Editing Rod Steiger (section)

===Later work and final years (1995–2002)===
[[File:Rod Steiger 1995.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Steiger in 1995]]
Following ''The Specialist'' (1994), Steiger appeared in ''[[Tom Clancy's Op Center (film)|Tom Clancy's Op Center]]'' (1995), a film that was edited down into a TV miniseries,<ref>{{cite news|author=Storm, Jonathan|url=http://articles.philly.com/1995-02-23/entertainment/25705916_1_spy-show-tech-tv-critic|title='Op Center' Drowns In Numbing Details The Four-hour Mini-series Is A Talky Piece Dressed As A High-tech Espionage Thriller. It's Not Just The Weapons That Are Deadly|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=February 23, 1995|access-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928064513/http://articles.philly.com/1995-02-23/entertainment/25705916_1_spy-show-tech-tv-critic|archive-date=September 28, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and featured in a ''[[Columbo]]'' television film, ''[[List of Columbo episodes#Season 10 and specials|Strange Bedfellows]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=McEveety, Vincent|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/mwrmg/columbo-strange-bedfellows|title=Columbo: Strange Bedfellows|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928064523/http://www.radiotimes.com/film/mwrmg/columbo-strange-bedfellows|archive-date=September 28, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, he took a minor role as Doc Wallace in the [[Chip Rosenbloom|Dale Rosenbloom]] family drama ''[[Shiloh (film)|Shiloh]]''. He reprised the role three years later in [[Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season|the sequel]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E05E2DE143DF931A35754C0A96F958260 | title=''Shiloh 2 Shiloh Season'' (1999) | work=The New York Times | date=July 2, 1999 | access-date=September 1, 2015 | author=Gates, Anita | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928064643/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E05E2DE143DF931A35754C0A96F958260 | archive-date=September 28, 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 1996, Steiger played a "jingoistic top general" who "petitions the president to go nuclear in the middle of a global crisis" in the ensemble production of ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Rosenbaum, Jonathan|url=http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/1996/12/flirting-with-disaster-3/|title=Flirting With Disaster [''Mars Attacks!'']|work=[[Chicago Reader]]|date=December 13, 1996|access-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928064700/http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/1996/12/flirting-with-disaster-3/|archive-date=September 28, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1997, Steiger played Tony Vago, the mob boss of [[Vincent Gallo]]'s character in [[Kiefer Sutherland]]'s ''[[Truth or Consequences, N.M. (film)|Truth or Consequences, N.M.]]'', a gritty ''noir'' about a drug heist gone wrong.{{sfn|Grant|1998|p=425}} Steiger played judges in [[Antonio Banderas]]'s comedy-drama ''[[Crazy in Alabama]]'' and in the prison drama, ''[[The Hurricane (1999 film)|The Hurricane]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0DE6DF1139F931A15753C1A96F958260 | title=''Crazy in Alabama'' (1999) | work=The New York Times | date=October 22, 1999 | access-date=September 1, 2015 | author=Maslin, Janet | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928064758/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0DE6DF1139F931A15753C1A96F958260 | archive-date=September 28, 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Denzel Washington Stars As Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter In Movie The Hurricane|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56|date=January 10, 2000|work=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|page=56|issn=0021-5996|publisher = Johnson Publishing Company}}</ref> both in 1999, the latter of which tells the story of former middleweight boxer [[Rubin Carter]], who was wrongly convicted of a triple homicide in a bar in [[Paterson, New Jersey]].<ref name="Company1974">{{cite web|title=I was framed for murder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6cwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA174|date=December 1974|work=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|page=174|first=Hans J.|last=Massaqoui|issn=0012-9011}}</ref> ''The Hurricane'' reunited Steiger with Norman Jewison, who had directed him in ''In the Heat of the Night''.{{sfn|Allon|Cullen|Patterson|2002|p=276}} Steiger portrayed [[H. Lee Sarokin]], the judge responsible for freeing Carter. Sarokin thought it was a "marvellous film" that was Oscar-worthy, but found Steiger's portrayal as overacted and a "little arrogant and pompous".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/h-lee-sarokin-ex-judge-playwright/article568226/|title=H. Lee Sarokin: ex-judge, playwright |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=February 25, 2011|access-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928065107/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/h-lee-sarokin-ex-judge-playwright/article568226/|archive-date=September 28, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

After a minor role as a "bombastic priest" in ''[[End of Days (film)|End of Days]]'' (1999),<ref name="NYT bio"/> Steiger was one of the lead actors in [[Burt Reynolds]]'s ''[[The Last Producer]]'' (2000), a film about a washed-up, veteran producer (Reynolds) who tries to re-enter the movie business by producing a new film.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/the-last-producer-1200466904/|title=Review: 'The Last Producer'|magazine=Variety|date=February 5, 2001|access-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928065123/http://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/the-last-producer-1200466904/|archive-date=September 28, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Steiger's last film role was as the [[billiard hall]] manager, Nick, in ''[[Poolhall Junkies]]'' (2002);<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A01E2DA123CF93BA15751C0A9659C8B63 | title=''Poolhall Junkies'' (2002) | work=The New York Times | date=February 28, 2003 | access-date=September 23, 2015 | last=Scott | first=A. O. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928065356/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A01E2DA123CF93BA15751C0A9659C8B63 | archive-date=September 28, 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref> it was poorly received by critics.{{sfn|Breitbart|Ebner|2004|p=283}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/poolhall_junkies/ | title=''Poolhall Junkies'' (2002) | website=Rotten Tomatoes | date=February 28, 2003 | access-date=September 23, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928065423/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/poolhall_junkies/ | archive-date=September 28, 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref>