
Rod Steiger
Acting
184
Acting Credits
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
Filmography

Amityville: An Origin Story
2023
as Self- Archive

I Am Not Your Negro
2017
as Self (archive footage)

The Real James Dean
2006
as Self

James Dean: Forever Young
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Self

Poolhall Junkies
2002
as Nick

The Hollywood Sign
2002
as Floyd Benson

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)
Besuch bei Rod Steiger
2001
as Self

The Flying Dutchman
2001
as Ben
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
as Self

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
as Self

Contender: Mastering the Method
2001
as Self

A Month of Sundays
2001
as Charley McCabe

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self

Animated Epics: Moby Dick
2000
as Ahab (voice)

Body and Soul
2000
as Johnny Ticotin

The Last Producer
2000
as Sheri Ganse

The Unforgettable Diana Dors
2000
as Self

Crazy in Alabama
1999
as Judge Louis Mead

End of Days
1999
as Father Kovak

The Hurricane
1999
as Judge Sarokin

Cypress Edge
1999
as Woodrow McCammon

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
1999
as Doc Wallace

Modern Vampires
1998
as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing

Legacy
1998
as Sadler

Kingdom of Shadows
1998
as Narrator

Animals with the Tollkeeper
1998
as Fontina

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998
as Self
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998

Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist

Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
as Tony Vago

Incognito
1997
as Milton A. Donovan

The Kid
1997
as Harry Sloan
Breakout
1997
as Narrator

Scene by Scene
1997
as Self

HARDtalk
1997

Mars Attacks!
1996
as General Decker

Carpool
1996
as Mr. Hammerman

Shiloh
1996
as Doc Wallace

Little Surprises
1996

The Real Thing
1996
as Victor

Dalva
1996
as John Wesley Northridge II

EZ Streets
1996

OP Center
1995
as Boroda

In Pursuit of Honor
1995
as Col. Owen Stuart

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
1995
as The President

Forbidden City: The Great Within
1995
as Narrator (voice)

Out There
1995
as Col. Buck Gunner

James Dean and Me
1995
as Self (uncredited)

Seven Sundays
1995
as Benjamin

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
1995
as Anthony Comstock

James Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self

OP Center
1995
as Boroda

The Specialist
1994
as Joe Leon

The Last Tattoo
1994
as General Frank W. Zane

The Critic
1994
as Rod Steiger (voice)

The Neighbor
1993
as Dr. Myron Hatch

The Final Contract
1993
as Frank Argento

From Hollywood to Hanoi
1993
as Self

Tales of the City
1993
as Bookshop Owner

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

The Player
1992
as Rod Steiger

Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Lincoln
1992
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Sinatra
1992
as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana

Guilty as Charged
1991
as Kallin

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991
as Rev. Willin

In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991
as Gordon Kahl

The Commish
1991

Men Of Respect
1990
as Charlie D'Amico

The January Man
1989
as Mayor Eamon Flynn

That Summer of White Roses
1989
as Martin

Tennessee Nights
1989
as Richter Prescott

Passion and Paradise
1989
as Sir Harry Oakes

The Simpsons
1989
as Captain Tenille (voice)

Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
1988
as Silas Slaten

The Kindred
1987
as Dr. Phillip Lloyd

American Gothic
1987
as Pa

Catch the Heat
1987
as Jason Hannibal

Sword of Gideon
1986
as Mordechai Samuels

Hollywood Wives
1985
as Oliver Easterne

Television
1985

The Naked Face
1984
as Lieutenant McGreary

The Magic Mountain
1984
as Mynheer Peperkorn

The Glory Boys
1984
as Professor David Sokarev

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
1983
as Robert E. Peary

James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self

The Magic Mountain
1982
as Mynher Peperkorn

I Love Liberty
1982
as Self

The Lucky Star
1982
as Colonel Gluck
Sergey Bondarchuk
1982
as Self (archive)

American Playhouse
1982
as Bookstore Owner

The Chosen
1981
as Reb Saunders

Lion of the Desert
1981
as Benito Mussolini

Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
as Tilghman

Klondike Fever
1980
as Soapy Smith

Wolf Lake
1980
as Charlie

Breakthrough
1979
as General Webster

The Amityville Horror
1979
as Father Delaney

Love and Bullets
1979
as Joe Bomposa

Portrait of a Hitman
1979
as Max Androtti

F.I.S.T.
1978
as Sen. Andrew Madison

Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Pontius Pilate

W.C. Fields and Me
1976
as W. C. Fields

Innocents with Dirty Hands
1975
as Louis Wormser

Hennessy
1975
as Niall Hennessy

People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self

The Last Four Days
1974
as Mussolini

Lucky Luciano
1973
as Gene Giannini

Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973
as Laban Feather

The Heroes
1973
as Guenther von Lutz

The Moviemakers
1973
as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

Duck, You Sucker
1971
as Juan Miranda

Happy Birthday, Wanda June
1971
as Harold Ryan

Columbo
1971
as Vincenzo Fortelli
Film '72
1971
as Self

Waterloo
1970
as Napoleon Bonaparte

The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place
1970
as Narrator

The Illustrated Man
1969
as Carl

3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Steve Howard

Tattooed Steiger
1969
as Himself

No Way to Treat a Lady
1968
as Christopher Gill

The Sergeant
1968
as MSgt. Albert Callan

In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

The Girl and the General
1967
as der General

Omnibus
1967

Death of a Salesman
1966
as Willy Loman

Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Viktor Komarovsky

The Pawnbroker
1965
as Sol Nazerman

The Loved One
1965
as Mr. Joyboy

A Man Named John
1965
as The Intermediary

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Willy Loman

MGM 40th Anniversary
1964

Time of Indifference
1964
as Leo

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

The Longest Day
1962
as Destroyer Commander

13 West Street
1962
as Detective Sergeant Koleski

Convicts 4
1962
as Tiptoes

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mark
1961
as Doctor McNally

An einem Freitag um halb zwölf
1961
as Frank Morgan

Ben Casey
1961

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Seven Thieves
1960
as Paul Mason

Route 66
1960
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Sherriff Harvey Denton

Al Capone
1959
as Al Capone

A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958
as Harvey Denton

Cry Terror!
1958
as Paul Hoplin

The Unholy Wife
1957
as Paul Hochen

Run of the Arrow
1957
as Pvt. O'Meara

Across the Bridge
1957
as Carl Schaffner

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self

Suspicion
1957
as Frank Marre

The Harder They Fall
1956
as Nick Benko

Jubal
1956
as Pinky

Back from Eternity
1956
as Vasquel

Oklahoma!
1955
as Jud Fry

The Big Knife
1955
as Stanley Shriner Hoff

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
as Maj. Allan Guillion

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Visitor

On the Waterfront
1954
as Charley Malloy

Marty
1953
as Marty Pilletti

The Evil Within
1953
as Peter

General Electric Theater
1953
as Bruno Holder

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Teresa
1951
as Frank

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Charles Steinmetz

Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Out There
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Hume Searcy
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Victor Honegger

Suspense
1949
as Leo Whaley

Suspense
1949

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Marty Pilletti

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self