Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

Known for
Acting
Born
April 14, 1925
Died
July 9, 2002 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Westhampton, New York, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2023
Amityville: An Origin Story poster

Amityville: An Origin Story

TV · as Self- Archive · 4 eps

2017
I Am Not Your Negro poster

I Am Not Your Negro

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
The Real James Dean poster

The Real James Dean

Movie · as Self

2005
James Dean: Forever Young poster

James Dean: Forever Young

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Hollywood Legenden

Hollywood Legenden

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust poster

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Movie · as Self

2002
Poolhall Junkies poster

Poolhall Junkies

Movie · as Nick

2002
The Hollywood Sign poster

The Hollywood Sign

Movie · as Floyd Benson

2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller poster

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Movie · as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)

2001
Besuch bei Rod Steiger

Besuch bei Rod Steiger

Movie · as Self

2001
The Flying Dutchman poster

The Flying Dutchman

Movie · as Ben

2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

Movie · as Self

2001
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World poster

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

Movie · as Self

2001
Contender: Mastering the Method poster

Contender: Mastering the Method

Movie · as Self

2001
A Month of Sundays poster

A Month of Sundays

Movie · as Charley McCabe

2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone poster

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

Movie · as Self

2000
Animated Epics: Moby Dick poster

Animated Epics: Moby Dick

Movie · as Ahab (voice)

2000
Body and Soul poster

Body and Soul

Movie · as Johnny Ticotin

2000
The Last Producer poster

The Last Producer

Movie · as Sheri Ganse

2000
The Unforgettable Diana Dors poster

The Unforgettable Diana Dors

Movie · as Self

1999
Crazy in Alabama poster

Crazy in Alabama

Movie · as Judge Louis Mead

1999
End of Days poster

End of Days

Movie · as Father Kovak

1999
The Hurricane poster

The Hurricane

Movie · as Judge Sarokin

1999
Cypress Edge poster

Cypress Edge

Movie · as Woodrow McCammon

1999
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season poster

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

Movie · as Doc Wallace

1998
Modern Vampires poster

Modern Vampires

Movie · as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing

1998
Legacy poster

Legacy

Movie · as Sadler

1998
Kingdom of Shadows poster

Kingdom of Shadows

Movie · as Narrator

1998
Animals with the Tollkeeper poster

Animals with the Tollkeeper

Movie · as Fontina

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

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Movie · as Self

1998
The Heaven and Earth Show

The Heaven and Earth Show

TV · 1 ep

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

1997
Truth or Consequences, N.M. poster

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

Movie · as Tony Vago

1997
Incognito poster

Incognito

Movie · as Milton A. Donovan

1997
The Kid poster

The Kid

Movie · as Harry Sloan

1997
Breakout

Breakout

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

1997
Scene by Scene poster

Scene by Scene

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
HARDtalk poster

HARDtalk

TV · 1 ep

1996
Mars Attacks! poster

Mars Attacks!

Movie · as General Decker

1996
Carpool poster

Carpool

Movie · as Mr. Hammerman

1996
Shiloh poster

Shiloh

Movie · as Doc Wallace

1996
Little Surprises poster

Little Surprises

Movie

1996
The Real Thing poster

The Real Thing

Movie · as Victor

1996
Dalva poster

Dalva

Movie · as John Wesley Northridge II

1996
EZ Streets poster

EZ Streets

TV · 1 ep

1995
OP Center poster

OP Center

Movie · as Boroda

1995
In Pursuit of Honor poster

In Pursuit of Honor

Movie · as Col. Owen Stuart

1995
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys poster

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

Movie · as The President

1995
Forbidden City: The Great Within poster

Forbidden City: The Great Within

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1995
Out There poster

Out There

Movie · as Col. Buck Gunner

1995
James Dean and Me poster

James Dean and Me

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1995
Seven Sundays poster

Seven Sundays

Movie · as Benjamin

1995
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story poster

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

Movie · as Anthony Comstock

1995
James Dean: A Portrait poster

James Dean: A Portrait

Movie · as Self

1995
OP Center poster

OP Center

TV · as Boroda · 2 eps

1994
The Specialist poster

The Specialist

Movie · as Joe Leon

1994
The Last Tattoo poster

The Last Tattoo

Movie · as General Frank W. Zane

1994
The Critic poster

The Critic

TV · as Rod Steiger (voice) · 1 ep

1993
The Neighbor poster

The Neighbor

Movie · as Dr. Myron Hatch

1993
The Final Contract poster

The Final Contract

Movie · as Frank Argento

1993
From Hollywood to Hanoi poster

From Hollywood to Hanoi

Movie · as Self

1993
Tales of the City poster

Tales of the City

TV · as Bookshop Owner · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Player poster

The Player

Movie · as Rod Steiger

1992
Earth and the American Dream poster

Earth and the American Dream

Movie · as Reader (voice)

1992
Lincoln

Lincoln

Movie · as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

1992
Sinatra poster

Sinatra

TV · as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana · 2 eps

1991
Guilty as Charged poster

Guilty as Charged

Movie · as Kallin

1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe poster

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Movie · as Rev. Willin

1991
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas poster

In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas

Movie · as Gordon Kahl

1991
The Commish poster

The Commish

TV · 1 ep

1990
Men Of Respect poster

Men Of Respect

Movie · as Charlie D'Amico

1989
The January Man poster

The January Man

Movie · as Mayor Eamon Flynn

1989
That Summer of White Roses poster

That Summer of White Roses

Movie · as Martin

1989
Tennessee Nights poster

Tennessee Nights

Movie · as Richter Prescott

1989
Passion and Paradise poster

Passion and Paradise

Movie · as Sir Harry Oakes

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Captain Tenille (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Hello Actors Studio poster

Hello Actors Studio

Movie · as Self

1988
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge poster

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge

Movie · as Silas Slaten

1987
The Kindred poster

The Kindred

Movie · as Dr. Phillip Lloyd

1987
American Gothic poster

American Gothic

Movie · as Pa

1987
Catch the Heat poster

Catch the Heat

Movie · as Jason Hannibal

1986
Sword of Gideon poster

Sword of Gideon

Movie · as Mordechai Samuels

1985
Hollywood Wives poster

Hollywood Wives

TV · as Oliver Easterne · 3 eps

1985
Television poster

Television

TV · 1 ep

1984
The Naked Face poster

The Naked Face

Movie · as Lieutenant McGreary

1984
The Magic Mountain poster

The Magic Mountain

TV · as Mynheer Peperkorn · 3 eps

1984
The Glory Boys poster

The Glory Boys

TV · as Professor David Sokarev · 3 eps

1983
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole poster

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

Movie · as Robert E. Peary

1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years poster

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Movie · as Self

1982
The Magic Mountain poster

The Magic Mountain

Movie · as Mynher Peperkorn

1982
I Love Liberty poster

I Love Liberty

Movie · as Self

1982
The Lucky Star poster

The Lucky Star

Movie · as Colonel Gluck

1982
Sergey Bondarchuk

Sergey Bondarchuk

Movie · as Self (archive)

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Bookstore Owner · 1 ep

1981
The Chosen poster

The Chosen

Movie · as Reb Saunders

1981
Lion of the Desert poster

Lion of the Desert

Movie · as Benito Mussolini

1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches poster

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

Movie · as Tilghman

1980
Klondike Fever poster

Klondike Fever

Movie · as Soapy Smith

1980
Wolf Lake poster

Wolf Lake

Movie · as Charlie

1979
Breakthrough poster

Breakthrough

Movie · as General Webster

1979
The Amityville Horror poster

The Amityville Horror

Movie · as Father Delaney

1979
Love and Bullets poster

Love and Bullets

Movie · as Joe Bomposa

1979
Portrait of a Hitman poster

Portrait of a Hitman

Movie · as Max Androtti

1978
F.I.S.T. poster

F.I.S.T.

Movie · as Sen. Andrew Madison

1977
Jesus of Nazareth poster

Jesus of Nazareth

TV · as Pontius Pilate · 4 eps

1976
W.C. Fields and Me poster

W.C. Fields and Me

Movie · as W. C. Fields

1975
Innocents with Dirty Hands poster

Innocents with Dirty Hands

Movie · as Louis Wormser

1975
Hennessy poster

Hennessy

Movie · as Niall Hennessy

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
The Last Four Days poster

The Last Four Days

Movie · as Mussolini

1973
Lucky Luciano poster

Lucky Luciano

Movie · as Gene Giannini

1973
Lolly-Madonna XXX poster

Lolly-Madonna XXX

Movie · as Laban Feather

1973
The Heroes poster

The Heroes

Movie · as Guenther von Lutz

1973
The Moviemakers poster

The Moviemakers

Movie · as Self

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Duck, You Sucker poster

Duck, You Sucker

Movie · as Juan Miranda

1971
Happy Birthday, Wanda June poster

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Movie · as Harold Ryan

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Vincenzo Fortelli · 1 ep

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Waterloo poster

Waterloo

Movie · as Napoleon Bonaparte

1970
The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place poster

The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place

Movie · as Narrator

1969
The Illustrated Man poster

The Illustrated Man

Movie · as Carl

1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go poster

3 Into 2 Won't Go

Movie · as Steve Howard

1969
Tattooed Steiger poster

Tattooed Steiger

Movie · as Himself

1968
No Way to Treat a Lady poster

No Way to Treat a Lady

Movie · as Christopher Gill

1968
The Sergeant poster

The Sergeant

Movie · as MSgt. Albert Callan

1967
In the Heat of the Night poster

In the Heat of the Night

Movie · as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

1967
The Girl and the General poster

The Girl and the General

Movie · as der General

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1966
Death of a Salesman poster

Death of a Salesman

Movie · as Willy Loman

1965
Doctor Zhivago poster

Doctor Zhivago

Movie · as Viktor Komarovsky

1965
The Pawnbroker poster

The Pawnbroker

Movie · as Sol Nazerman

1965
The Loved One poster

The Loved One

Movie · as Mr. Joyboy

1965
A Man Named John poster

A Man Named John

Movie · as The Intermediary

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Willy Loman · 1 ep

1964
MGM 40th Anniversary poster

MGM 40th Anniversary

Movie

1964
Time of Indifference poster

Time of Indifference

Movie · as Leo

1963
Hands Over the City poster

Hands Over the City

Movie · as Edoardo Nottola

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Longest Day poster

The Longest Day

Movie · as Destroyer Commander

1962
13 West Street poster

13 West Street

Movie · as Detective Sergeant Koleski

1962
Convicts 4 poster

Convicts 4

Movie · as Tiptoes

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Mark poster

The Mark

Movie · as Doctor McNally

1961
An einem Freitag um halb zwölf poster

An einem Freitag um halb zwölf

Movie · as Frank Morgan

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1960
Seven Thieves poster

Seven Thieves

Movie · as Paul Mason

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · 1 ep

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

TV · as Sherriff Harvey Denton · 1 ep

1959
Al Capone poster

Al Capone

Movie · as Al Capone

1958
A Town Has Turned to Dust poster

A Town Has Turned to Dust

Movie · as Harvey Denton

1958
Cry Terror! poster

Cry Terror!

Movie · as Paul Hoplin

1958
Monitor poster

Monitor

TV · 1 ep

1957
The Unholy Wife poster

The Unholy Wife

Movie · as Paul Hochen

1957
Run of the Arrow poster

Run of the Arrow

Movie · as Pvt. O'Meara

1957
Across the Bridge poster

Across the Bridge

Movie · as Carl Schaffner

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Frank Marre · 1 ep

1956
The Harder They Fall poster

The Harder They Fall

Movie · as Nick Benko

1956
Jubal poster

Jubal

Movie · as Pinky

1956
Back from Eternity poster

Back from Eternity

Movie · as Vasquel

1955
Oklahoma! poster

Oklahoma!

Movie · as Jud Fry

1955
The Big Knife poster

The Big Knife

Movie · as Stanley Shriner Hoff

1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell poster

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

Movie · as Maj. Allan Guillion

1955
Screen Director's Playhouse poster

Screen Director's Playhouse

TV · as Visitor · 1 ep

1954
On the Waterfront poster

On the Waterfront

Movie · as Charley Malloy

1953
Marty poster

Marty

Movie · as Marty Pilletti

1953
The Evil Within poster

The Evil Within

Movie · as Peter

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Bruno Holder · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1951
Teresa poster

Teresa

Movie · as Frank

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Charles Steinmetz, Hume Searcy · 1 ep

1951
Tales of Tomorrow poster

Tales of Tomorrow

TV · 2 eps

1951
Out There

Out There

TV · 1 ep

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as Victor Honegger · 1 ep

1949
Suspense poster

Suspense

TV · as Leo Whaley · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Marty Pilletti · 3 eps

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep