# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rod-steiger
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:41:20.658Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rod-steiger"
name: "Rod Steiger"
slug: "rod-steiger"
description: "Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as \"one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars\", he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars. He starred as Marlon Brando's mobster brother Charley in On the Waterfront (1954), the title character Sol Nazerman in The Pawnbroker (1964) which won him the Silver Bear for Best Actor, and as police chief Bill Gillespie opposite Sidney Poitier in the film In the Heat of the Night (1967) which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor."
tagline: "American actor (1925–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rod_Steiger_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-04-14"
deathDate: "2002-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump