Harvey Keitel
161 movies · 14 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 13, 1939 (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).
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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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Known for
Harvey Keitel: movies and TV shows
Acting (175)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Paradise Inc.
as Hubert Humbolt
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Method
as Robert
- 2026 Hellfire
as Jeremiah
- 2026 Kill Code
as Eion
- 2025 The Letter
as Finn O'Brien
- 2025 The Wrecker
as Dante
- 2025 Milarepa
as Marpa
- 2025 Laws of Man
as Cassidy Whittaker
- 2024 Spread
as Frank Ferretti
- 2024 Paradox Effect
as Silvio
- 2024 Joe Baby
as Randall Kane
- 2024
- 2023 The Baker
as Merchant
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 Lansky
as Meyer Lansky
- 2021 Blood on the Crown
as General Hunter Blair
- 2020 Fatima
as Professor Nichols
- 2019 Esau
as Abraham
- 2019 The Irishman
as Angelo Bruno
- 2019 The Painted Bird
as Priest
- 2019 See You Soon
as Billy
- 2018 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
- 2017 Madame
as Bob Fredericks
- 2016 The Comedian
as Mac Schiltz
- 2016 Chosen
as Papi
- 2015 The Ridiculous 6
as Smiley
- 2015 Outlaws
as The Director
- 2015 Youth
as Mick Boyle
- 2014 By the Gun
as Salvatore Vitaglia
- 2014 Rio, I Love You
as O Ator
- 2014 Two Men in Town
as Bill Agati
- 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Ludwig
- 2014 Gandhi of the Month
as Edward Baker
- 2013 The Congress
as Al
- 2013 A Farewell to Fools
as Father Johanis
- 2012 Fatal Honeymoon
as Tommy Thomas
- 2012 Moonrise Kingdom
as Commander Pierce
- 2010 The Last Godfather
as Don Carini
- 2010 Little Fockers
as Randy Weir
- 2010 A Beginner's Guide to Endings
as Duke White
- 2009 Wrong Turn at Tahoe
as Nino
- 2009 The Ministers
as Joseph Bruno
- 2009 Inglourious Basterds
as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
- 2008
- 2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Sadusky
- 2007 My Sexiest Year
as Zowie
- 2007 One Last Dance
as Terrtano
- 2006 Arthur and the Invisibles
as Miro (voice)
- 2006 The Stone Merchant
as The Merchant
- 2006 A Crime
as Roger Culkin
- 2006
- 2005 Shadows in the Sun
as Weldon Parish
- 2005 Be Cool
as Nick Carr
- 2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio
- 2004 National Treasure
as Sadusky
- 2004 Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
as Walter McGrane
- 2003 Chasing The Elephant
as The Mystery Man
- 2003 Dreaming of Julia
as Che
- 2003 The Galíndez File
as Edward Robards
- 2003
- 2003 Crime Spree
as Frankie Zammeti
- 2003 Ginostra
as Matt Benson
- 2002 Beeper
as Zolo
- 2002 Red Dragon
as Jack Crawford
- 2002 Nowhere
as El Gringo
- 2002 Taking Sides
as Steve Arnold
- 2001 The Grey Zone
as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
- 2001 Nailed
as Tony Romano
- 2000 Little Nicky
as Dad
- 2000 Presence of Mind
as The Master
- 2000 Prince of Central Park
as The Guardian
- 2000 Viper
as Leone
- 2000 U-571
as CPO Henry Klough
- 2000 Fail Safe
as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
- 1999 Holy Smoke
as PJ Waters
- 1999 Three Seasons
as James Hager
- 1998 Gunslinger's Revenge
as Johnny Lowen
- 1998 Shadrach
as Vernon
- 1998 Finding Graceland
as Elvis
- 1998 Lulu on the Bridge
as Izzy Maurer
- 1997 FairyTale: A True Story
as Harry Houdini
- 1997 Cop Land
as Ray Donlan
- 1997 City of Industry
as Roy Egan
- 1996 Head Above Water
as George
- 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn
as Jacob Fuller
- 1995 Get Shorty
as Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
- 1995 Ulysses' Gaze
as A
- 1995 Clockers
as Det. Rocco Klein
- 1995 Blue in the Face
as Auggie Wren
- 1995 Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as Byron Sullivan (archive footage)
- 1995 Smoke
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
- 1994 Imaginary Crimes
as Ray Weiler
- 1994 Somebody to Love
as Harry Harrelson
- 1994 Pulp Fiction
as The Wolf
- 1994 Monkey Trouble
as Azro
- 1994 Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
as Mr. White (archive footage)
- 1993 Dangerous Game
as Eddie Israel
- 1993 The Young Americans
as John Harris
- 1993 Rising Sun
as Lt. Tom Graham
- 1993 The Piano
as George Baines
- 1993 Point of No Return
as Victor the Cleaner
- 1992 Bad Lieutenant
as LT
- 1992 Reservoir Dogs
as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
- 1992 Sister Act
as Vince LaRocca
- 1991 Bugsy
as Mickey Cohen
- 1991 Thelma & Louise
as Hal
- 1991 Mortal Thoughts
as Det. John Woods
- 1990 Drums of Fire
as Sandoval
- 1990 The Two Jakes
as Julius "Jake" Berman
- 1990 Two Evil Eyes
as Roderick Usher
- 1990 White Hunter
as Thomas
- 1989
- 1989 The January Man
as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
- 1989
- 1988 Dear Gorbachev
as Nikolaj Bucharin
- 1988 The Last Temptation of Christ
as Judas
- 1988 Down Where the Buffalo Go
as Carl
- 1988
- 1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Donald Jacques (voice)
- 1987 The Pick-up Artist
as Alonzo Scolara
- 1987 Blindside
as Penfield Gruber
- 1986 The Inquiry
as Ponzio Pilato
- 1986 The American Bride
as Sacha
- 1986
- 1986 The Men's Club
as Solly Berliner
- 1986 Wise Guys
as Bobby DiLea
- 1986 Off Beat
as Mickey
- 1986
- 1985 Vanessa in the Garden
as Byron Sullivan
- 1985 Star Knight
as Klever
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984 Dream One
as Mr. Legend
- 1984 Falling in Love
as Ed Lasky
- 1984
- 1983 A Stone in the Mouth
as The Fugitive
- 1983 Exposed
as Rivas
- 1983 Copkiller
as Lt. Fred O'Connor
- 1982 That Night of Varennes
as Thomas Paine
- 1982 The Border
as Cat
- 1982
- 1980 Bad Timing
as Inspector Netusil
- 1980 Saturn 3
as Benson
- 1980 Death Watch
as Roddy
- 1979 Eagle's Wing
as Henry
- 1978 Fingers
as Jimmy Fingers
- 1978 Blue Collar
as Jerry Bartowski
- 1977 The Duellists
as Gabriel Feraud
- 1976 Welcome to L.A.
as Ken Hood
- 1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Relative (Ed Goodman)
- 1976 Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Speed
- 1976 Taxi Driver
as Sport
- 1975 That's the Way of the World
as Coleman Buckmaster
- 1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Ben Eberhardt
- 1974 Virginia Hill
as Bugsy Siegel
- 1973
- 1973 Mean Streets
as Charlie Cappa
- 1973 Pueblo
as Seaman (uncredited)
- 1971 Brewster McCloud
as The Photographer (uncredited)
- 1971 A Memory of Two Mondays
as Jerry
- 1971
- 1968 Who's That Knocking at My Door
as J.R.
- 1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Soldier (uncredited)
- 1965
- 1965
Behind the camera (6)
- 2003 Dreaming of Julia
Producer
- 2001 The Grey Zone
Executive Producer
- 1999 Three Seasons
Executive Producer
- 1995 Blue in the Face
Executive Producer
- 1992 Reservoir Dogs
Co-Producer
- 1970 Street Scenes 1970
Still Photographer
Talk shows and appearances (36)
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023 100 Years of Warner Bros.
2 episodes
- 2021
- 2020
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 V Graham Norton
1 episode
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1996
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1 episode
- 1994
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993
- 1992
- 1990
- 1988
- 1988
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
2 episodes
- 1967 Omnibus
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode