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.
Known For
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Pulp Fiction
1994
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Inglourious Basterds
2009
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
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Reservoir Dogs
1992
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Taxi Driver
1976
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The Irishman
2019
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National Treasure
2004
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From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
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Moonrise Kingdom
2012
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
Acting
2026
Hellfire
as Jeremiah
2026
Fate
2025
The Wrecker
as Dante
2025
Milarepa
as Marpa
2025
The Letter
as Finn O'Brien
2025
Laws of Man
as Cassidy Whittaker
2024
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Joe Baby
as Randall Kane
2024
Spread
as Frank Ferretti
2024
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
as Self
2024
Paradox Effect
as Silvio
2024
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
as Lali Sokolov (Old)
(6 episodes)
2023
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
as Self
2023
The Baker
as Merchant
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
(2 episodes)
2022
Mike
as Cus D'Amato
(2 episodes)
2022
National Treasure: Edge of History
as Peter Sadusky
(1 episode)
2021
Lansky
as Meyer Lansky
2021
Blood on the Crown
as General Hunter Blair
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Fatima
as Professor Nichols
2020
11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
2019
The Irishman
as Angelo Bruno
2019
The Painted Bird
as Priest
2019
Esau
as Abraham
2019
See You Soon
as Billy
2018
Isle of Dogs
as Gondo (voice)
2018
The Last Man
as Noe
2018
First We Take Brooklyn
as Anatoly
2018
Lies We Tell
as Demi
2017
Madame
as Bob Fredericks
2016
Chosen
as Papi
2016
The Comedian
as Mac Schiltz
2015
Youth
as Mick Boyle
2015
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
2015
The Ridiculous 6
as Smiley
2015
Outlaws
as The Director
2015
Scorsese's GoodFellas
as Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(1 episode)
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Ludwig
2014
Two Men in Town
as Bill Agati
2014
By the Gun
as Salvatore Vitaglia
2014
Rio, I Love You
as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
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
Little Fockers
as Randy Weir
2010
The Last Godfather
as Don Carini
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
Life on Mars
as Lt. Gene Hunt
(17 episodes)
2007
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Peter Sadusky
2007
One Last Dance
as Terrtano
2007
My Sexiest Year
as Zowie
2006
A Crime
as Roger Culkin
2006
The Stone Merchant
as The Merchant
2006
Arthur and the Invisibles
as Miro (voice)
2006
The Path to 9/11
as John O'Neill
(2 episodes)
2005
Be Cool
as Nick Carr
2005
Shadows in the Sun
as Weldon Parish
2005
The Outsider
as Self
2004
National Treasure
as Peter Sadusky
2004
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
as Walter McGrane
2004
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio
2004
This Year in Czernowitz
as Himself
2003
Crime Spree
as Frankie Zammeti
2003
Ginostra
as Matt Benson
2003
The Galíndez File
as Edward Robards
2003
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
as Self
2003
Dreaming of Julia
as Che
2003
Chasing The Elephant
as The Mystery Man
2003
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
The John Garfield Story
as Self
2003
Who Killed the Idea?
as Private Investigator
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2002
Taking Sides
as Steve Arnold
2002
Red Dragon
as Jack Crawford
2002
Beeper
as Zolo
2002
Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film
2002
Nowhere
as El Gringo
2002
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
as Self (archive footage)
2002
V Graham Norton
as Self
(1 episode)
2001
The Grey Zone
as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
2001
Nailed
as Tony Romano
2000
U-571
as CPO Henry Klough
2000
Fail Safe
as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
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
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
as Self
1999
Three Seasons
as James Hager
1999
Holy Smoke
as PJ Waters
1999
Making 'Taxi Driver'
as Self
1998
Full Tilt Boogie
as Self
1998
Lulu on the Bridge
as Izzy Maurer
1998
Gunslinger's Revenge
as Johnny Lowen
1998
Finding Graceland
as Elvis
1998
Shadrach
as Vernon
1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
1997
Cop Land
as Ray Donlan
1997
FairyTale: A True Story
as Harry Houdini
1997
City of Industry
as Roy Egan
1997
The View
as Self
(1 episode)
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Jacob Fuller
1996
Head Above Water
as George
1996
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
1995
Smoke
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
1995
Clockers
as Det. Rocco Klein
1995
Blue in the Face
as Auggie Wren
1995
Ulysses' Gaze
as A
1995
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as (archive footage)
1995
Get Shorty
as Himself (Uncredited)
1994
Pulp Fiction
as The Wolf
1994
Monkey Trouble
as Azro
1994
Somebody to Love
as Harry Harrelson
1994
Imaginary Crimes
as Ray Weiler
1994
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
as Mr. White (archive footage)
1994
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
as Self
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1 episode)
1993
The Piano
as George Baines
1993
Point of No Return
as Victor the Cleaner
1993
Rising Sun
as Lt. Tom Graham
1993
The Young Americans
as John Harris
1993
Dangerous Game
as Eddie Israel
1993
Inside 'The Piano'
as Self
1992
Reservoir Dogs
as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
1992
Sister Act
as Vince LaRocca
1992
Bad Lieutenant
as LT
1991
Thelma & Louise
as Hal
1991
Bugsy
as Mickey Cohen
1991
Mortal Thoughts
as Det. John Woods
1990
The Two Jakes
as Julius "Jake" Berman
1990
Two Evil Eyes
as Roderick Usher
1990
Drums of Fire
as Sandoval
1990
White Hunter
as Thomas
1990
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
1989
The January Man
as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
1989
This Ain't Bebop
1989
Imagining America
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Judas
1988
Dear Gorbachev
as Nikolaj Bucharin
1988
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
Down Where the Buffalo Go
as Carl
1988
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
as Self
1987
The Pick-up Artist
as Alonzo Scolara
1987
Blindside
as Penfield Gruber
1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Donald Jacques (voice)
1986
Wise Guys
as Bobby DiLea
1986
The Men's Club
as Solly Berliner
1986
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
as Frankie
1986
The Inquiry
as Ponzio Pilato
1986
Off Beat
as Mickey
1986
The American Bride
as Sacha
1986
The Ellen Burstyn Show
as Frank Tanner
(1 episode)
1985
Vanessa in the Garden
as Byron Sullivan
1985
Star Knight
as Klever
1985
Baciami Strega
1985
Amazing Stories
as Byron Sullivan
(1 episode)
1984
Falling in Love
as Ed Lasky
1984
Dream One
as Mr. Legend
1984
La bella Otero
as Ernest Jurgens
(4 episodes)
1983
Copkiller
as Lt. Fred O'Connor
1983
Exposed
as Rivas
1983
A Stone in the Mouth
as The fugitive
1982
The Border
as Cat
1982
That Night of Varennes
as Thomas Paine
1982
American Playhouse
as (segment "This Ain't Bebop")
(1 episode)
1980
Bad Timing
as Inspector Netusil
1980
Saturn 3
as Benson
1980
Death Watch
as Roddy
1979
Eagle's Wing
as Henry
1978
Blue Collar
as Jerry Bartowski
1978
Fingers
as Jimmy Fingers
1977
The Duellists
as Gabriel Feraud
1976
Taxi Driver
as Sport
1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Relative (Ed Goodman)
1976
Welcome to L.A.
as Ken Hood
1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Speed
1975
That's the Way of the World
as Coleman Buckmaster
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
(1 episode)
1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Ben Eberhardt
1974
Virginia Hill
as Bugsy Siegel
1973
Mean Streets
as Charlie Cappa
1973
Pueblo
as Seaman (uncredited)
1973
Kojak
as Jerry Talaba
(1 episode)
1971
Brewster McCloud
as The Photographer (uncredited)
1971
A Memory of Two Mondays
as Jerry
1971
Great Performances
as Jerry
(1 episode)
1970
Street Scenes
as Self
1968
Who's That Knocking at My Door
as J.R.
1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Soldier (uncredited)
1967
Omnibus
as Self
(1 episode)
1965
The F.B.I.
as Ernie
(1 episode)
1965
Hogan's Heroes
as German Soldier (uncredited)
(1 episode)
1953
The Oscars
as Self
(1 episode)
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Live Fast, Die Laughing
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Paradise Inc.
as Hubert Humbolt
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Theirs
Production
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