Known For
Acting
Born
May 13, 1939
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
210 titles
Harvey Keitel
Biography
Harvey Johannes Keitel (born May 13, 1939) is an American actor known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters. He rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement, and has held a long-running association with director Martin Scorsese, starring in six of his films: Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), Mean Streets (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and The Irishman (2019). Keitel received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of Mickey Cohen in Bugsy (1991). He won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Piano (1993). Other films include Blue Collar (1978), Thelma & Louise (1991), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Holy Smoke! (1998), Cop Land (1997), and Youth (2015). He has acted in the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Isle of Dogs (2018). He played FBI Agent Peter Sadusky in both National Treasure (2004), and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2006) and reprised his role in the Disney+ series National Treasure: Edge of History (2022). From 1995 to 2017, he was a co-president of the Actors Studio, alongside Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn.
Known For
Filmography
Hellfire
Jeremiah
Kill Code
Eion
The Letter
Finn O'Brien
The Wrecker
Dante
Milarepa
Marpa
Laws of Man
Cassidy Whittaker
Spread
Frank Ferretti
Paradox Effect
Silvio
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Lali Sokolov (Old)
Joe Baby
Randall Kane
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
Self (archive footage)
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
Self
The Baker
Merchant
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
National Treasure: Edge of History
Peter Sadusky
Mike
Cus D'Amato
Lansky
Meyer Lansky
Blood on the Crown
General Hunter Blair
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
Fatima
Professor Nichols
11 Colours of the Bird
Self
Esau
Abraham
The Irishman
Angelo Bruno
The Painted Bird
Priest
See You Soon
Billy
The Last Man
Noe
Isle of Dogs
Gondo (voice)
First We Take Brooklyn
Anatoly
Lies We Tell
Demi
Madame
Bob Fredericks
The Comedian
Mac Schiltz
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Self
Chosen
Papi
The Ridiculous 6
Smiley
Outlaws
The Director
Behind the White Glasses
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Youth
Mick Boyle
Scorsese's GoodFellas
Self
By the Gun
Salvatore Vitaglia
Rio, I Love You
O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
Two Men in Town
Bill Agati
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ludwig
Gandhi of the Month
Edward Baker
The Congress
Al
A Farewell to Fools
Father Johanis
Fatal Honeymoon
Tommy Thomas
Moonrise Kingdom
Commander Pierce
The Last Godfather
Don Carini
Little Fockers
Randy Weir