Warren Keith is an

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character actor who has been featured in many contemporary films and has an active career on stage in

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in the late 1990s and since 2000. He is also a director. Among other films, Keith has acted in four films by the

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; he played an FBI Agent in ''

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'' and the fastidious funeral director in ''

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''. In '' Fargo'' and ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', '' The Enforcer'', and ''

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''. He is married to Melissa Smith and resides in San Francisco. Keith is a graduate of

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and the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Keith, Warren Wesleyan University alumni David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni American male film actors American male stage actors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people