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.

Filmography

• 2002Poolhall Junkies — Nick
• 2002The Hollywood Sign — Floyd Benson
• 2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller — Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)
• 2001A Month of Sundays — Charley McCabe
• 2001The Flying Dutchman — Ben
• 2000Animated Epics: Moby Dick — Ahab (voice)
• 2000Body and Soul — Johnny Ticotin
• 2000The Last Producer — Sheri Ganse
• 1999Crazy in Alabama — Judge Louis Mead
• 1999Cypress Edge — Woodrow McCammon
• 1999End of Days — Father Kovak
• 1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season — Doc Wallace
• 1999The Hurricane — Judge Sarokin
• 1998Animals with the Tollkeeper — Fontina
• 1998Kingdom of Shadows — Narrator
• 1998Legacy — Sadler
• 1998Modern Vampires — Dr. Frederick Van Helsing
• The Heaven and Earth Show
• Breakout — Narrator
• HARDtalk
• 1997Incognito — Milton A. Donovan
• 1997The Kid — Harry Sloan
• 1997Truth or Consequences, N.M. — Tony Vago
• 1996Carpool — Mr. Hammerman
• 1996Dalva — John Wesley Northridge II
• EZ Streets
• 1996Little Surprises
• 1996Mars Attacks! — General Decker
• 1996Shiloh — Doc Wallace
• 1996The Real Thing — Victor
• 1995Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys — The President
• 1995Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story — Anthony Comstock
• 1995Forbidden City: The Great Within — Narrator (voice)
• 1995In Pursuit of Honor — Col. Owen Stuart
• 1995OP Center — Boroda
• OP Center — Boroda
• 1995Out There — Col. Buck Gunner
• 1995Seven Sundays — Benjamin
• The Critic — Rod Steiger (voice)
• 1994The Last Tattoo — General Frank W. Zane
• 1994The Specialist — Joe Leon
• Tales of the City — Bookshop Owner
• 1993The Final Contract — Frank Argento
• 1993The Neighbor — Dr. Myron Hatch
• 1992Earth and the American Dream — Reader (voice)
• 1992Lincoln — Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
• Sinatra — Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana
• 1992The Player — Rod Steiger
• 1991Guilty as Charged — Kallin
• 1991In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas — Gordon Kahl
• 1991The Ballad of the Sad Cafe — Rev. Willin
• The Commish
• 1990Men Of Respect — Charlie D'Amico
• 1989Passion and Paradise — Sir Harry Oakes
• 1989Tennessee Nights — Richter Prescott
• 1989That Summer of White Roses — Martin
• 1989The January Man — Mayor Eamon Flynn
• The Simpsons — Captain Tenille (voice)
• 1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge — Silas Slaten
• 1987American Gothic — Pa
• 1987Catch the Heat — Jason Hannibal
• 1987The Kindred — Dr. Phillip Lloyd
• 1986Sword of Gideon — Mordechai Samuels
• Hollywood Wives — Oliver Easterne
• Television
• The Glory Boys — Professor David Sokarev
• The Magic Mountain — Mynheer Peperkorn
• 1984The Naked Face — Lieutenant McGreary
• 1983Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole — Robert E. Peary
• American Playhouse — Bookstore Owner
• 1982The Lucky Star — Colonel Gluck
• 1982The Magic Mountain — Mynher Peperkorn
• 1981Cattle Annie and Little Britches — Tilghman
• 1981Lion of the Desert — Benito Mussolini
• 1981The Chosen — Reb Saunders
• 1980Klondike Fever — Soapy Smith
• 1980Wolf Lake — Charlie
• 1979Breakthrough — General Webster
• 1979Love and Bullets — Joe Bomposa
• 1979Portrait of a Hitman — Max Androtti
• 1979The Amityville Horror — Father Delaney
• 1978F.I.S.T. — Sen. Andrew Madison
• Jesus of Nazareth — Pontius Pilate
• 1976W.C. Fields and Me — W. C. Fields
• 1975Hennessy — Niall Hennessy
• 1975Innocents with Dirty Hands — Louis Wormser
• 1974The Last Four Days — Mussolini
• 1973Lolly-Madonna XXX — Laban Feather
• 1973Lucky Luciano — Gene Giannini
• 1973The Heroes — Guenther von Lutz
• Columbo — Vincenzo Fortelli
• 1971Duck, You Sucker — Juan Miranda
• 1971Happy Birthday, Wanda June — Harold Ryan
• 1970The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place — Narrator
• 1970Waterloo — Napoleon Bonaparte
• 19693 Into 2 Won't Go — Steve Howard
• 1969The Illustrated Man — Carl
• 1968No Way to Treat a Lady — Christopher Gill
• 1968The Sergeant — MSgt. Albert Callan
• 1967In the Heat of the Night — Police Chief Bill Gillespie
• Omnibus
• 1967The Girl and the General — der General
• 1966Death of a Salesman — Willy Loman
• 1965A Man Named John — The Intermediary
• BBC Play of the Month — Willy Loman
• 1965Doctor Zhivago — Viktor Komarovsky
• 1965The Loved One — Mr. Joyboy
• 1965The Pawnbroker — Sol Nazerman
• 1964MGM 40th Anniversary
• 1964Time of Indifference — Leo
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• 1963Hands Over the City — Edoardo Nottola
• 196213 West Street — Detective Sergeant Koleski
• 1962Convicts 4 — Tiptoes
• 1962The Longest Day — Destroyer Commander
• 1961An einem Freitag um halb zwölf — Frank Morgan
• Ben Casey
• 1961The Mark — Doctor McNally
• Route 66
• 1960Seven Thieves — Paul Mason
• Sunday-Night Play — Sherriff Harvey Denton
• 1959Al Capone — Al Capone
• 1958A Town Has Turned to Dust — Harvey Denton
• 1958Cry Terror! — Paul Hoplin
• Monitor
• 1957Across the Bridge — Carl Schaffner
• 1957Run of the Arrow — Pvt. O'Meara
• Suspicion — Frank Marre
• 1957The Unholy Wife — Paul Hochen
• 1956Back from Eternity — Vasquel
• 1956Jubal — Pinky
• 1956The Harder They Fall — Nick Benko
• 1955Oklahoma! — Jud Fry
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Visitor
• 1955The Big Knife — Stanley Shriner Hoff
• 1955The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell — Maj. Allan Guillion
• 1954On the Waterfront — Charley Malloy
• General Electric Theater — Bruno Holder
• 1953Marty — Marty Pilletti
• 1953The Evil Within — Peter
• Out There
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Charles Steinmetz, Hume Searcy
• Tales of Tomorrow
• 1951Teresa — Frank
• Lux Video Theatre — Victor Honegger
• Suspense — Leo Whaley
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Marty Pilletti

Appearances as themselves (34)

• Amityville: An Origin Story — Self- Archive
• 2017I Am Not Your Negro — Self (archive footage)
• 2006The Real James Dean — Self
• 2005James Dean: Forever Young — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Hollywood Legenden — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust — Self
• 2001Besuch bei Rod Steiger — Self
• 2001Contender: Mastering the Method — Self
• 2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul — Self
• 2001Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World — Self
• 2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone — Self
• 2000The Unforgettable Diana Dors — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• 1998Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's — Self
• Scene by Scene — Self
• 1995James Dean and Me — Self (uncredited)
• 1995James Dean: A Portrait — Self
• 1993From Hollywood to Hanoi — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1988Hello Actors Studio — Self
• 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
• 1982I Love Liberty — Self
• 1982Sergey Bondarchuk — Self (archive)
• People's Choice Awards — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 1973The Moviemakers — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• 1969Tattooed Steiger — Himself
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter