Michael Raymond O'Keefe is an American film and television actor. O'Keefe was born Raymond Peter O'Keefe, Jr. in Mount Vernon, New York, the oldest of seven children in a devoutly Roman Catholic Irish American family. His father was a law professor at Fordham University, as well as also teaching at St. Thomas of Villanova College. O'Keefe attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and New York University, and made his acting debut in a 1970 Colgate television commercial. He is a cousin of Will Eno. O'Keefe's best known film role is Danny Noonan in the comedy film Caddyshack. He received... a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role as the oldest son of a Marine aviator in The Great Santini, starring Robert Duvall, also nominated for an Academy Award for the film. He played a Marine in 1980 in the miniseries A Rumor of War as the friend of Brad Davis' character, Philip Caputo, and played the lead role in the 1982 film, Split Image, as an all-American college athlete who gets lured into a religious cult by a beautiful girl .
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| Birthdate: | April 24, 1955 |
| Birthplace: | Mount Vernon, New York |
| Age: | 57 |
| Height: | 6' 1" |
| Education: | Mamaroneck High School |
| Religion: | Buddhism |
| Also known as: | Raymond Peter O'Keefe Jr., Michael Raymond O'Keefe |