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