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Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Born 1939 📍 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
87 years old
★ 6.7
Avg Rating
41
Films

Biography

Harvey 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.

Filmography (41)

Hellfire
Hellfire
2026 N/A
as Jeremiah
Kill Code
Kill Code
2026 N/A
as Eion
Paradox Effect
Paradox Effect
2024 N/A
as Silvio
The Baker
The Baker
2023 ★ 6.3
as Merchant
Fatima
Fatima
2020 ★ 7.2
as Professor Nichols
The Irishman
The Irishman
2019 ★ 7.6
as Angelo Bruno
The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird
2019 ★ 7.1
as Priest
The Ridiculous 6
The Ridiculous 6
2015 ★ 5.2
as Smiley
Youth
Youth
2015 ★ 6.9
as Mick Boyle
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 ★ 8.0
as Ludwig
The Congress
The Congress
2013 ★ 6.4
as Al
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007 ★ 6.4
as Peter Sadusky
National Treasure
National Treasure
2004 ★ 6.6
as Peter Sadusky
Red Dragon
Red Dragon
2002 ★ 7.0
as Jack Crawford
The Grey Zone
The Grey Zone
2001 ★ 6.6
as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
Little Nicky
Little Nicky
2000 ★ 5.9
as Dad
U-571
U-571
2000 ★ 6.5
as CPO Henry Klough
Holy Smoke
Holy Smoke
1999 ★ 5.7
as PJ Waters
Cop Land
Cop Land
1997 ★ 6.8
as Ray Donlan
From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996 ★ 7.0
as Jacob Fuller
Ulysses' Gaze
Ulysses' Gaze
1995 ★ 7.4
as A
Clockers
Clockers
1995 ★ 6.7
as Det. Rocco Klein
Smoke
Smoke
1995 ★ 7.2
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction
1994 ★ 8.5
as The Wolf
Monkey Trouble
Monkey Trouble
1994 ★ 5.7
as Azro
Rising Sun
Rising Sun
1993 ★ 6.1
as Lt. Tom Graham
The Piano
The Piano
1993 ★ 7.4
as George Baines
Point of No Return
Point of No Return
1993 ★ 6.2
as Victor the Cleaner
Bad Lieutenant
Bad Lieutenant
1992 ★ 7.0
as LT
Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs
1992 ★ 8.1
as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
Sister Act
Sister Act
1992 ★ 6.8
as Vince LaRocca
Bugsy
Bugsy
1991 ★ 6.4
as Mickey Cohen
Thelma & Louise
Thelma & Louise
1991 ★ 7.6
as Hal
The Two Jakes
The Two Jakes
1990 ★ 6.0
as Julius "Jake" Berman
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 ★ 7.2
as Judas
Falling in Love
Falling in Love
1984 ★ 6.7
as Ed Lasky
Bad Timing
Bad Timing
1980 ★ 6.6
as Inspector Netusil
Saturn 3
Saturn 3
1980 ★ 5.3
as Benson
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
1976 ★ 8.1
as Sport
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974 ★ 7.0
as Ben Eberhardt
Mean Streets
Mean Streets
1973 ★ 7.1
as Charlie Cappa