Harvey Keitel

Born: 1939-05-13 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known For: Acting

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

2026

Hellfire as Jeremiah
Fate

2025

Milarepa as Marpa
The Wrecker as Dante
Laws of Man as Cassidy Whittaker

2024

Paradox Effect as Silvio
The Tattooist of Auschwitz as Lali Sokolov (Old)
Spread as Frank Ferretti
Joe Baby as Randall Kane
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film as Self (archive footage)

2020

Fatima as Professor Nichols
11 Colours of the Bird as Self

2019

The Irishman as Angelo Bruno
The Painted Bird as Priest
Esau as Abraham
See You Soon as Billy

2018

Isle of Dogs as Gondo (voice)
The Last Man as Noe
First We Take Brooklyn as Anatoly
Lies We Tell as Demi

2017

Madame as Bob Fredericks

2016

The Comedian as Mac Schiltz
Chosen as Papi

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
Youth as Mick Boyle
The Ridiculous 6 as Smiley
Behind the White Glasses as Self
Scorsese's GoodFellas as Self
Outlaws as The Director

2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel as Ludwig
Rio, I Love You as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
Two Men in Town as Bill Agati
Gandhi of the Month as Edward Baker
By the Gun as Salvatore Vitaglia

2013

A Farewell to Fools as Father Johanis
The Congress as Al

2012

Fatal Honeymoon as Tommy Thomas
Moonrise Kingdom as Commander Pierce

2010

Little Fockers as Randy Weir
A Beginner's Guide to Endings as Duke White
The Last Godfather as Don Carini

2009

Inglourious Basterds as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
The Ministers as Joseph Bruno
Wrong Turn at Tahoe as Nino

2008

Life on Mars as Lt. Gene Hunt

2007

National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Peter Sadusky
One Last Dance as Terrtano
My Sexiest Year as Zowie

2006

Arthur and the Invisibles as Miro (voice)
A Crime as Roger Culkin
The Stone Merchant as The Merchant
The Path to 9/11 as John O'Neill

2005

Be Cool as Nick Carr
The Outsider as Self
Shadows in the Sun as Weldon Parish

2004

National Treasure as Peter Sadusky
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze as Walter McGrane
This Year in Czernowitz as Himself
The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Uncle Pio

2003

Ginostra as Matt Benson
Crime Spree as Frankie Zammeti
The Galíndez File as Edward Robards
Dreaming of Julia as Che
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self
Who Killed the Idea? as Private Investigator
Chasing The Elephant as The Mystery Man
The John Garfield Story as Self

2002

Taking Sides as Steve Arnold
V Graham Norton as Self
Beeper as Zolo
Nowhere as El Gringo
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds as Self (archive footage)
Red Dragon as Jack Crawford
Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film

2001

Nailed as Tony Romano
The Grey Zone as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt

2000

Little Nicky as Dad
Presence of Mind as The Master
Fail Safe as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
U-571 as CPO Henry Klough
Prince of Central Park as The Guardian
Viper as Leone
The Ten Commandments of Creativity as Self

1999

Three Seasons as James Hager
Holy Smoke as PJ Waters
Making 'Taxi Driver' as Self

1998

Shadrach as Vernon
Finding Graceland as Elvis
Lulu on the Bridge as Izzy Maurer
Full Tilt Boogie as Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
Gunslinger's Revenge as Johnny Lowen

1997

The View as Self
Cop Land as Ray Donlan
City of Industry as Roy Egan
FairyTale: A True Story as Harry Houdini

1996

From Dusk Till Dawn as Jacob Fuller
Head Above Water as George
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money as Self

1995

Get Shorty as Himself (Uncredited)
Ulysses' Gaze as A
Clockers as Det. Rocco Klein
Blue in the Face as Auggie Wren
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV as (archive footage)
Smoke as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren

1994

Pulp Fiction as The Wolf
Monkey Trouble as Azro
Imaginary Crimes as Ray Weiler
Somebody to Love as Harry Harrelson
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder as Self
Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. White (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio as Self

1993

The Piano as George Baines
Rising Sun as Lt. Tom Graham
Dangerous Game as Eddie Israel
Point of No Return as Victor the Cleaner
The Young Americans as John Harris
Inside 'The Piano' as Self

1992

Reservoir Dogs as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
Sister Act as Vince LaRocca
Bad Lieutenant as LT

1991

Mortal Thoughts as Det. John Woods
Thelma & Louise as Hal
Bugsy as Mickey Cohen

1990

Two Evil Eyes as Roderick Usher
Drums of Fire as Sandoval
Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
The Two Jakes as Julius "Jake" Berman
White Hunter as Thomas

1989

Imagining America
The January Man as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
This Ain't Bebop

1988

The Last Temptation of Christ as Judas
Dear Gorbachev as Nikolaj Bucharin
Hello Actors Studio as Self
Down Where the Buffalo Go as Carl
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ as Self

1987

Blindside as Penfield Gruber
The Pick-up Artist as Alonzo Scolara
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Donald Jacques (voice)

1986

Wise Guys as Bobby DiLea
The Inquiry as Ponzio Pilato
The Men's Club as Solly Berliner
The American Bride as Sacha
Off Beat as Mickey
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) as Frankie

1985

Amazing Stories as Byron Sullivan
Baciami Strega
Vanessa in the Garden as Byron Sullivan
Star Knight as Klever

1984

Dream One as Mr. Legend
Falling in Love as Ed Lasky
La bella Otero as Ernest Jurgens

1983

Copkiller as Lt. Fred O'Connor
Exposed as Rivas
A Stone in the Mouth as The fugitive

1982

The Border as Cat
The Night of Varennes as Thomas Paine
American Playhouse as (segment "This Ain't Bebop")

1980

Saturn 3 as Benson
Bad Timing as Inspector Netusil
Death Watch as Roddy

1979

Eagle's Wing as Henry

1978

Blue Collar as Jerry Bartowski
Fingers as Jimmy Fingers

1977

The Duellists as Gabriel Feraud

1976

Taxi Driver as Sport
Mother, Jugs & Speed as Speed
Welcome to L.A. as Ken Hood
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson as The Relative (Ed Goodman)

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
That's the Way of the World as Coleman Buckmaster

1974

Virginia Hill as Bugsy Siegel
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Ben Eberhardt

1973

Kojak as Jerry Talaba
Mean Streets as Charlie Cappa
Pueblo as Seaman (uncredited)

1971

Great Performances as Jerry
A Memory of Two Mondays as Jerry

1970

Brewster McCloud as The Photographer (uncredited)
Street Scenes 1970 as Self

1968

Who's That Knocking at My Door as J.R.

1967

Omnibus as Self
Reflections in a Golden Eye as Soldier (uncredited)

1965

Hogan's Heroes as German Soldier (uncredited)
The F.B.I. as Ernie

1953

The Oscars as Self