Harvey Keitel
Acting
Born: May 13, 1939 (age 87) · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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
Pulp Fiction
1994
Inglourious Basterds
2009
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
Reservoir Dogs
1992
Taxi Driver
1976
The Irishman
2019
National Treasure
2004
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
Isle of Dogs
2018
Red Dragon
2002
Photos (9)
Movies (150)
Pulp Fiction
The Wolf
Inglourious Basterds
OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
Kill Code
Eion
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ludwig
Taxi Driver
Sport
Reservoir Dogs
Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
National Treasure
Sadusky
Isle of Dogs
Gondo (voice)
The Irishman
Angelo Bruno
From Dusk Till Dawn
Jacob Fuller
Hellfire
Jeremiah
Thelma & Louise
Hal
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Sadusky
The Last Temptation of Christ
Judas
Sister Act
Vince LaRocca
Cop Land
Ray Donlan
The Piano
George Baines
Arthur and the Invisibles
Miro (voice)
Youth
Mick Boyle
Moonrise Kingdom
Commander Pierce
Little Fockers
Randy Weir
U-571
CPO Henry Klough
The Ridiculous 6
Smiley
Mean Streets
Charlie Cappa
Little Nicky
Dad
Get Shorty
Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
Rising Sun
Lt. Tom Graham
Be Cool
Nick Carr
Point of No Return
Victor the Cleaner
Bad Lieutenant
LT
Bugsy
Mickey Cohen
Saturn 3
Benson
Clockers
Det. Rocco Klein
Lansky
Meyer Lansky
The Grey Zone
SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
Fatima
Professor Nichols
Mortal Thoughts
Det. John Woods
The Duellists
Gabriel Feraud
Smoke
Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
The Baker
Merchant
Monkey Trouble
Azro
The Congress
Al
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Ben Eberhardt
City of Industry
Roy Egan
The Two Jakes
Julius "Jake" Berman
Holy Smoke
PJ Waters
Madame
Bob Fredericks
Blue Collar
Jerry Bartowski
The Young Americans
John Harris
The Comedian
Mac Schiltz
The Pick-up Artist
Alonzo Scolara
The Painted Bird
Priest
Paradox Effect
Silvio
Ulysses' Gaze
A
Two Evil Eyes
Roderick Usher
The Last Man
Noe
Blue in the Face
Auggie Wren
Joe Baby
Randall Kane
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Uncle Pio
Gunslinger's Revenge
Johnny Lowen
Head Above Water
George
Bad Timing
Inspector Netusil
Fail Safe
Brig. Gen. Warren Black
See You Soon
Billy
The Border
Cat
Off Beat
Mickey
Two Men in Town
Bill Agati
Red Dragon
Jack Crawford
Wise Guys
Bobby DiLea
The Wrecker
Dante
Lies We Tell
Demi
Falling in Love
Ed Lasky
Shadows in the Sun
Weldon Parish
Three Seasons
James Hager
Rio, I Love You
O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
FairyTale: A True Story
Harry Houdini
By the Gun
Salvatore Vitaglia
Who's That Knocking at My Door
J.R.
Taking Sides
Steve Arnold
Fingers
Jimmy Fingers
The January Man
Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
Crime Spree
Frankie Zammeti
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Soldier (uncredited)
The Ministers
Joseph Bruno
First We Take Brooklyn
Anatoly
Lulu on the Bridge
Izzy Maurer
Eagle's Wing
Henry
Exposed
Rivas
That Night of Varennes
Thomas Paine
Milarepa
Marpa
Death Watch
Roddy
The Men's Club
Solly Berliner
Somebody to Love
Harry Harrelson
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The Relative (Ed Goodman)
A Crime
Roger Culkin
Copkiller
Lt. Fred O'Connor
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Speed
Brewster McCloud
The Photographer (uncredited)
Chosen
Papi
Dream One
Mr. Legend
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Donald Jacques (voice)
Finding Graceland
Elvis
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
Nino
White Hunter
Thomas
Shadrach
Vernon
Welcome to L.A.
Ken Hood
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
Walter McGrane
Presence of Mind
The Master
Beeper
Zolo
Star Knight
Klever
Dangerous Game
Eddie Israel
Imaginary Crimes
Ray Weiler
The Last Godfather
Don Carini
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Frankie
Spread
Frank Ferretti
Laws of Man
Cassidy Whittaker
The Inquiry
Ponzio Pilato
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Duke White
The Galíndez File
Edward Robards
The Letter
Finn O'Brien
The Stone Merchant
The Merchant
Fatal Honeymoon
Tommy Thomas
The American Bride
Sacha
Dear Gorbachev
Nikolaj Bucharin
Blindside
Penfield Gruber
Prince of Central Park
The Guardian
Ginostra
Matt Benson
Virginia Hill
Bugsy Siegel
My Sexiest Year
Zowie
Dreaming of Julia
Che
Drums of Fire
Sandoval
Pueblo
Seaman (uncredited)
A Farewell to Fools
Father Johanis
Vanessa in the Garden
Byron Sullivan
Blood on the Crown
General Hunter Blair
Nailed
Tony Romano
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
Mr. White (archive footage)
One Last Dance
Terrtano
Imagining America
1989
Esau
Abraham
A Memory of Two Mondays
Jerry
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Byron Sullivan (archive footage)
This Ain't Bebop
1989
Down Where the Buffalo Go
Carl
Nowhere
El Gringo
That's the Way of the World
Coleman Buckmaster
A Stone in the Mouth
The Fugitive
Outlaws
The Director
Viper
Leone
TV Shows (15)
Saturday Night Live
Siegfried (uncredited) · 1 eps
Hogan's Heroes
German Soldier (uncredited) · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Harvey Keitel · 1 eps
Great Performances
Jerry · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Ernie · 1 eps
Amazing Stories
Byron Sullivan · 1 eps
Kojak
Jerry Talaba · 1 eps
Life on Mars
Lt. Gene Hunt · 17 eps
National Treasure: Edge of History
Peter Sadusky · 1 eps
The Play on One
Carl · 1 eps
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Lali Sokolov (Old) · 6 eps
Mike
Cus D'Amato · 2 eps
The Ellen Burstyn Show
Frank Tanner · 1 eps
The Path to 9/11
John O'Neill · 2 eps
La bella Otero
Ernest Jurgens · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (35)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
Omnibus
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self · 2 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Street Scenes 1970
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Blast 'Em
Self (uncredited)
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
Scorsese's GoodFellas
Self
The Outsider
Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Behind the White Glasses
Self
The John Garfield Story
Self
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
Self
Full Tilt Boogie
Self
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Self
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Self
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
Self
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
Self (archive footage)
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Self
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
Inside 'The Piano'
Self
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
Self (archive footage)
11 Colours of the Bird
Self
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Self
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Self
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
Self
This Year in Czernowitz
Self
