Rod Steiger

Biography

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.

Career Overview

Rod Steiger has 144 screen credits in a career dating back to 1944. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently Invaders from Mars Series with 1 titles. Signature works include Mars Attacks!, The Specialist, Duck, You Sucker. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

144

Birth Date

1925-04-14 00:00:00

Birth Place

Westhampton, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Mars Attacks!
• 

  The Specialist
• 

  Duck, You Sucker
• 

  Doctor Zhivago
• 

  The Amityville Horror
• 

  Lolly-Madonna XXX

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

• Invaders from Mars Series (1 titles)
• Shiloh Collection (1 titles)
• Desperado Collection (1 titles)
• The Amityville Collection (1 titles)
• Cross of Iron Collection (1 titles)
• Father of Four Collection (1 titles)
• Virgil Tibbs Trilogy (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Aldo Sambrell (2 collaborations)
• Jack Nicholson (1 collaborations)
• Glenn Close (1 collaborations)
• Annette Bening (1 collaborations)
• Pierce Brosnan (1 collaborations)
• Danny DeVito (1 collaborations)
• Martin Short (1 collaborations)
• Sarah Jessica Parker (1 collaborations)
• Michael J. Fox (1 collaborations)
• Tom Jones (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (144 credits)

  • I Am Not Your Negro

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The Real James Dean

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Hollywood Legenden

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

    Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Poolhall Junkies

    Nick

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Contender: Mastering the Method

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • A Month of Sundays

    Charley McCabe

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Flying Dutchman

    Ben

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Besuch bei Rod Steiger

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Body and Soul

    Johnny Ticotin

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Last Producer

    Sheri Ganse

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Unforgettable Diana Dors

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Animated Epics: Moby Dick

    Ahab (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • End of Days

    Father Kovak

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Crazy in Alabama

    Judge Louis Mead

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Hurricane

    Judge Sarokin

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

    Doc Wallace

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Cypress Edge

    Woodrow McCammon

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Modern Vampires

    Dr. Frederick Van Helsing

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Legacy

    Sadler

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Animals with the Tollkeeper

    Fontina

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Kingdom of Shadows

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Hollywood Squares

    - Episode 30 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 29 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 28 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 27 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors

    - Episode 26 (1999) ... Self - Panelist actor actors
    1998
  • Incognito

    Milton A. Donovan

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Kid

    Harry Sloan

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Mars Attacks!

    General Decker

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Shiloh

    Doc Wallace

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Little Surprises

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Carpool

    Mr. Hammerman

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Dalva

    John Wesley Northridge II

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Real Thing

    Victor

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Out There

    Col. Buck Gunner

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

    The President

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Forbidden City: The Great Within

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • James Dean: A Portrait

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • In Pursuit of Honor

    Col. Owen Stuart

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

    Anthony Comstock

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • OP Center

    Boroda

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Seven Sundays

    Benjamin

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • James Dean and Me

    Self (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Specialist

    Joe Leon

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Last Tattoo

    General Frank W. Zane

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Critic

    - L.A. Jay (1994) ... Rod Steiger (voice) actor actors
    1994
  • The Neighbor

    Dr. Myron Hatch

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • From Hollywood to Hanoi

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Final Contract

    Frank Argento

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    - John Leguizamo, Rod Steiger, The Cardigans (1997) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1993
  • Lincoln

    Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Earth and the American Dream

    Reader (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Player

    Rod Steiger

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas

    Gordon Kahl

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Guilty As Charged

    Kallin

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

    Rev. Willin

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Men Of Respect

    Charlie D'Amico

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Tennessee Nights

    Richter Prescott

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Passion and Paradise

    Sir Harry Oakes

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The January Man

    Mayor Eamon Flynn

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • That Summer of White Roses

    Martin

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The Simpsons

    - Simpson Tide (1998) ... Captain Tenille (voice) actor actors
    1989
  • Hello Actors Studio

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge

    Silas Slaten

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Catch the Heat

    Jason Hannibal

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • American Gothic

    Pa

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • The Kindred

    Dr. Phillip Lloyd

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Sword of Gideon

    Mordechai Samuels

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • The Naked Face

    Lieutenant McGreary

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

    Robert E. Peary

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • James Bond: The First 21 Years

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Lucky Star

    Colonel Gluck

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • I Love Liberty

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Magic Mountain

    Mynher Peperkorn

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Sergey Bondarchuk

    Self (archive)

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Chosen

    Reb Saunders

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches

    Tilghman

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Klondike Fever

    Soapy Smith

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Wolf Lake

    Charlie

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Amityville Horror

    Father Delaney

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Portrait of a Hitman

    Max Androtti

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Love and Bullets

    Joe Bomposa

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Breakthrough

    General Webster

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • F.I.S.T.

    Sen. Andrew Madison

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Jesus of Nazareth

    Pontius Pilate

    actor

    actors

    - Part 4 (1977) ... Pontius Pilate actor actors

    - Part 3 (1977) ... Pontius Pilate actor actors

    - Part 2 (1977) ... Pontius Pilate actor actors

    - Part 1 (1977) ... Pontius Pilate actor actors
    1977
  • W.C. Fields and Me

    W. C. Fields

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Hennessy

    Niall Hennessy

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Innocents with Dirty Hands

    Louis Wormser

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Last Four Days

    Mussolini

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Lucky Luciano

    Gene Giannini

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Heroes

    Guenther von Lutz

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Lolly-Madonna XXX

    Laban Feather

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Moviemakers

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Happy Birthday, Wanda June

    Harold Ryan

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Duck, You Sucker

    Juan Miranda

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Columbo

    - Strange Bedfellows (1995) ... Vincenzo Fortelli actor actors
    1971
  • Waterloo

    Napoleon Bonaparte

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • 3 Into 2 Won't Go

    Steve Howard

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Illustrated Man

    Carl

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Tattooed Steiger

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Sergeant

    MSgt. Albert Callan

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • No Way to Treat a Lady

    Christopher Gill

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Girl and the General

    der General

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • In the Heat of the Night

    Police Chief Bill Gillespie

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Death of a Salesman

    Willy Loman

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Doctor Zhivago

    Viktor Komarovsky

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • A Man Named John

    The Intermediary

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Loved One

    Mr. Joyboy

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Pawnbroker

    Sol Nazerman

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • BBC Play of the Month

    - Death of a Salesman (1966) ... Willy Loman actor actors
    1965
  • Time of Indifference

    Leo

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • MGM 40th Anniversary

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Hands Over the City

    Edoardo Nottola

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Longest Day

    Destroyer Commander

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Convicts 4

    Tiptoes

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • 13 West Street

    Detective Sergeant Koleski

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 257 (1968) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • On Friday at Eleven

    Frank Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Mark

    Doctor McNally

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Mike Douglas Show

    - Episode 74 (1971) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 104 (1969) ... Self actor actors
    1961
  • Ben Casey

    - In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption (1962) ... actor actors
    1961
  • Seven Thieves

    Paul Mason

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Route 66

    - Welcome to the Wedding (1962) ... actor actors
    1960
  • Al Capone

    Al Capone

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • A Town Has Turned to Dust

    Harvey Denton

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Cry Terror!

    Paul Hoplin

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Run of the Arrow

    Pvt. O'Meara

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Across the Bridge

    Carl Schaffner

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Unholy Wife

    Paul Hochen

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Back from Eternity

    Vasquel

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Harder They Fall

    Nick Benko

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Jubal

    Pinky

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

    Maj. Allan Guillion

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Big Knife

    Stanley Shriner Hoff

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Oklahoma!

    Jud Fry

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • On the Waterfront

    Charley Malloy

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Marty

    Marty Pilletti

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Evil Within

    Peter

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Oscars

    - 70th Academy Awards (1998) ... Self actor actors

    - The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968) ... Self actor actors

    - The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955) ... Self actor actors
    1953
  • Teresa

    Frank

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Golden Globe Awards

    - The 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997) ... Self actor actors

    - The 37th Golden Globe Awards (1980) ... Self - Presenter actor actors
    1944