Harvey Keitel
Known for Acting · 210 credits
- Born
- 1939-05-13 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Harvey Johannes 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
TV Shows (24)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Siegfried (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Jerry
American Playhouse
1982
as Harvey Keitel
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Omnibus
1967
as Self
The F.B.I.
1965
as Ernie
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Kojak
1973
as Jerry Talaba
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Amazing Stories
1985
as Byron Sullivan
Life on Mars
2008
as Lt. Gene Hunt
The Play on One
1988
as Carl
National Treasure: Edge of History
2022
as Peter Sadusky
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Mike
2022
as Cus D'Amato
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
as Lali Sokolov (Old)
The Path to 9/11
2006
as John O'Neill
The Ellen Burstyn Show
1986
as Frank Tanner
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
La bella Otero
1984
as Ernest Jurgens
Movies (186)
Pulp Fiction
1994
as The Wolf
Kill Code
2026
as Eion
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Ludwig
Inglourious Basterds
2009
as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
The Irishman
2019
as Angelo Bruno
Taxi Driver
1976
as Sport
Hellfire
2026
as Jeremiah
Reservoir Dogs
1992
as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
National Treasure
2004
as Peter Sadusky
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Commander Pierce
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
as Jacob Fuller
The Piano
1993
as George Baines
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
as Peter Sadusky
Sister Act
1992
as Vince LaRocca
Thelma & Louise
1991
as Hal
The Last Godfather
2010
as Don Carini
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
as Miro (voice)
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Gondo (voice)
Youth
2015
as Mick Boyle
Madame
2017
as Bob Fredericks
The Painted Bird
2019
as Priest
Lansky
2021
as Meyer Lansky
U-571
2000
as CPO Henry Klough
See You Soon
2019
as Billy
Rising Sun
1993
as Lt. Tom Graham
Little Nicky
2000
as Dad
Two Evil Eyes
1990
as Roderick Usher
Cop Land
1997
as Ray Donlan
The Ridiculous 6
2015
as Smiley
Little Fockers
2010
as Randy Weir
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Judas
Falling in Love
1984
as Ed Lasky
The Congress
2013
as Al
Three Seasons
1999
as James Hager
Exposed
1983
as Rivas
Mean Streets
1973
as Charlie Cappa
Be Cool
2005
as Nick Carr
The Outsider
2005
as Self
Dreaming of Julia
2003
as Che
Street Scenes 1970
1970
as Self
Point of No Return
1993
as Victor the Cleaner
The Grey Zone
2001
as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
The Last Man
2018
as Noe
Bad Lieutenant
1992
as LT
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
2001
as Self
Two Men in Town
2014
as Bill Agati
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
as Self
Dream One
1984
as Mr. Legend
Baciami Strega
1985
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
as Ben Eberhardt
Lies We Tell
2018
as Demi
Fatima
2020
as Professor Nichols
Joe Baby
2024
as Randall Kane
Get Shorty
1995
as Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015
as Self
The Baker
2023
as Merchant
Bugsy
1991
as Mickey Cohen
The Letter
2025
as Finn O'Brien
Finding Graceland
1998
as Elvis
Eagle's Wing
1979
as Henry
Rio, I Love You
2014
as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
Nowhere
2002
as El Gringo
First We Take Brooklyn
2018
as Anatoly
The Duellists
1977
as Gabriel Feraud
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010
as Duke White
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Donald Jacques (voice)
Monkey Trouble
1994
as Azro
The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Alonzo Scolara
Star Knight
1985
as Klever
The Men's Club
1986
as Solly Berliner
The January Man
1989
as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
Clockers
1995
as Det. Rocco Klein
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Harry Houdini
Imaginary Crimes
1994
as Ray Weiler
Welcome to L.A.
1976
as Ken Hood
Somebody to Love
1994
as Harry Harrelson
Theirs
Beeper
2002
as Zolo
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999
as Self
Saturn 3
1980
as Benson
The Comedian
2016
as Mac Schiltz
Smoke
1995
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
Blue in the Face
1995
as Auggie Wren
That Night of Varennes
1982
as Thomas Paine
The Two Jakes
1990
as Julius "Jake" Berman
The Galíndez File
2003
as Edward Robards
Holy Smoke
1999
as PJ Waters
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986
as Frankie
This Ain't Bebop
1989
11 Colours of the Bird
2020
as Self
The Young Americans
1993
as John Harris
Mortal Thoughts
1991
as Det. John Woods
Death Watch
1980
as Roddy
By the Gun
2014
as Salvatore Vitaglia
City of Industry
1997
as Roy Egan
White Hunter
1990
as Thomas
Blue Collar
1978
as Jerry Bartowski
Paradox Effect
2024
as Silvio
Prince of Central Park
2000
as The Guardian
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009
as Nino
Red Dragon
2002
as Jack Crawford
Chasing The Elephant
2003
as The Mystery Man
Dear Gorbachev
1988
as Nikolaj Bucharin
Copkiller
1983
as Lt. Fred O'Connor
Ulysses' Gaze
1995
as A
The Wrecker
2025
as Dante
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
Fingers
1978
as Jimmy Fingers
Shadows in the Sun
2005
as Weldon Parish
Laws of Man
2025
as Cassidy Whittaker
Chosen
2016
as Papi
Gunslinger's Revenge
1998
as Johnny Lowen
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
as Soldier (uncredited)
Off Beat
1986
as Mickey
The American Bride
1986
as Sacha
Virginia Hill
1974
as Bugsy Siegel
The Border
1982
as Cat
Blindside
1987
as Penfield Gruber
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
2023
as Self
About Harvey Keitel
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… With 210 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Harvey Keitel has appeared in 186 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harvey Keitel Movies
- Pulp Fiction (1994) — as The Wolf
- Kill Code (2026) — as Eion
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — as Ludwig
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) — as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
- The Irishman (2019) — as Angelo Bruno
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