Acting
Harvey Keitel
EN, PT, FR, DE cinema · 188 credits
Born
13 May 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Harvey Johannes 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 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
Rio Heat
Paradise Inc.
as Hubert Humbolt
Theirs
Actor
Untitled Harvey Keitel/Daphna Kastner Film
Untitled Harvey Keitel/Daphna Kastner Film
Actor
Pawn Shop
Actor
The Method
The Method
as Robert
Hellfire
as Jeremiah
Kill Code
as Eion
The Wrecker
as Dante
Milarepa
as Marpa
The Letter
as Finn O'Brien
Laws of Man
as Cassidy Whittaker
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
as Self (archive footage)
Joe Baby
as Randall Kane
Spread
as Frank Ferretti
Paradox Effect
as Silvio
The Baker
as Merchant
Lansky
as Meyer Lansky
Blood on the Crown
as General Hunter Blair
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Fatima
as Professor Nichols
The Irishman
as Angelo Bruno
The Painted Bird
as Priest
Esau
as Abraham
See You Soon
as Billy
Isle of Dogs
as Gondo (voice)
The Last Man
as Noe
First We Take Brooklyn
as Anatoly
Lies We Tell
as Demi
Madame
as Bob Fredericks
Chosen
as Papi
The Comedian
as Mac Schiltz
Youth
as Mick Boyle
The Ridiculous 6
as Smiley
Outlaws
as The Director
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Ludwig
Two Men in Town
as Bill Agati
By the Gun
as Salvatore Vitaglia
Rio, I Love You
as O Ator
Gandhi of the Month
2014
Gandhi of the Month
as Edward Baker
A Farewell to Fools
as Father Johanis
Fatal Honeymoon
as Tommy Thomas
Moonrise Kingdom
as Commander Pierce
Little Fockers
as Randy Weir
The Last Godfather
as Don Carini
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
as Duke White
The Ministers
as Joseph Bruno
Inglourious Basterds
as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
One Last Dance
as Terrtano
My Sexiest Year
as Zowie
A Crime
as Roger Culkin
The Stone Merchant
as The Merchant
Arthur and the Invisibles
as Miro (voice)
Be Cool
as Nick Carr
Shadows in the Sun
as Weldon Parish
The Outsider
as Self
National Treasure
as Sadusky
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
as Walter McGrane
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio
Crime Spree
as Frankie Zammeti
Ginostra
as Matt Benson
The Galíndez File
as Edward Robards
Dreaming of Julia
as Che, Producer
Chasing The Elephant
2003
Chasing The Elephant
as The Mystery Man
Taking Sides
as Steve Arnold
Red Dragon
as Jack Crawford
Beeper
as Zolo
Nowhere
as El Gringo
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
as Self (archive footage)
The Grey Zone
as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt, Executive Producer
Nailed
as Tony Romano
U-571
as CPO Henry Klough
Fail Safe
as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
Little Nicky
as Dad
Presence of Mind
as The Master
Prince of Central Park
as The Guardian
Viper
as Leone
Three Seasons
as James Hager, Executive Producer
Holy Smoke
as PJ Waters
Full Tilt Boogie
as Self
Lulu on the Bridge
as Izzy Maurer
Gunslinger's Revenge
as Johnny Lowen
Finding Graceland
as Elvis
Shadrach
as Vernon
Cop Land
as Ray Donlan
FairyTale: A True Story
as Harry Houdini
City of Industry
as Roy Egan
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Jacob Fuller
Head Above Water
as George
Smoke
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
Clockers
as Det. Rocco Klein
Blue in the Face
as Auggie Wren, Executive Producer
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as Byron Sullivan (archive footage)
Get Shorty
as Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
Pulp Fiction
as The Wolf
Monkey Trouble
as Azro
Somebody to Love
as Harry Harrelson
Imaginary Crimes
as Ray Weiler
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
as Mr. White (archive footage)
The Piano
as George Baines
Point of No Return
as Victor the Cleaner
Rising Sun
as Lt. Tom Graham
The Young Americans
as John Harris
Dangerous Game
as Eddie Israel
Reservoir Dogs
as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick, Co-Producer
Sister Act
as Vince LaRocca
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
Bugsy
as Mickey Cohen
Mortal Thoughts
as Det. John Woods
The Two Jakes
as Julius "Jake" Berman
Two Evil Eyes
as Roderick Usher
Drums of Fire
as Sandoval
White Hunter
as Thomas
The January Man
as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
Dear Gorbachev
as Nikolaj Bucharin
The Pick-up Artist
as Alonzo Scolara
Blindside
as Penfield Gruber
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Donald Jacques (voice)
Wise Guys
as Bobby DiLea
The Men's Club
as Solly Berliner
The Inquiry
as Ponzio Pilato
Off Beat
as Mickey
The American Bride
as Sacha
Vanessa in the Garden
as Byron Sullivan
Star Knight
as Klever
Falling in Love
as Ed Lasky
Dream One
as Mr. Legend
Copkiller
as Lt. Fred O'Connor
Exposed
as Rivas
A Stone in the Mouth
as The Fugitive
The Border
as Cat
That Night of Varennes
as Thomas Paine
Bad Timing
as Inspector Netusil
Saturn 3
as Benson
Death Watch
as Roddy
Eagle's Wing
as Henry
Blue Collar
as Jerry Bartowski
Fingers
as Jimmy Fingers
The Duellists
as Gabriel Feraud
Taxi Driver
as Sport
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Relative (Ed Goodman)
Welcome to L.A.
as Ken Hood
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Speed
That's the Way of the World
as Coleman Buckmaster
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Ben Eberhardt
Virginia Hill
as Bugsy Siegel
Mean Streets
as Charlie Cappa
Pueblo
as Seaman (uncredited)
Brewster McCloud
as The Photographer (uncredited)
Street Scenes 1970
as Self, Still Photographer
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Soldier (uncredited)