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Rod Steiger

Actor | * 04/14/1925 († 77, 07/09/2002) | Westhampton, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Rodney Stephen Steiger ( STY-gər; April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars", he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars. He starred as Marlon Brando's mobster brother Charley in On the Waterfront (1954), the title character Sol Nazerman in The Pawnbroker (1964) which won him the Silver Bear for Best Actor, and as police chief Bill Gillespie opposite Sidney Poitier in the film In the Heat of the Night (1967) which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York, the son of a vaudevillian. He had a difficult childhood, running away from home to escape an alcoholic mother at the age of 16. After serving in the South Pacific during World War II, he began his acting career with television roles in 1947, and went on to garner critical accl... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions. ...

The Pawnbroker

NR

1965 | 3.6/5 | 1h 56min
Crime, Drama
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Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two ...

On the Waterfront

NR

1954 | 4.0/5 | 1h 48min
Crime, Drama
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At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of ...

Duck, You Sucker

PG

1971 | 3.9/5 | 2h 37min
Western
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African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his o ...

In the Heat of the Night

PG-13

1967 | 3.8/5 | 1h 49min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Rod Steiger

Bitlocker Silver Bear for Best Actor David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor Academy Award for Best Actor Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Mary Pickford Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 2x Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Rod Steiger as Actor(119)

as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as himself2006 The Real James Dean
as himself2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Nick2002 Poolhall Junkies
as himself2001 Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Floyd Benson2001 The Hollywood Sign
as himself2001 Contender: Mastering the Method
as Ben2001 The Flying Dutchman
as Charley McCabe2001 A Month of Sundays
as himself2001 Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
as Sheri Ganse2000 The Last Producer
as Johnny Ticotin2000 Body and Soul
as Ahab (voice)2000 Animated Epics: Moby Dick
as Woodrow McCammon1999 Cypress Edge
as Father Kovak1999 End of Days
as Judge Louis Mead1999 Crazy in Alabama
as Judge Sarokin1999 The Hurricane
as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing1998 Modern Vampires
as Sadler1998 Legacy
as himself1998 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Narrator1998 Kingdom of Shadows
as Fontina1998 Animals with the Tollkeeper
as Tony Vago1997 Truth or Consequences, N.M.
as Harry Sloan1997 The Kid
as Milton A. Donovan1997 Incognito
1996 Little Surprises
as Mr. Hammerman1996 Carpool
as John Wesley Northridge II1996 Dalva
as The President1996 Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
as Doc Wallace1996 Shiloh
as Victor1996 The Real Thing
as General Decker1996 Mars Attacks!
as himself1995 James Dean and Me
as Anthony Comstock1995 Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
as Col. Buck Gunner1995 Out There
as Benjamin1995 Seven Sundays
as Boroda1995 OP Center
as Col. Owen Stuart1995 In Pursuit of Honor
as Joe Leon1994 The Specialist
as General Frank W. Zane1994 The Last Tattoo
as Dr. Myron Hatch1993 The Neighbor
as himself1993 From Hollywood to Hanoi
1992 The Final Contract
as himself1992 The Player
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)1992 Lincoln
as Kallin1991 Guilty As Charged
as Rev. Willin1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Gordon Kahl1991 In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
as Charlie D'Amico1991 Men Of Respect
as Richter Prescott1991 Tennessee Nights
1989 That Summer of White Roses
as Mayor Eamon Flynn1989 The January Man
as Sir Harry Oakes1989 Passion and Paradise
as Silas Slaten1988 Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
as Jason Hannibal1987 Catch the Heat
as Dr. Phillip Lloyd1987 The Kindred
as Pa1987 American Gothic
as Mordechai Samuels1986 Sword of Gideon
as Lieutenant McGreary1984 The Naked Face
as Robert E. Peary1983 Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
as himself1983 James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Mynher Peperkorn1982 The Magic Mountain
as Benito Mussolini1981 Lion of the Desert
as Reb Saunders1981 The Chosen
as Tilghman1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Colonel Gluck1980 The Lucky Star
as Soapy Smith1980 Klondike Fever
as Charlie1980 Wolf Lake
as Max Andreotti1979 Portrait of a Hitman
as General Webster1979 Breakthrough
as Father Delaney1979 The Amityville Horror
as Joe Bomposa1979 Love and Bullets
as Sen. Andrew Madison1978 F.I.S.T.
as W. C. Fields1976 W.C. Fields and Me
as Louis Wormser1975 Innocents with Dirty Hands
as Niall Hennessy1975 Hennessy
as Mussolini1974 The Last Four Days
as Guenther von Lutz1973 The Heroes
as Gene Giannini1973 Lucky Luciano
as Laban Feather1973 Lolly-Madonna XXX
as Juan Miranda1971 Duck, You Sucker
as Harold Ryan1971 Happy Birthday, Wanda June
as Napoleon Bonaparte1970 Waterloo
as Carl1969 The Illustrated Man
as himself1969 Tattooed Steiger
as Steve Howard1969 Three Into Two Won't Go
as MSgt. Albert Callan1968 The Sergeant
as Christopher Gill1968 No Way to Treat a Lady
as der General1967 The Girl and the General
as Police Chief Bill Gillespie1967 In the Heat of the Night
as The Intermediary1965 A Man Named John
as Viktor Komarovsky1965 Doctor Zhivago
as Mr. Joyboy1965 The Loved One
as Sol Nazerman1965 The Pawnbroker
as Leo1964 Time of Indifference
1964 MGM 40th Anniversary
as Edoardo Nottola1963 Hands over the City
as Detective Sergeant Koleski1962 13 West Street
as Tiptoes1962 Convicts 4
as Destroyer Commander1962 The Longest Day
as Frank Morgan1961 On Friday at Eleven
as Doctor McNally1961 The Mark
as Paul Mason1960 Seven Thieves
as Al Capone1959 Al Capone
as Paul Hoplin1958 Cry Terror!
as Harvey Denton1958 A Town Has Turned To Dust
as Carl Schaffner1957 Across the Bridge
as Pvt. O'Meara1957 Run of the Arrow
as Paul Hochen1957 The Unholy Wife
as Vasquel1956 Back from Eternity
as Nick Benko1956 The Harder They Fall
as Pinky1956 Jubal
as Jud Fry1955 Oklahoma!
as Stanley Shriner Hoff1955 The Big Knife
as Maj. Allan Guillion1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Charley Malloy1954 On the Waterfront
as Marty Pilletti1953 Marty
as Frank1951 Teresa

TV Shows/Series with Rod Steiger as Actor(31)

1998 The Heaven and Earth Show
as himself1997 Scene by Scene
1996 EZ Streets
1994 The Critic
as Bookshop Owner1993 Tales of the City
as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana1992 Sinatra
1991 The Commish
as Captain Tenille (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as Oliver Easterne1985 Hollywood Wives
as Professor David Sokarev1984 The Glory Boys
as Pontius Pilate1977 Jesus of Nazareth
as himself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Vincenzo Fortelli1971 Columbo
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1961 Ben Casey
1960 Route 66
as Frank Marre1957 Suspicion
as himself1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Bruno Holder1953 GE Theater
1951 Out There
as Charles Steinmetz1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Hume Searcy1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 Tales of Tomorrow
as Victor Honegger1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Leo Whaley1949 Suspense
1949 Suspense
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Onstage Bow1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Character in scene from 'Rashomon'1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
as Marty Pilletti1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Full Name: Rod Steiger
Born: Tuesday, 04/14 1925 (April) in Westhampton, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 07/09 2002 (July) in Los Angeles (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Actors Studio, West Side High School, HB Studio, New School
Spouses (current/former): Sally Gracie, Claire Bloom, Sherry Nelson, Paula Ellis, Joan Benedict Steiger
Children: Anna Steiger
Other names for Rod Steiger (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Род Стайгер"
"Rodney Stephen Steiger"
Rod Steiger frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (37x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kevin Michael Richardson (17x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (17x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
E.G. Marshall (16x, Actor)
Vera Miles (15x, Actress)
Nina Foch (15x, Actress)
Phyllis Thaxter (15x, Actress)
Cloris Leachman (14x, Actress)
Edmond O'Brien (14x, Actor)
Norman Jewison (7x, Crew)
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