Rodney Stephen Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, known for his Method Acting technique and for playing a variety of offbeat roles.
Among his best-known films are On the Waterfront (1954), Doctor Zhivago (1965), In the Heat of the Night (1967, that one earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor), Waterloo, and The Amityville Horror (1979).
He was married five times and had two children.
Filmography on TV Tropes:
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Film roles
- On the Waterfront (1954) as Charlie Malloy
- Oklahoma! (1955) as Jud Fry
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) as Maj. Allan Guillon
- The Harder They Fall (1956) as Nick Benko
- The Longest Day (1962) as Destroyer Commander
- Hands over the City (1963) as Edoardo Nottola
- The Pawnbroker (1964) as Sol Nazerman
- The Loved One (1965) as Mr. Joyboy
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Victor Ipolitovich Komarovsky
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) as Chief of Police Bill Gillespie
- Waterloo (1970) as Napoléon Bonaparte
- A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) as Juan Miranda
- Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) as Laban Feather
- F.I.S.T. (1978) as Sen. Andrew Madison
- The Amityville Horror (1979) as Father Delaney
- Lion of the Desert (1981) as Benito Mussolini
- The Player (1992) as Himself
- The Specialist (1994) as Joe Leon
- Shiloh (1996) as Doc Wallace
- Mars Attacks! (1996) as Gen. Decker
- Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997) as Tony Vago
- Modern Vampires (1999) as Dr. Van Helsing
- The Hurricane (1999) as Judge Sarokin
- End of Days (1999) as Father Kovak
- Poolhall Junkies (2002) as Nick
Television roles
- Death of a Salesman (1966) as Willy Lomannote
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Pontius Pilate
- The Critic episode "L.A. Jay" (1994) as Himself (voice)
- Columbo episode "Strange Bedfellows" (1995) as Vincenzo Fortelli
- The Commish episode "Redemption" (1996) as Oskar Rothman/Carl Wolfe
- The Simpsons episode "Simpson Tide" (1998) as Capt. Tenille
