell in love with Jill Donahue and married her.
He later married Malgosia Tomassi and have two children with her named Shannon and Karolina. However, he became a citizen of Poland in the year 2015.
Stacy Keach Career
Keach started his career when he played the role of Macbird from Theatre. In addition, in the Broadway field, he has won various awards for his work. However, he continued to work on Broadway while working in music and movies. In addition, he has worked on hit songs like Amazing Grace being a great pianist and composer. Moreover, he worked in the movie ‘The New Centurions’ in the year 1972.
Later on, he refused to play a role in ‘The Exorcist when asked to. In addition, in 1975, he played the role of Lieutenant Ben Logan. However, he gained lots of attention because he worked on many more TV series. Moreover, he was a narrator of the ‘Nova’ show at National Geographic. In addition, he was the narrator of the series ‘American Greed’. He has contributed a lot to Hollywood movies and TV series.
Awards and Achievements
Keach’s name was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in the year 2015. Moreover, in 2019 he got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In his career till now, he has won several awards and has earned a good amount of money. He has won awards like:
1971 – Drama Desk Vermon Rice Award
1994 and 2009 – Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor
1973, 1971, and 1967 – Obie Award for Performance
1989 – Golden Globe Award
2020 – Satellite Mary Pickford Award
Stacy Keach Net Worth
Keach’s net worth is around $10 million.
