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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 13, 1939
Place of Birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Harvey Keitel
Biography
Harvey Keitel 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fate | |
| 2025 | Milarepa | Marpa |
| 2025 | Laws of Man | Cassidy Whittaker |
| 2024 | Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Joe Baby | Randall Kane |
| 2024 | Spread | Frank Ferretti |
| 2024 | Paradox Effect | Silvio |
| 2023 | Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain | Self |
| 2023 | Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between | Self |
| 2023 | The Baker | Merchant |
| 2021 | Lansky | Meyer Lansky |
| 2021 | Blood on the Crown | General Hunter Blair |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Fatima | Professor Nichols |
| 2020 | 11 Colours of the Bird | Self |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Angelo Bruno |
| 2019 | The Painted Bird | Priest |
| 2019 | Esau | Abraham |
| 2019 | See You Soon | Billy |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Gondo (voice) |
| 2018 | The Last Man | Noe |
| 2018 | First We Take Brooklyn | Anatoly |
| 2018 | Lies We Tell | Demi |
| 2017 | Madame | Bob Fredericks |
| 2016 | Chosen | Papi |
| 2016 | The Comedian | Mac Schiltz |
| 2015 | Youth | Mick Boyle |
| 2015 | Behind the White Glasses | Self |
| 2015 | The Ridiculous 6 | Smiley |
| 2015 | Outlaws | The Director |
| 2015 | Scorsese's GoodFellas | Self |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Ludwig |
| 2014 | Two Men in Town | Bill Agati |
| 2014 | By the Gun | Salvatore Vitaglia |
| 2014 | Rio, I Love You | O Ator (segment "O Milagre") |
| 2014 | Gandhi of the Month | Edward Baker |
| 2013 | The Congress | Al |
| 2013 | A Farewell to Fools | Father Johanis |
| 2012 | Fatal Honeymoon | Tommy Thomas |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Commander Pierce |
| 2010 | Little Fockers | Randy Weir |
| 2010 | The Last Godfather | Don Carini |
| 2010 | A Beginner's Guide to Endings | Duke White |
| 2009 | Wrong Turn at Tahoe | Nino |
| 2009 | The Ministers | Joseph Bruno |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Peter Sadusky |
| 2007 | One Last Dance | Terrtano |
| 2007 | My Sexiest Year | Zowie |
| 2006 | A Crime | Roger Culkin |
| 2006 | The Stone Merchant | The Merchant |
| 2006 | Arthur and the Invisibles | Miro |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Nick Carr |
| 2005 | Shadows in the Sun | Weldon Parish |
| 2005 | The Outsider | Self |
| 2004 | National Treasure | Peter Sadusky |
| 2004 | Puerto Vallarta Squeeze | Walter McGrane |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Uncle Pio |
| 2004 | This Year in Czernowitz | Himself |
| 2003 | Crime Spree | Frankie Zammeti |
| 2003 | Ginostra | Matt Benson |
| 2003 | The Galíndez File | Edward Robards |
| 2003 | A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Self |
| 2003 | Dreaming of Julia | Che |
| 2003 | Chasing The Elephant | The Mystery Man |
| 2003 | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | |
| 2003 | The John Garfield Story | Self |
| 2003 | Who Killed the Idea? | Private Investigator |
| 2002 | Taking Sides | Steve Arnold |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Jack Crawford |
| 2002 | Beeper | Zolo |
| 2002 | Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film | |
| 2002 | Nowhere | El Gringo |
| 2002 | Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | The Grey Zone | SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt |
| 2001 | Nailed | Tony Romano |
| 2000 | U-571 | CPO Henry Klough |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | Brig. Gen. Warren Black |
| 2000 | Little Nicky | Dad |
| 2000 | Presence of Mind | The Master |
| 2000 | Prince of Central Park | The Guardian |
| 2000 | Viper | Leone |
| 2000 | The Ten Commandments of Creativity | Self |
| 1999 | Three Seasons | James Hager |
| 1999 | Holy Smoke | PJ Waters |
| 1999 | Making 'Taxi Driver' | Self |
| 1998 | Full Tilt Boogie | Self |
| 1998 | Lulu on the Bridge | Izzy Maurer |
| 1998 | Gunslinger's Revenge | Johnny Lowen |
| 1998 | Finding Graceland | Elvis |
| 1998 | Shadrach | Vernon |
| 1998 | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Ray Donlan |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Harry Houdini |
| 1997 | City of Industry | Roy Egan |
| 1996 | From Dusk Till Dawn | Jacob Fuller |
| 1996 | Head Above Water | George |
| 1996 | The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money | Self |
| 1995 | Smoke | Augustus 'Auggie' Wren |
| 1995 | Clockers | Det. Rocco Klein |
| 1995 | Blue in the Face | Auggie Wren |
| 1995 | Ulysses' Gaze | A |
| 1995 | Amazing Stories: The Movie IV | (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Himself (Uncredited) |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | The Wolf |
| 1994 | Monkey Trouble | Azro |
| 1994 | Somebody to Love | Harry Harrelson |
| 1994 | Imaginary Crimes | Ray Weiler |
| 1994 | Who Do You Think You're Fooling? | Mr. White (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder | Self |
| 1993 | The Piano | George Baines |
| 1993 | Point of No Return | Victor the Cleaner |
| 1993 | Rising Sun | Lt. Tom Graham |
| 1993 | The Young Americans | John Harris |
| 1993 | Dangerous Game | Eddie Israel |
| 1993 | Inside 'The Piano' | Self |
| 1992 | Reservoir Dogs | Mr. White / Larry Dimmick |
| 1992 | Sister Act | Vince LaRocca |
| 1992 | Bad Lieutenant | LT |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Hal |
| 1991 | Bugsy | Mickey Cohen |
| 1991 | Mortal Thoughts | Det. John Woods |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Julius "Jake" Berman |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes | Roderick Usher |
| 1990 | Drums of Fire | Sandoval |
| 1990 | White Hunter | Thomas |
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese Directs | Self |
| 1989 | The January Man | Police Commissioner Frank Starkey |
| 1989 | This Ain't Bebop | |
| 1989 | Imagining America | |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Judas |
| 1988 | Dear Gorbachev | Nikolaj Bucharin |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio | Self |
| 1988 | Down Where the Buffalo Go | Carl |
| 1988 | Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ | Self |
| 1987 | The Pick-up Artist | Alonzo Scolara |
| 1987 | Blindside | Penfield Gruber |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Donald Jacques (voice) |
| 1986 | Wise Guys | Bobby DiLea |
| 1986 | The Men's Club | Solly Berliner |
| 1986 | Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) | Frankie |
| 1986 | The Inquiry | Ponzio Pilato |
| 1986 | Off Beat | Mickey |
| 1986 | The American Bride | Sacha |
| 1985 | Vanessa in the Garden | Byron Sullivan |
| 1985 | Star Knight | Klever |
| 1985 | Baciami Strega | |
| 1984 | Falling in Love | Ed Lasky |
| 1984 | Dream One | Mr. Legend |
| 1984 | La bella Otero | Ernest Jurgens |
| 1983 | Copkiller | Lt. Fred O'Connor |
| 1983 | Exposed | Rivas |
| 1983 | A Stone in the Mouth | The fugitive |
| 1982 | The Border | Cat |
| 1982 | The Night of Varennes | Thomas Paine |
| 1980 | Bad Timing | Inspector Netusil |
| 1980 | Saturn 3 | Benson |
| 1980 | Death Watch | Roddy |
| 1979 | Eagle's Wing | Henry |
| 1978 | Blue Collar | Jerry Bartowski |
| 1978 | Fingers | Jimmy Fingers |
| 1977 | The Duellists | Gabriel Feraud |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Sport |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | The Relative (Ed Goodman) |
| 1976 | Welcome to L.A. | Ken Hood |
| 1976 | Mother, Jugs & Speed | Speed |
| 1975 | That's the Way of the World | Coleman Buckmaster |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Ben Eberhardt |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Ben |
| 1974 | Virginia Hill | Bugsy Siegel |
| 1973 | Mean Streets | Charlie Cappa |
| 1973 | Pueblo | Seaman (uncredited) |
| 1971 | A Memory of Two Mondays | Jerry |
| 1970 | Brewster McCloud | The Photographer (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Street Scenes 1970 | Self |
| 1968 | Who's That Knocking at My Door | J.R. |
| 1967 | Reflections in a Golden Eye | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Hellfire | Jeremiah | |
| The Wrecker | ||
| Hard Matter | Eion | |
| Live Fast, Die Laughing | ||
| Paradise Inc. | Hubert Humbolt | |
| Theirs | ||
| The Letter | Finn O'Brien |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Tattooist of Auschwitz | Lali Sokolov (Old) |
| 2023 | 100 Years of Warner Bros. | Self |
| 2022 | Mike | Cus D'Amato |
| 2022 | National Treasure: Edge of History | Peter Sadusky |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | Lt. Gene Hunt |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | John O'Neill |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Byron Sullivan |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | (segment "This Ain't Bebop") |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Kojak | Jerry Talaba |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Jerry |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Ernie |
| 1965 | Hogan's Heroes | German Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |