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. He is the son of Stephanie (née Fitzpatrick) and Raymond Peter O\'Keefe, who was a law professor at Fordham University, and also taught at St. Thomas University. \n', '

O\'Keefe grew up in Larchmont, New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and New York University, and made his acting debut in a 1970 Colgate television commercial.[citation needed]\n', '

O\'Keefe is known for his role as Danny Noonan in the comedy film Caddyshack. He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role as Ben, the oldest son of a Marine aviator in The Great Santini (1979), starring Robert Duvall, also nominated for an Academy Award for the film. He played a Marine in the CBS miniseries A Rumor of War (1980) as the friend of Brad Davis\' character, Philip Caputo. He played the lead role in the 1982 film, Split Image, as a college athlete who gets lured into a religious cult by a beautiful girl (Karen Allen).\n', '

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