Harvey Keitel
- Acting
- May 13, 1939 · 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
Filmography
- Fate
- Hellfire · Jeremiah
- Kill Code · Eion
- The Letter · Finn O'Brien
- The Wrecker · Dante
- Milarepa · Marpa
- Laws of Man · Cassidy Whittaker
- Spread · Frank Ferretti
- Paradox Effect · Silvio
- Joe Baby · Randall Kane
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz · Lali Sokolov (Old)
- Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film · Self
- Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between · Self
- The Baker · Merchant
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. · Self
- National Treasure: Edge of History · Peter Sadusky
- Mike · Cus D'Amato
- Lansky · Meyer Lansky
- Blood on the Crown · General Hunter Blair
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · Self
- Fatima · Professor Nichols
- 11 Colours of the Bird · Self
- Esau · Abraham
- The Irishman · Angelo Bruno
- The Painted Bird · Priest
- See You Soon · Billy
- The Last Man · Noe
- Isle of Dogs · Gondo (Voice)
- First We Take Brooklyn · Anatoly
- Lies We Tell · Demi
- Madame · Bob Fredericks
- The Comedian · Mac Schiltz
- Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A · Self
- Chosen · Papi
- The Ridiculous 6 · Smiley
- Outlaws · The Director
- Behind the White Glasses · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Youth · Mick Boyle
- Scorsese's GoodFellas · Self
- By the Gun · Salvatore Vitaglia
- Rio, I Love You · O Ator
- Two Men in Town · Bill Agati
- The Grand Budapest Hotel · Ludwig
- Gandhi of the Month · Edward Baker
- The Congress · Al
- A Farewell to Fools · Father Johanis
- Fatal Honeymoon · Tommy Thomas
- Moonrise Kingdom · Commander Pierce
- The Last Godfather · Don Carini
- Little Fockers · Randy Weir
- A Beginner's Guide to Endings · Duke White
- Wrong Turn at Tahoe · Nino
- The Ministers · Joseph Bruno
- Inglourious Basterds · OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
- Life on Mars · Lt. Gene Hunt
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets · Sadusky
- My Sexiest Year · Zowie
- One Last Dance · Terrtano
- Arthur and the Invisibles · Miro (Voice)
- The Stone Merchant · The Merchant
- A Crime · Roger Culkin
- The Path to 9/11 · John O'Neill
- The Outsider · Self
- Shadows in the Sun · Weldon Parish
- Be Cool · Nick Carr
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey · Uncle Pio
- National Treasure · Sadusky
- Puerto Vallarta Squeeze · Walter McGrane
- This Year in Czernowitz · Self
- Chasing The Elephant · The Mystery Man
- Dreaming of Julia · Che, Producer
- The Galíndez File · Edward Robards
- Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
- Crime Spree · Frankie Zammeti
- A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' · Self
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood · Self
- The John Garfield Story · Self
- Ginostra · Matt Benson
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self