Harvey Keitel
Known for Acting · 207 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
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Omnibus
1967
as Self
The F.B.I.
1965
as Ernie
Kojak
1973
as Jerry Talaba
Amazing Stories
1985
as Byron Sullivan
The Oscars
1953
as Self
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Life on Mars
2008
as Lt. Gene Hunt
American Playhouse
1982
as (segment "This Ain't Bebop")
National Treasure: Edge of History
2022
as Peter Sadusky
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
as Lali Sokolov (Old)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Play on One
1988
as Carl
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
Mike
2022
as Cus D'Amato
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 (183)
Pulp Fiction
1994
as The Wolf
Hellfire
2026
as Jeremiah
Inglourious Basterds
2009
as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi Driver
1976
as Sport
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Ludwig
Reservoir Dogs
1992
as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
as Jacob Fuller
The Irishman
2019
as Angelo Bruno
National Treasure
2004
as Peter Sadusky
Thelma & Louise
1991
as Hal
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Gondo (voice)
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
as Miro (voice)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
as Peter Sadusky
Kill Code
2026
as Eion
Sister Act
1992
as Vince LaRocca
Cop Land
1997
as Ray Donlan
Little Nicky
2000
as Dad
Be Cool
2005
as Nick Carr
Little Fockers
2010
as Randy Weir
U-571
2000
as CPO Henry Klough
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Commander Pierce
Clockers
1995
as Det. Rocco Klein
The Piano
1993
as George Baines
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Judas
The Ridiculous 6
2015
as Smiley
Youth
2015
as Mick Boyle
Get Shorty
1995
as Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
Bad Lieutenant
1992
as LT
Lansky
2021
as Meyer Lansky
Mean Streets
1973
as Charlie Cappa
The Duellists
1977
as Gabriel Feraud
The Baker
2023
as Merchant
Bugsy
1991
as Mickey Cohen
Fatima
2020
as Professor Nichols
Saturn 3
1980
as Benson
Joe Baby
2024
as Randall Kane
See You Soon
2019
as Billy
Falling in Love
1984
as Ed Lasky
Holy Smoke
1999
as PJ Waters
Two Evil Eyes
1990
as Roderick Usher
Smoke
1995
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
Point of No Return
1993
as Victor the Cleaner
The Wrecker
2025
as Dante
Rising Sun
1993
as Lt. Tom Graham
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Mortal Thoughts
1991
as Det. John Woods
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
Crime Spree
2003
as Frankie Zammeti
The Painted Bird
2019
as Priest
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
as Ben Eberhardt
Madame
2017
as Bob Fredericks
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Harry Houdini
The Congress
2013
as Al
A Crime
2006
as Roger Culkin
The Comedian
2016
as Mac Schiltz
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010
as Duke White
Fatal Honeymoon
2012
as Tommy Thomas
Imaginary Crimes
1994
as Ray Weiler
The Grey Zone
2001
as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
Milarepa
2025
as Marpa
Rio, I Love You
2014
as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
The Last Godfather
2010
as Don Carini
Pueblo
1973
as Seaman (uncredited)
Paradox Effect
2024
as Silvio
The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Alonzo Scolara
Shadows in the Sun
2005
as Weldon Parish
Monkey Trouble
1994
as Azro
Red Dragon
2002
as Jack Crawford
Off Beat
1986
as Mickey
City of Industry
1997
as Roy Egan
The Outsider
2005
as Self
Blue in the Face
1995
as Auggie Wren
Wise Guys
1986
as Bobby DiLea
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Two Jakes
1990
as Julius "Jake" Berman
The Young Americans
1993
as John Harris
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976
as The Relative (Ed Goodman)
The Last Man
2018
as Noe
Death Watch
1980
as Roddy
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Donald Jacques (voice)
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
Dangerous Game
1993
as Eddie Israel
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self
Brewster McCloud
1971
as The Photographer (uncredited)
The Border
1982
as Cat
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
2023
as Self
Fail Safe
2000
as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009
as Nino
Street Scenes 1970
1970
as Self
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994
as Self
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
as Self
Two Men in Town
2014
as Bill Agati
The Ministers
2009
as Joseph Bruno
A Memory of Two Mondays
1971
as Jerry
Welcome to L.A.
1976
as Ken Hood
Exposed
1983
as Rivas
Bad Timing
1980
as Inspector Netusil
The Galíndez File
2003
as Edward Robards
Blue Collar
1978
as Jerry Bartowski
The January Man
1989
as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
Fate
Chosen
2016
as Papi
Head Above Water
1996
as George
Nailed
2001
as Tony Romano
Ulysses' Gaze
1995
as A
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Uncle Pio
Taking Sides
2002
as Steve Arnold
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
as Speed
Fingers
1978
as Jimmy Fingers
The Inquiry
1986
as Ponzio Pilato
By the Gun
2014
as Salvatore Vitaglia
One Last Dance
2007
as Terrtano
Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015
as Self
The Men's Club
1986
as Solly Berliner
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986
as Frankie
Spread
2024
as Frank Ferretti
That Night of Varennes
1982
as Thomas Paine
Behind the White Glasses
2015
as Self
Eagle's Wing
1979
as Henry
Vanessa in the Garden
1985
as Byron Sullivan
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 207 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Harvey Keitel has appeared in 183 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harvey Keitel Movies
- Pulp Fiction (1994) — as The Wolf
- Hellfire (2026) — as Jeremiah
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) — as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
- Taxi Driver (1976) — as Sport
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — as Ludwig
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