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