Harvey 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.
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Movies (45)
Hellfire
as Jeremiah
2026
Fate
2026
The Wrecker
as Dante
2025
Milarepa
as Marpa
2025
Laws of Man
as Cassidy Whittaker
2025
Spread
as Frank Ferretti
2024
Paradox Effect
as Silvio
2024
Joe Baby
as Randall Kane
2024
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
as Self
2023
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
as Self
2023
The Baker
as Merchant
2023
Lansky
as Meyer Lansky
2021
Blood on the Crown
as General Hunter Blair
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Fatima
as Professor Nichols
2020
11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
2020
Esau
as Abraham
2019
The Irishman
as Angelo Bruno
2019
The Painted Bird
as Priest
2019
See You Soon
as Billy
2019
The Last Man
as Noe
2018
Isle of Dogs
as Gondo (voice)
2018
First We Take Brooklyn
as Anatoly
2018
Lies We Tell
as Demi
2018
Madame
as Bob Fredericks
2017
The Comedian
as Mac Schiltz
2016
Chosen
as Papi
2016
The Ridiculous 6
as Smiley
2015
Outlaws
as The Director
2015
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
2015
Youth
as Mick Boyle
2015
Scorsese's GoodFellas
as Self
2015
By the Gun
as Salvatore Vitaglia
2014
Rio, I Love You
as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
2014
Two Men in Town
as Bill Agati
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Ludwig
2014
Gandhi of the Month
as Edward Baker
2014
The Congress
as Al
2013
A Farewell to Fools
as Father Johanis
2013
Fatal Honeymoon
as Tommy Thomas
2012
Moonrise Kingdom
as Commander Pierce
2012
The Last Godfather
as Don Carini
2010
Little Fockers
as Randy Weir
2010
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
as Duke White
2010
