Harvey Keitel
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 13, 1939 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
| 2026 | HellfireJeremiah | |
| 2026 | Kill CodeEion | |
| 2026 | Fate | |
| 2025 | The WreckerDante | |
| 2025 | MilarepaMarpa | |
| 2025 | The LetterFinn O'Brien | |
| 2025 | Laws of ManCassidy Whittaker | |
| 2024 | Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent FilmSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | Joe BabyRandall Kane | |
| 2024 | SpreadFrank Ferretti | |
| 2024 | Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American MasterSelf | |
| 2024 | Paradox EffectSilvio | |
| 2024 | The Tattooist of AuschwitzLali Sokolov (Old) | |
| 2023 | Garland Jeffreys: The King of in BetweenSelf | |
| 2023 | The BakerMerchant | |
| 2023 | 100 Years of Warner Bros.Self | |
| 2022 | MikeCus D'Amato | |
| 2022 | National Treasure: Edge of HistoryPeter Sadusky | |
| 2021 | LanskyMeyer Lansky | |
| 2021 | Blood on the CrownGeneral Hunter Blair | |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | FatimaProfessor Nichols | |
| 2020 | 11 Colours of the BirdSelf | |
| 2019 | The IrishmanAngelo Bruno | |
| 2019 | The Painted BirdPriest | |
| 2019 | EsauAbraham | |
| 2019 | See You SoonBilly | |
| 2018 | Isle of DogsGondo (voice) | |
| 2018 | The Last ManNoe | |
| 2018 | First We Take BrooklynAnatoly | |
| 2018 | Lies We TellDemi | |
| 2017 | MadameBob Fredericks | |
| 2016 | ChosenPapi | |
| 2016 | The ComedianMac Schiltz | |
| 2015 | YouthMick Boyle | |
| 2015 | Behind the White GlassesSelf | |
| 2015 | The Ridiculous 6Smiley | |
| 2015 | OutlawsThe Director | |
| 2015 | Scorsese's GoodFellasSelf | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf | |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest HotelLudwig | |
| 2014 | Two Men in TownBill Agati | |
| 2014 | By the GunSalvatore Vitaglia | |
| 2014 | Rio, I Love YouO Ator (segment "O Milagre") | |
| 2014 | Gandhi of the MonthEdward Baker | |
| 2013 | The CongressAl | |
| 2013 | A Farewell to FoolsFather Johanis | |
| 2012 | Fatal HoneymoonTommy Thomas | |
| 2012 | Moonrise KingdomCommander Pierce | |
| 2010 | Little FockersRandy Weir | |
| 2010 | The Last GodfatherDon Carini | |
| 2010 | A Beginner's Guide to EndingsDuke White | |
| 2009 | Wrong Turn at TahoeNino | |
| 2009 | The MinistersJoseph Bruno | |
| 2009 | Inglourious BasterdsOSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2008 | Life on MarsLt. Gene Hunt | |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of SecretsPeter Sadusky | |
| 2007 | One Last DanceTerrtano | |
| 2007 | My Sexiest YearZowie | |
| 2006 | A CrimeRoger Culkin | |
| 2006 | The Stone MerchantThe Merchant | |
| 2006 | Arthur and the InvisiblesMiro (voice) | |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11John O'Neill | |
| 2005 | Be CoolNick Carr | |
| 2005 | Shadows in the SunWeldon Parish | |
| 2005 | The OutsiderSelf | |
| 2004 | National TreasurePeter Sadusky | |
| 2004 | Puerto Vallarta SqueezeWalter McGrane | |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis ReyUncle Pio | |
| 2004 | This Year in CzernowitzHimself | |
| 2003 | Crime SpreeFrankie Zammeti | |
| 2003 | GinostraMatt Benson | |
| 2003 | The Galíndez FileEdward Robards | |
| 2003 | A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'Self | |
| 2003 | Dreaming of JuliaChe | |
| 2003 | Chasing The ElephantThe Mystery Man | |
| 2003 | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | |
| 2003 | The John Garfield StorySelf | |
| 2003 | Who Killed the Idea?Private Investigator | |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelf | |
| 2002 | Taking SidesSteve Arnold | |
| 2002 | Red DragonJack Crawford | |
| 2002 | BeeperZolo | |
| 2002 | Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film | |
| 2002 | NowhereEl Gringo | |
| 2002 | Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin ReynoldsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | V Graham NortonSelf | |
| 2001 | The Grey ZoneSS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt | |
| 2001 | NailedTony Romano | |
| 2000 | U-571CPO Henry Klough | |
| 2000 | Fail SafeBrig. Gen. Warren Black | |
| 2000 | Little NickyDad | |
| 2000 | Presence of MindThe Master | |
| 2000 | Prince of Central ParkThe Guardian | |
| 2000 | ViperLeone | |
| 2000 | The Ten Commandments of CreativitySelf | |
| 1999 | Three SeasonsJames Hager | |
| 1999 | Holy SmokePJ Waters | |
| 1999 | Making 'Taxi Driver'Self | |
| 1998 | Full Tilt BoogieSelf | |
| 1998 | Lulu on the BridgeIzzy Maurer | |
| 1998 | Gunslinger's RevengeJohnny Lowen | |
| 1998 | Finding GracelandElvis | |
| 1998 | ShadrachVernon | |
| 1998 | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des ErfolgsSelf | |
| 1997 | Cop LandRay Donlan | |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True StoryHarry Houdini | |
| 1997 | City of IndustryRoy Egan | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1996 | From Dusk Till DawnJacob Fuller | |
| 1996 | Head Above WaterGeorge | |
| 1996 | The Fine Art of Separating People from Their MoneySelf | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1995 | SmokeAugustus 'Auggie' Wren | |
| 1995 | ClockersDet. Rocco Klein | |
| 1995 | Blue in the FaceAuggie Wren | |
| 1995 | Ulysses' GazeA | |
| 1995 | Amazing Stories: The Movie IV(archive footage) | |
| 1995 | Get ShortyHimself (Uncredited) | |
| 1994 | Pulp FictionThe Wolf | |
| 1994 | Monkey TroubleAzro | |
| 1994 | Somebody to LoveHarry Harrelson | |
| 1994 | Imaginary CrimesRay Weiler | |
| 1994 | Who Do You Think You're Fooling?Mr. White (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy WonderSelf | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSelf | |
| 1993 | The PianoGeorge Baines | |
| 1993 | Point of No ReturnVictor the Cleaner | |
| 1993 | Rising SunLt. Tom Graham | |
| 1993 | The Young AmericansJohn Harris | |
| 1993 | Dangerous GameEddie Israel | |
| 1993 | Inside 'The Piano'Self | |
| 1992 | Reservoir DogsMr. White / Larry Dimmick | |
| 1992 | Sister ActVince LaRocca | |
| 1992 | Bad LieutenantLT | |
| 1991 | Thelma & LouiseHal | |
| 1991 | BugsyMickey Cohen | |
| 1991 | Mortal ThoughtsDet. John Woods | |
| 1990 | The Two JakesJulius "Jake" Berman | |
| 1990 | Two Evil EyesRoderick Usher | |
| 1990 | Drums of FireSandoval | |
| 1990 | White HunterThomas | |
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese DirectsSelf | |
| 1989 | The January ManPolice Commissioner Frank Starkey | |
| 1989 | This Ain't Bebop | |
| 1989 | Imagining America | |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of ChristJudas | |
| 1988 | Dear GorbachevNikolaj Bucharin | |
| 1988 | Hello Actors StudioSelf | |
| 1988 | Down Where the Buffalo GoCarl | |
| 1988 | Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of ChristSelf | |
| 1987 | The Pick-up ArtistAlonzo Scolara | |
| 1987 | BlindsidePenfield Gruber | |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from VietnamDonald Jacques (voice) | |
| 1986 | Wise GuysBobby DiLea | |
| 1986 | The Men's ClubSolly Berliner | |
| 1986 | Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)Frankie | |
| 1986 | The InquiryPonzio Pilato | |
| 1986 | Off BeatMickey | |
| 1986 | The American BrideSacha | |
| 1986 | The Ellen Burstyn ShowFrank Tanner | |
| 1985 | Vanessa in the GardenByron Sullivan | |
| 1985 | Star KnightKlever | |
| 1985 | Baciami Strega | |
| 1985 | Amazing StoriesByron Sullivan | |
| 1984 | Falling in LoveEd Lasky | |
| 1984 | Dream OneMr. Legend | |
| 1984 | La bella OteroErnest Jurgens | |
| 1983 | CopkillerLt. Fred O'Connor | |
| 1983 | ExposedRivas | |
| 1983 | A Stone in the MouthThe fugitive | |
| 1982 | The BorderCat | |
| 1982 | That Night of VarennesThomas Paine | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse(segment "This Ain't Bebop") | |
| 1980 | Bad TimingInspector Netusil | |
| 1980 | Saturn 3Benson | |
| 1980 | Death WatchRoddy | |
| 1979 | Eagle's WingHenry | |
| 1978 | Blue CollarJerry Bartowski | |
| 1978 | FingersJimmy Fingers | |
| 1977 | The DuellistsGabriel Feraud | |
| 1976 | Taxi DriverSport | |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonThe Relative (Ed Goodman) | |
| 1976 | Welcome to L.A.Ken Hood | |
| 1976 | Mother, Jugs & SpeedSpeed | |
| 1975 | That's the Way of the WorldColeman Buckmaster | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreBen Eberhardt | |
| 1974 | Virginia HillBugsy Siegel | |
| 1973 | Mean StreetsCharlie Cappa | |
| 1973 | PuebloSeaman (uncredited) | |
| 1973 | KojakJerry Talaba | |
| 1971 | Brewster McCloudThe Photographer (uncredited) | |
| 1971 | A Memory of Two MondaysJerry | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesJerry | |
| 1970 | Street ScenesSelf | |
| 1968 | Who's That Knocking at My DoorJ.R. | |
| 1967 | Reflections in a Golden EyeSoldier (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | OmnibusSelf | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I.Ernie | |
| 1965 | Hogan's HeroesGerman Soldier (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| - | Live Fast, Die Laughing | |
| - | Paradise Inc.Hubert Humbolt | |
| - | Theirs |
| 2003 | Dreaming of JuliaProducer | |
| 2001 | The Grey ZoneExecutive Producer | |
| 1999 | Three SeasonsExecutive Producer | |
| 1995 | Blue in the FaceExecutive Producer | |
| 1992 | Reservoir DogsCo-Producer |