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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1968
The Simpsons
1998
The Mike Douglas Show
1969
Hollywood Squares
1999
Columbo
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1997
Golden Globe Awards
1980
American Playhouse
1994
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964
BBC Play of the Month
1966
The Philco Television Playhouse
1951

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
185
2023
Amityville: An Origin Story
as Self- Archive
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
as Self (archive footage)
2006
The Real James Dean
as Self
2005
James Dean: Forever Young
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Hollywood Legenden
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self
2002
Poolhall Junkies
as Nick
2002
The Hollywood Sign
as Floyd Benson
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)
2001
Besuch bei Rod Steiger
as Self
2001
The Flying Dutchman
as Ben
2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self
2001
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
as Self
2001
Contender: Mastering the Method
as Self
2001
A Month of Sundays
as Charley McCabe
2001
The Heaven and Earth Show
2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self
2000
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
as Ahab (voice)
2000
Body and Soul
as Johnny Ticotin
2000
The Last Producer
as Sheri Ganse
2000
The Unforgettable Diana Dors
as Self
2000
Scene by Scene
as Self
2000
Omnibus
1999
Crazy in Alabama
as Judge Louis Mead
1999
End of Days
as Father Kovak
1999
The Hurricane
as Judge Sarokin
1999
Cypress Edge
as Woodrow McCammon
1999
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
as Doc Wallace
1999
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1999
HARDtalk
1998
Modern Vampires
as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing
1998
Legacy
as Sadler
1998
Kingdom of Shadows
as Narrator
1998
Animals with the Tollkeeper
as Fontina
1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
1998
The Simpsons
as Captain Tenille (voice)
1997
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
as Tony Vago
1997
Incognito
as Milton A. Donovan
1997
The Kid
as Harry Sloan
1997
Breakout
as Narrator
1997
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1996
Mars Attacks!
as General Decker
1996
Carpool
as Mr. Hammerman
1996
Shiloh
as Doc Wallace
1996
Little Surprises
1996
The Real Thing
as Victor
1996
Dalva
as John Wesley Northridge II
1996
The Commish
1996
EZ Streets
1995
OP Center
as Boroda
1995
In Pursuit of Honor
as Col. Owen Stuart
1995
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
as The President
1995
Forbidden City: The Great Within
as Narrator (voice)
1995
Out There
as Col. Buck Gunner
1995
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
1995
Seven Sundays
as Benjamin
1995
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
as Anthony Comstock
1995
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self
1995
OP Center
as Boroda
1995
Columbo
as Vincenzo Fortelli
1994
The Specialist
as Joe Leon
1994
The Last Tattoo
as General Frank W. Zane
1994
The Critic
as Rod Steiger (voice)
1994
American Playhouse
as Bookstore Owner
1993
The Neighbor
as Dr. Myron Hatch
1993
The Final Contract
as Frank Argento
1993
From Hollywood to Hanoi
as Self
1993
Tales of the City
as Bookshop Owner
1992
The Player
as Rod Steiger
1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
Lincoln
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
1992
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1992
Sinatra
as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana
1991
Guilty as Charged
as Kallin
1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Rev. Willin
1991
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
as Gordon Kahl
1990
Men Of Respect
as Charlie D'Amico
1989
The January Man
as Mayor Eamon Flynn
1989
That Summer of White Roses
as Martin
1989
Tennessee Nights
as Richter Prescott
1989
Passion and Paradise
as Sir Harry Oakes
1988
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
as Silas Slaten
1987
The Kindred
as Dr. Phillip Lloyd
1987
American Gothic
as Pa
1987
Catch the Heat
as Jason Hannibal
1986
Sword of Gideon
as Mordechai Samuels
1985
Hollywood Wives
as Oliver Easterne
1985
Television
1984
The Naked Face
as Lieutenant McGreary
1984
The Magic Mountain
as Mynheer Peperkorn
1984
The Glory Boys
as Professor David Sokarev
1983
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
as Robert E. Peary
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1982
The Magic Mountain
as Mynher Peperkorn
1982
I Love Liberty
as Self
1982
The Lucky Star
as Colonel Gluck
1982
Sergey Bondarchuk
as Self (archive)
1981
The Chosen
as Reb Saunders
1981
Lion of the Desert
as Benito Mussolini
1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Tilghman
1980
Klondike Fever
as Soapy Smith
1980
Wolf Lake
as Charlie
1980
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1979
Breakthrough
as General Webster
1979
The Amityville Horror
as Father Delaney
1979
Love and Bullets
as Joe Bomposa
1979
Portrait of a Hitman
as Max Androtti
1978
F.I.S.T.
as Sen. Andrew Madison
1977
Jesus of Nazareth
as Pontius Pilate
1976
W.C. Fields and Me
as W. C. Fields
1976
People's Choice Awards
as Self
1975
Innocents with Dirty Hands
as Louis Wormser
1975
Hennessy
as Niall Hennessy
1974
The Last Four Days
as Mussolini
1974
Film '72
as Self
1973
Lucky Luciano
as Gene Giannini
1973
Lolly-Madonna XXX
as Laban Feather
1973
The Heroes
as Guenther von Lutz
1973
The Moviemakers
as Self
1971
Duck, You Sucker
as Juan Miranda
1971
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
as Harold Ryan
1970
Waterloo
as Napoleon Bonaparte
1970
The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place
as Narrator
1969
The Illustrated Man
as Carl
1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Steve Howard
1969
Tattooed Steiger
as Himself
1969
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1968
No Way to Treat a Lady
as Christopher Gill
1968
The Sergeant
as MSgt. Albert Callan
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1967
In the Heat of the Night
as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
1967
The Girl and the General
as der General
1966
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
1966
BBC Play of the Month
as Willy Loman
1965
Doctor Zhivago
as Viktor Komarovsky
1965
The Pawnbroker
as Sol Nazerman
1965
The Loved One
as Mr. Joyboy
1965
A Man Named John
as The Intermediary
1964
MGM 40th Anniversary
1964
Time of Indifference
as Leo
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Hands Over the City
as Edoardo Nottola
1962
The Longest Day
as Destroyer Commander
1962
13 West Street
as Detective Sergeant Koleski
1962
Convicts 4
as Tiptoes
1962
Route 66
1962
Ben Casey
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1961
The Mark
as Doctor McNally
1961
An einem Freitag um halb zwölf
as Frank Morgan
1960
Seven Thieves
as Paul Mason
1960
General Electric Theater
as Bruno Holder
1960
Sunday-Night Play
as Sherriff Harvey Denton
1960
Monitor
1959
Al Capone
as Al Capone
1958
A Town Has Turned to Dust
as Harvey Denton
1958
Cry Terror!
as Paul Hoplin
1958
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Hume Searcy
1958
Suspicion
as Frank Marre
1957
The Unholy Wife
as Paul Hochen
1957
Run of the Arrow
as Pvt. O'Meara
1957
Across the Bridge
as Carl Schaffner
1957
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Charles Steinmetz
1956
The Harder They Fall
as Nick Benko
1956
Jubal
as Pinky
1956
Back from Eternity
as Vasquel
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Visitor
1955
Oklahoma!
as Jud Fry
1955
The Big Knife
as Stanley Shriner Hoff
1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Maj. Allan Guillion
1955
The Oscars
as Self
1955
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1954
On the Waterfront
as Charley Malloy
1953
Marty
as Marty Pilletti
1953
The Evil Within
as Peter
1953
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Marty Pilletti
1953
Suspense
1952
Suspense
as Leo Whaley
1952
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Teresa
as Frank
1951
Lux Video Theatre
as Victor Honegger
1951
The Philco Television Playhouse
1951
Out There