Harvey 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.
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- Born:
- May 13, 1939 In Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 188
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hogan's Heroes 1965-09-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hellfire 2026-02-17
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hellfire | Jeremiah | 2026-02-17 |
| Movie | Hard Matter | Eion | 2026 |
| Movie | Live Fast, Die Laughing | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Theirs | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Fate | Unknown | 2026-02-14 |
| Movie | Laws of Man | Cassidy Whittaker | 2025-01-10 |
| Movie | The Wrecker | Dante | 2025-10-31 |
| Movie | Milarepa | Marpa | 2025-06-19 |
| Movie | Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film | Self (archive footage) | 2024-04-14 |
| Movie | Joe Baby | Randall Kane | 2024-05-02 |
| Movie | Spread | Frank Ferretti | 2024-07-19 |
| Movie | Paradox Effect | Silvio | 2024-06-27 |
| Movie | The Baker | Merchant | 2023-07-27 |
| Movie | Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain | Self | 2023-12-08 |
| Movie | Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between | Self | 2023-11-08 |
| Movie | Blood on the Crown | General Hunter Blair | 2021-03-09 |
| Movie | Lansky | Meyer Lansky | 2021-06-24 |
| Movie | Fatima | Professor Nichols | 2020-08-13 |
| Movie | 11 Colours of the Bird | Self | 2020-03-11 |
| Movie | The Painted Bird | Priest | 2019-09-12 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | See You Soon | Billy | 2019-07-25 |
| Movie | The Irishman | Angelo Bruno | 2019-11-01 |
| Movie | Esau | Abraham | 2019-11-04 |
| Movie | First We Take Brooklyn | Anatoly | 2018-02-19 |
| Movie | Lies We Tell | Demi | 2018-02-02 |
| Movie | Isle of Dogs | Gondo (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
| Movie | The Last Man | Noe | 2018-09-06 |
| Movie | Madame | Bob Fredericks | 2017-08-17 |
| Movie | Chosen | Papi | 2016-08-08 |
| Movie | The Comedian | Mac Schiltz | 2016-12-09 |
| Movie | Youth | Mick Boyle | 2015-05-20 |
| Movie | Scorsese's GoodFellas | Self | 2015-05-05 |
| Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Movie | Behind the White Glasses | Self | 2015-09-21 |
| Movie | The Ridiculous 6 | Smiley | 2015-12-11 |
| Movie | Outlaws | The Director | 2015-09-22 |
| Movie | Gandhi of the Month | Edward Baker | 2014-01-13 |
| Movie | Two Men in Town | Bill Agati | 2014-05-07 |
| Movie | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Ludwig | 2014-02-26 |
| Movie | By the Gun | Salvatore Vitaglia | 2014-09-28 |
| Movie | Rio, I Love You | O Ator (segment "O Milagre") | 2014-09-12 |
| Movie | A Farewell to Fools | Father Johanis | 2013-03-15 |
| Movie | The Congress | Al | 2013-07-03 |
| Movie | Moonrise Kingdom | Commander Pierce | 2012-05-16 |
| Movie | Fatal Honeymoon | Tommy Thomas | 2012-08-25 |
| Movie | A Beginner's Guide to Endings | Duke White | 2010-09-17 |
| Movie | The Last Godfather | Don Carini | 2010-12-29 |
| Movie | Little Fockers | Randy Weir | 2010-12-21 |
| Movie | Inglourious Basterds | OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-08-02 |
| Movie | Wrong Turn at Tahoe | Nino | 2009-11-16 |
| Movie | The Ministers | Joseph Bruno | 2009-10-16 |
| Series | Life on Mars | Lt. Gene Hunt | 2008-10-09 |
| Movie | One Last Dance | Terrtano | 2007-01-11 |
| Movie | My Sexiest Year | Zowie | 2007-10-17 |
| Movie | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Peter Sadusky | 2007-12-19 |
| Movie | A Crime | Roger Culkin | 2006-09-11 |
| Series | The Path to 9/11 | John O'Neill | 2006-09-10 |
| Movie | The Stone Merchant | The Merchant | 2006-09-15 |
| Movie | Arthur and the Invisibles | Miro (voice) | 2006-12-13 |
| Movie | Be Cool | Nick Carr | 2005-03-04 |
| Movie | Shadows in the Sun | Weldon Parish | 2005-05-12 |
| Movie | The Outsider | Self | 2005-12-04 |
| Movie | This Year in Czernowitz | Himself | 2004-02-07 |
| Movie | Puerto Vallarta Squeeze | Walter McGrane | 2004-02-21 |
| Movie | National Treasure | Peter Sadusky | 2004-11-19 |
| Movie | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Uncle Pio | 2004-12-22 |
| Movie | A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Self | 2003-04-03 |
| Movie | Crime Spree | Frankie Zammeti | 2003-04-16 |
| Movie | The John Garfield Story | Self | 2003-02-03 |
| Movie | Ginostra | Matt Benson | 2003-01-29 |
| Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
| Movie | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | Unknown | 2003-09-12 |
| Movie | Who Killed the Idea? | Private Investigator | 2003-05-01 |
| Movie | Chasing The Elephant | The Mystery Man | 2003-11-28 |
| Movie | Dreaming of Julia | Che | 2003-10-24 |
| Movie | The Galíndez File | Edward Robards | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | Nowhere | El Gringo | 2002-05-17 |
| Movie | Red Dragon | Jack Crawford | 2002-10-02 |
| Movie | Taking Sides | Steve Arnold | 2002-03-07 |
| Movie | Beeper | Zolo | 2002-10-10 |
| Movie | Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds | Self (archive footage) | 2002-12-03 |
| Movie | Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film | 2002-11-05 | |
| Movie | Nailed | Tony Romano | 2001-04-21 |
| Movie | The Grey Zone | SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt | 2001-09-13 |
| Movie | Fail Safe | Brig. Gen. Warren Black | 2000-04-09 |
| Movie | U-571 | CPO Henry Klough | 2000-04-20 |
| Movie | The Ten Commandments of Creativity | Self | 2000-02-01 |
| Movie | Presence of Mind | The Master | 2000-09-24 |
| Movie | Little Nicky | Dad | 2000-11-10 |
| Movie | Prince of Central Park | The Guardian | 2000-09-22 |
| Movie | Viper | Leone | 2000-05-11 |
| Movie | Three Seasons | James Hager | 1999-04-30 |
| Movie | Making 'Taxi Driver' | Self | 1999-06-14 |
| Movie | Holy Smoke | PJ Waters | 1999-09-04 |
| Movie | Full Tilt Boogie | Self | 1998-07-31 |
| Movie | Lulu on the Bridge | Izzy Maurer | 1998-09-06 |
| Movie | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Finding Graceland | Elvis | 1998-09-18 |
| Movie | Gunslinger's Revenge | Johnny Lowen | 1998-12-18 |
| Movie | Shadrach | Vernon | 1998-09-23 |
| Movie | City of Industry | Roy Egan | 1997-03-14 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Cop Land | Ray Donlan | 1997-08-15 |
| Movie | FairyTale: A True Story | Harry Houdini | 1997-10-24 |
| Movie | From Dusk Till Dawn | Jacob Fuller | 1996-01-19 |
| Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996-06-10 |
| Movie | The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money | Self | 1996-11-17 |
| Movie | Head Above Water | George | 1996-11-07 |
| Movie | Amazing Stories: The Movie IV | (archive footage) | 1995-08-18 |
| Movie | Smoke | Augustus 'Auggie' Wren | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | Blue in the Face | Auggie Wren | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Clockers | Det. Rocco Klein | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Get Shorty | Himself (Uncredited) | 1995-10-20 |
| Movie | Ulysses' Gaze | A | 1995-10-12 |
| Movie | Monkey Trouble | Azro | 1994-03-18 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction | The Wolf | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | Who Do You Think You're Fooling? | Mr. White (archive footage) | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Somebody to Love | Harry Harrelson | 1994-09-27 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder | Self | 1994-10-25 |
| Movie | Imaginary Crimes | Ray Weiler | 1994-10-14 |
| Movie | Point of No Return | Victor the Cleaner | 1993-03-19 |
| Movie | The Piano | George Baines | 1993-05-18 |
| Movie | Rising Sun | Lt. Tom Graham | 1993-07-30 |
| Movie | Dangerous Game | Eddie Israel | 1993-10-13 |
| Movie | The Young Americans | John Harris | 1993-10-08 |
| Movie | Sister Act | Vince LaRocca | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | Bad Lieutenant | LT | 1992-11-20 |
| Movie | Mortal Thoughts | Det. John Woods | 1991-04-19 |
| Movie | Thelma & Louise | Hal | 1991-05-24 |
| Movie | Bugsy | Mickey Cohen | 1991-12-10 |
| Movie | Two Evil Eyes | Roderick Usher | 1990-01-25 |
| Movie | Martin Scorsese Directs | Self | 1990-06-16 |
| Movie | White Hunter | Thomas | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Two Jakes | Julius "Jake" Berman | 1990-08-10 |
| Movie | Drums of Fire | Sandoval | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | This Ain't Bebop | Unknown | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | The January Man | Police Commissioner Frank Starkey | 1989-01-13 |
| Movie | Imagining America | Unknown | 1989-11-19 |
| Movie | The Last Temptation of Christ | Judas | 1988-05-28 |
| Movie | Down Where the Buffalo Go | Carl | 1988-01-19 |
| Movie | Hello Actors Studio | Self | 1988-11-09 |
| Movie | Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ | Self | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Dear Gorbachev | Nikolaj Bucharin | 1988-12-30 |
| Movie | Blindside | Penfield Gruber | 1987-09-01 |
| Movie | The Pick-up Artist | Alonzo Scolara | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Donald Jacques (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Off Beat | Mickey | 1986-04-10 |
| Movie | Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) | Frankie | 1986-01-24 |
| Movie | Wise Guys | Bobby DiLea | 1986-04-17 |
| Movie | The Inquiry | Ponzio Pilato | 1986-10-26 |
| Movie | The Men's Club | Solly Berliner | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | The American Bride | Sacha | 1986-10-09 |
| Series | Amazing Stories | Byron Sullivan | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Star Knight | Klever | 1985-12-20 |
| Movie | Baciami Strega | 1985-12-04 | |
| Movie | La bella Otero | Ernest Jurgens | 1984-02-05 |
| Movie | Falling in Love | Ed Lasky | 1984-11-21 |
| Movie | Dream One | Mr. Legend | 1984-12-12 |
| Movie | Copkiller | Lt. Fred O'Connor | 1983-03-15 |
| Movie | A Stone in the Mouth | The fugitive | 1983-10-05 |
| Movie | Exposed | Rivas | 1983-04-22 |
| Movie | The Border | Cat | 1982-01-29 |
| Movie | The Night of Varennes | Thomas Paine | 1982-05-15 |
| Movie | Death Watch | Roddy | 1980-01-23 |
| Movie | Bad Timing | Inspector Netusil | 1980-03-02 |
| Movie | Saturn 3 | Benson | 1980-02-15 |
| Movie | Eagle's Wing | Henry | 1979-07-26 |
| Movie | Blue Collar | Jerry Bartowski | 1978-02-10 |
| Movie | Fingers | Jimmy Fingers | 1978-03-02 |
| Movie | The Duellists | Gabriel Feraud | 1977-08-31 |
| Movie | Taxi Driver | Sport | 1976-02-09 |
| Movie | Mother, Jugs & Speed | Speed | 1976-05-26 |
| Movie | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | The Relative (Ed Goodman) | 1976-06-24 |
| Movie | Welcome to L.A. | Ken Hood | 1976-11-12 |
| Movie | That's the Way of the World | Coleman Buckmaster | 1975-06-01 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Virginia Hill | Bugsy Siegel | 1974-11-19 |
| Movie | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Ben Eberhardt | 1974-12-09 |
| Movie | Mean Streets | Charlie Cappa | 1973-10-14 |
| Movie | Pueblo | Seaman (uncredited) | 1973-03-29 |
| Series | Kojak | Jerry Talaba | 1973-10-24 |
| Movie | A Memory of Two Mondays | Jerry | 1971-01-28 |
| Movie | Street Scenes 1970 | Self | 1970-09-14 |
| Movie | Brewster McCloud | The Photographer (uncredited) | 1970-12-05 |
| Movie | Reflections in a Golden Eye | Soldier (uncredited) | 1967-10-13 |
| Series | Hogan's Heroes | German Soldier (uncredited) | 1965-09-17 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Ernie | 1965-09-19 |