Keith Gordon

Biography

Keith Gordon (born February 3, 1961) is an American actor and film director. He 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. As an actor, Gordon's first feature film role was that of class clown Doug in Jaws 2 (the 1978 sequel to the blockbuster hit Jaws). In 1979 Gordon appeared in Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical All That Jazz as the teenage version of the film's protagonist Joe Gideon (played by Gordon's Jaws 2 co-star Roy Scheider). Gordon then appeared in two films by Brian De Palma: as a film student in Home Movies (1979) and in the 1980 erotic thriller Dressed to Kill as the son of Angie Dickinson's character. Gordon played Arnie Cunningham, the main character (who buys the titular car Christine), in the 1983 horror film Christine, directed by John Carpenter from the novel by Stephen King. In the 1985 cult film The Legend of Billie Jean Gordon played Lloyd Muldaur, the son of a District Attorney who aspires to be Attorney General. He was in the 1986 Mar…

Directed

1. House (2004) — Director
2. Better Call Saul (2015) — Director
3. Dexter (2006) — Director
4. Fargo (2014) — Director
5. Homeland (2011) — Director
6. The Strain (2014) — Director
7. Legion (2017) — Director
8. The Leftovers (2014) — Director
9. The Killing (2011) — Director
10. Masters of Sex (2013) — Director
11. Rectify (2013) — Director
12. Nurse Jackie (2009) — Director
13. The Bridge (2013) — Director
14. The Returned (2015) — Director
15. The Singing Detective (2003) — Director
16. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Director
17. Rubicon (2010) — Director
18. A Midnight Clear (1992) — Director
19. Waking the Dead (2000) — Director
20. Mother Night (1996) — Director
21. Wild Palms (1993) — Director
22. The Chocolate War (1988) — Director
23. Night Visions (2001) — Director
24. Fallen Angels (1993) — Director
25. Shadow Realm (2002) — Director
26. Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls (2016) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Dexter (2006) — Kyle Butler #2
2. Christine (1983) — Arnie Cunningham
3. Jaws 2 (1978) — Doug Fetterman
4. Dressed to Kill (1980) — Peter Miller
5. All That Jazz (1979) — Young Joe
6. Miami Vice (1984) — Prof. Terrence 'Terry' Baines
7. Back to School (1986) — Jason Melon
8. I Love Trouble (1994) — Andy
9. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) — Lloyd
10. The Bridge (2013) — Taxidermist
11. Delivering Milo (2001) — Dr. Baumgartner
12. Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018) — Self
13. Combat Academy (1986) — Maxwell 'Max' Mendelsson
14. Home Movies (1980) — Denis Byrd
15. Static (1986) — Ernie Blick
16. Medical Center (1969)
17. Big John (2006) — Self
18. American Playhouse (1982) — Chris Panakos
19. Christine: Ignition (2004) — Self
20. 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments (2007) — Self
21. Kingdom Come (2012) — Self
22. Christine: Fast and Furious (2004) — Self
23. Christine: Finish Line (2004) — Self
24. The 'Scarface' Phenomenon (2011) — Self
25. Brooklyn Bridge (1991)
26. The Making of 'Dressed to Kill' (2001) — Self
27. Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (2009) — Self
28. Slashing 'Dressed to Kill' (2001) — Self
29. Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation by Keith Gordon (2001) — Self
30. Silent Rebellion (1982) — Chris
31. Kent State (1981) — Jeff Miller
32. Single Bars, Single Women (1984) — Lionel
33. Jaws 2: A Portrait by Actor Keith Gordon (2001) — Self
34. Hitchcocked! (2006) — Self
35. Working with a Master: John Carpenter (2006) — Self
36. Hoggs' Heaven (1994) — William Hogg
37. It's Richard I Love (1988) — Richard
38. A Winter's War: Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear' (2012)
39. Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment (1986) — Mugger
40. Eat My Cum Faggot! (2013)