Keith Gordon
Keith Gordon is an American actor and film director.
Early life
Gordon was born in New York City, the son of Mark, an actor and stage director, and Barbara Gordon. He grew up in an atheist Jewish family. Gordon was inspired to become an actor at the age of twelve, after seeing James Earl Jones in a Broadway production of Of Mice and Men.Career
As an actor, Gordon's first feature film role was that of class clown Doug in Jaws 2. In 1979 he played the young protagonist Joe Gideon in All That Jazz. He performed in the 1980 erotic thriller Dressed to Kill as the son of Angie Dickinson's character, and played Arnie, the main character, in the 1983 horror film Christine. In the 1985 cult film The Legend of Billie Jean he played Lloyd Muldaur, the son of a District Attorney who aspires to be Attorney General. He was in the 1986 Mark Romanek film Static, and he wrote the screenplay. In the 1986 comedy movie Back to School, he played Jason Melon, the son of Rodney Dangerfield's character. In most of these films, he played a nerd. He was named number 1 in Cinematicals' Top 7 Most Convincing Nerds. His most recent onscreen film appearance was in 2001, in the movie Delivering Milo.Gordon left acting for directing, making his debut in 1988 with the movie The Chocolate War, about a student who rebels against the rigid hierarchies in his Catholic school. His other films include the 1992 anti-war film A Midnight Clear, about a group of American soldiers in the Ardennes just before and during the Battle of the Bulge, as well as Mother Night, Waking the Dead, and the film The Singing Detective. He also directed some of the mini-series Wild Palms and appeared in the 2006 Iraq War documentary Whose War?. His directing credits for television include , Gideon's Crossing, Dexter, The Bridge, House and the second and third seasons of Fargo.
Filmography
| Title | Year | Role |
| Dispatches from Elsewhere | 2020 | Director |
| On Cinema | 2018 | Actor |
| Legion | 2018 | Director |
| Better Call Saul | 2017 | Director |
| Homeland | 2013-2017 | Director |
| The Leftovers | 2014-2017 | Director |
| Fargo | 2015–2017 | Director |
| Nurse Jackie | 2014-2015 | Director |
| The Returned | 2015 | Director |
| Masters of Sex | 2014 | Director |
| The Strain | 2014 | Director |
| The Killing | 2011-2012 | Director |
| Rubicon | 2010 | Director |
| Dexter | 2006-2010 | Director /Actor |
| House M.D. | 2005 | Director |
| The Singing Detective | 2003 | Director |
| Night Visions | 2002 | Director |
| Shadow Realm | 2002 | Director |
| Delivering Milo | 2001 | Actor |
| Waking the Dead | 2000 | Director/Producer |
| The Player | 1997 | Actor |
| Mother Night | 1996 | Director/Producer |
| Fallen Angels | 1995 | Director |
| I Love Trouble | 1994 | Actor |
| 1994 | Director | |
| Wild Palms | 1993 | Director |
| Brooklyn Bridge | 1993 | Actor |
| A Midnight Clear | 1992 | Director/Writer |
| WIOU | 1990 | Actor |
| Miami Vice | 1989 | Actor |
| The Chocolate War | 1988 | Director/Writer |
| Combat Academy | 1986 | Actor |
| Back to School | 1986 | Actor |
| Static | 1985 | Actor /Co-writer |
| The Legend of Billie Jean | 1985 | Actor |
| Single Bars, Single Women | 1984 | Actor |
| Christine | 1983 | Actor |
| American Playhouse | 1982 | Actor |
| Kent State | 1981 | Actor |
| Dressed to Kill | 1980 | Actor |
| Home Movies | 1980 | Actor |
| All That Jazz | 1979 | Actor |
| Studs Lonigan | 1979 | Actor |
| Meeting Halfway | 1979 | Actor |
| Jaws 2 | 1978 | Actor |
| Medical Center | 1975 | Actor |
Award nominations
;Independent Spirit Awards;Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival