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Rodney Stephen Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, known for his MethodActing technique and for playing a variety of offbeat roles.

Among his best-known films are ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' (1954), ''Film/DoctorZhivago'' (1965), ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' (1967, that one earned him the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actor), ''Film/{{Waterloo}}'', and ''Film/{{The Amityville Horror|1979}}'' (1979).

He was married five times and had two children.
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!!Filmography on TV Tropes:
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* ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' (1954) as Charlie Malloy
* ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' (1955) as Jud Fry
* ''Film/TheCourtMartialOfBillyMitchell'' (1955) as Maj. Allan Guillon
* ''Film/{{The Harder They Fall|1956}}'' (1956) as Nick Benko
* ''Film/TheLongestDay'' (1962) as Destroyer Commander
* ''Film/HandsOverTheCity'' (1963) as Edoardo Nottola
* ''Film/ThePawnbroker'' (1964) as Sol Nazerman
* ''Film/TheLovedOne'' (1965) as Mr. Joyboy
* ''Film/DoctorZhivago'' (1965) as Victor Ipolitovich Komarovsky
* ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' (1967) as Chief of Police Bill Gillespie
* ''Film/{{Waterloo}}'' (1970) as UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
* ''Film/AFistfulOfDynamite'' (1971) as Juan Miranda
* ''Film/LollyMadonnaXXX'' (1973) as Laban Feather
* ''Film/{{FIST}}'' (1978) as Sen. Andrew Madison
%%* ''Film/LoveAndBullets'' (1979) as Joe Bamposa
* ''Film/{{The Amityville Horror|1979}}'' (1979) as Father Delaney
* ''Film/LionOfTheDesert'' (1981) as UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini
* ''Film/ThePlayer'' (1992) {{as Himself}}
* ''Film/TheSpecialist'' (1994) as Joe Leon
* ''Literature/{{Shiloh}}'' (1996) as Doc Wallace
* ''Film/MarsAttacks'' (1996) as Gen. Decker
* ''Film/TruthOrConsequencesNM'' (1997) as Tony Vago
* ''Film/ModernVampires'' (1999) as Dr. Van Helsing
* ''Film/TheHurricane'' (1999) as Judge Sarokin
* ''Film/EndOfDays'' (1999) as Father Kovak
* ''Film/PoolhallJunkies'' (2002) as Nick
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* ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' (1966) as Willy Loman[[note]]Creator/{{BBC}} TV production[[/note]]
* ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' (1977) as Pontius Pilate
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' episode "L.A. Jay" (1994) as Himself (voice)
* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' episode "[[Recap/ColumboS10E10 Strange Bedfellows]]" (1995) as Vincenzo Fortelli
* ''Series/TheCommish'' episode "Redemption" (1996) as Oskar Rothman/Carl Wolfe
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E19SimpsonTide Simpson Tide]]" (1998) as Capt. Tenille
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