Rod Steiger is a Actor American born on 14 april 1925
Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger participated to
99 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
7 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor
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Directed by Peter HyamsOrigin USAGenres FantasticThemes Films about families,
La fin du monde,
Films about religion,
Films about sexuality,
Films set in the future,
Demons in film,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Disaster filmsActors Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Gabriel Byrne,
Kevin Pollak,
Robin Tunney,
Rod Steiger,
Udo KierRoles Father Kovak
Rating58%
In 1979 a priest at the Vatican sees a comet arching over the moon (described as the "Eye of God"), heralding the birth of one chosen to be the mother of Satan's child. The priest is sent on a mission by the pope (Mark Margolis) to find and protect the girl from Satan, although a few Vatican knights (led by a corrupt cardinal (Michael O'Hagan)) insist that she must die. In New York a newborn girl, Christine York (Robin Tunney), is identified by Satanists (including her physician, Dr. Abel (Udo Kier), and her nurse and future guardian, Mabel (Miriam Margolyes)) as the person chosen to bear Satan's child on New Year's Eve, 1999. The Satanists perform occult rites on the newborn.
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Directed by Luis LlosaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
SpyThemes Transport films,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Sylvester Stallone,
Sharon Stone,
James Woods,
Eric Roberts,
Rod Steiger,
Mario Ernesto SánchesRoles Joe Leon
Rating56%
In 1984, Captain Ray Quick and Colonel Ned Trent, explosives experts working for the CIA, are on a mission to blow up a car transporting a South American drug dealer. But when the car appears, a little girl is inside with the dealer. Ray insists they abort the mission, but Ned intends to see it through and allows the explosion to happen, resulting in the deaths of both the drug dealer and the girl. Angered by the girl's wrongful death, Ray savagely beats Ned and flees, effectively resigning from the CIA., 3h17
Directed by David LeanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Politique,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Political filmsActors Omar Sharif,
Julie Christie,
Geraldine Chaplin,
Rod Steiger,
Alec Guinness,
Tom CourtenayRoles Viktor Komarovsky
Rating78%
The film takes place mostly against a backdrop of the pre-World War I years, World War I itself, the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War. A narrative framing device, set in the late 1940s to early 1950s, involves KGB Lieutenant General Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago (Alec Guinness) searching for the daughter of his half brother, Doctor Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago (Omar Sharif), and Larissa ("Lara") Antipova (Julie Christie). Yevgraf believes a young woman, Tanya Komarova (Rita Tushingham), may be his niece and tells her the story of her father's life., 1h58
Directed by Stuart RosenbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
HorrorThemes Films about religion,
Demons in film,
Ghost filmsActors James Brolin,
Margot Kidder,
Rod Steiger,
Don Stroud,
Murray Hamilton,
John LarchRoles Father Delaney
Rating62%
George and Kathy Lutz are a young married couple who have recently purchased a home and move into the property. George appears not to be strong of faith, but Kathy is at least a nominal Catholic. The couple turn to Father Delaney to bless the home, but Delaney encounters troubles in trying to bless the home, including a room full of flies, out of season; violent stomach sickness; and later, blisters on his palm when trying to make a phone call to Kathy at their home., 1h49
Directed by Norman JewisonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Films about racismActors Sidney Poitier,
Rod Steiger,
Warren Oates,
Lee Grant,
James Patterson,
William SchallertRoles Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Rating78%
Mr. Colbert, a wealthy man from Chicago who was planning to build a factory in Sparta, Mississippi, is found murdered. White police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) comes under pressure to quickly find his killer. African-American northerner Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), passing through town, is picked up at the train station between trains with a substantial amount of cash in his wallet. Gillespie, prejudiced against blacks, jumps to the conclusion that he has his culprit but is embarrassed to learn that Tibbs is an experienced Philadelphia homicide detective who is simply passing through town after visiting his mother. After the racist treatment that he receives, Tibbs wants nothing more than to leave as quickly as possible, but his own chief, after questioning whether Tibbs himself is prejudiced, has him stay and help. Leslie Colbert (Lee Grant), the victim's widow, already frustrated by the ineptitude of the local police, is impressed by Tibbs's expertise when he clears another wrongly accused suspect whom Gillespie has arrested on circumstantial evidence. She threatens to stop construction on the much needed factory unless Tibbs leads the investigation. Unwilling to accept help, but under orders from the town's mayor, Gillespie talks a reluctant Tibbs into working on the case.
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Directed by Elia KazanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Noir,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Mafia films,
Films about religion,
Films about the labor movement,
Political films,
Gangster filmsActors Marlon Brando,
Karl Malden,
Eva Marie Saint,
Lee J. Cobb,
Rod Steiger,
Leif EricksonRoles Charley Malloy
Rating80%
Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) gloats about his iron-fisted control of the waterfront. The police and the Waterfront Crime Commission know that Friendly is behind a number of murders, but witnesses play "D and D" ("deaf and dumb"), accepting their subservient position rather than risking the danger and shame of informing., 2h37
Directed by Sergio Leone,
Alberto De MartinoOrigin ItalieGenres War,
Action,
WesternThemes Political films,
Buddy filmsActors Rod Steiger,
James Coburn,
Romolo Valli,
Maria Monti,
Franco Graziosi,
Antoine Saint-JohnRoles Juan Miranda
Rating76%
In Revolution-torn 1913 Mexico, Juan Miranda, a Mexican outlaw leading a bandit family, robs a coach of wealthy men and rapes a female passenger who insulted him. Passing by on a motorcycle is John (Seán) H. Mallory, an early Irish Republican explosives expert, who is working in Mexico as a silver mine blaster. Discovering his skill with dynamite and nitroglycerine, Juan relentlessly tries to force John to join him on a raid on the Mesa Verde National Bank.