The Keeper (2009) Apr 2026

as Roland Sallinger: A stoic, "cool cucumber" who prefers breaking bones to long dialogues.

as Connor Wells: Sallinger's old friend and Nikita's father. The Keeper (2009)

Released in 2009, is an action-thriller starring Steven Seagal that marks a significant turning point in the actor's late-career filmography. Directed by Keoni Waxman, it began a decade-long professional partnership that resulted in nine films and a television series. While it follows many familiar tropes of the "Direct-to-Video" (DTV) action subgenre, it is often cited by fans and critics as one of the more competent and "human" efforts from Seagal’s later period. Plot and Narrative Structure as Roland Sallinger: A stoic, "cool cucumber" who

: Despite Sallinger’s efforts, Nikita is successfully kidnapped by mobsters seeking her father’s property deeds, which contain a valuable uranium deposit. as Roland Sallinger: A stoic