Warren Keith (Warren David Keith) is an American character actor of stage, film, and television, active since the late 1980s. Keith also directs, and teaches acting at ACT, University of California, Davis, The New School for Social Research, and Barnard College.

Education Kieth graduated from Wesleyan University and the Yale School of Drama.

Career

Among other films, Keith has acted in four films by the Coen brothers; he played an FBI Agent in Raising Arizona and the fastidious funeral director in The Big Lebowski. In Fargo and A Serious Man he does not appear on screen but is heard several times in telephone conversation with the respective lead characters. He had a starring role in the film Haiku Tunnel. He also has appeared in television shows such as Nash Bridges, The Equalizer, and Trauma.

Personal life

He is married to Melissa Smith and resides in San Francisco.

Filmography + Warren Keith film and television credits Year Title Role Notes 1986 The Manhattan Project Computer 1987 Raising Arizona Younger FBI Agent The Equalizer TV Reporter Episode: "Encounter in a Closed Room" Hiding Out Breech 1992 Loving Larry Howat Episode #22021996 Fargo Reilly Diefenbach (voice) Nash Bridges Nash's Lawyer Episode: "Internal Affairs" 1998 The Big Lebowski Francis Donnelly 2000 Just One Night Concierge 2001 Haiku Tunnel Bob Shelby 2009 Stephanie's Image Detective McCaffrey Moonlight Sonata Tom A Serious Man Dick Dutton (voice) Trauma Mr. Batten Episode: "Blue Balloon" 2010 Welcome Space Brothers James VanDekrup 2015 Love & Texas Bob Shelby 2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco Tim 2020 Nomadland George

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