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Harvey Keitel

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Harvey Keitel

Born May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA155 films

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).

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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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Essential films

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Inglourious Basterds poster8.2Inglourious Basterds2009Reservoir Dogs poster8.1Reservoir Dogs1992The Grand Budapest Hotel poster8.0The Grand Budapest Hotel2014Taxi Driver poster8.1Taxi Driver1976The Irishman poster7.6The Irishman2019Isle of Dogs poster7.8Isle of Dogs2018Moonrise Kingdom poster7.7Moonrise Kingdom2012Thelma & Louise poster7.6Thelma & Louise1991

Filmography

155 films as actor
  1. TBALive Fast, Die Laughing
  2. TBAParadise Inc.Hubert Humbolt
  3. TBATheirs
  4. TBAUntitled Harvey Keitel/Daphna Kastner Film
  5. TBAMinute Mark
  6. 2027Fate
  7. 2026HellfireJeremiah
  8. 2026Kill CodeEion
  9. 2025The LetterFinn O'Brien
  10. 2025The WreckerDante
  11. 2025MilarepaMarpa
  12. 2025Laws of ManCassidy Whittaker
  13. 2024SpreadFrank Ferretti
  14. 2024Paradox EffectSilvio
  15. 2024Joe BabyRandall Kane
  16. 2023The BakerMerchant
  17. 2021LanskyMeyer Lansky
  18. 2021Blood on the CrownGeneral Hunter Blair
  19. 2020FatimaProfessor Nichols
  20. 2019EsauAbraham
  21. 2019The IrishmanAngelo Bruno
  22. 2019The Painted BirdPriest
  23. 2019See You SoonBilly
  24. 2018The Last ManNoe
  25. 2018Isle of DogsGondo (voice)
  26. 2018First We Take BrooklynAnatoly
  27. 2018Lies We TellDemi
  28. 2017MadameBob Fredericks
  29. 2016The ComedianMac Schiltz
  30. 2016ChosenPapi
  31. 2015The Ridiculous 6Smiley
  32. 2015OutlawsThe Director
  33. 2015YouthMick Boyle
  34. 2014By the GunSalvatore Vitaglia
  35. 2014Rio, I Love YouO Ator
  36. 2014Two Men in TownBill Agati
  37. 2014The Grand Budapest HotelLudwig
  38. 2014Gandhi of the MonthEdward Baker
  39. 2013The CongressAl
  40. 2013A Farewell to FoolsFather Johanis
  41. 2012Fatal HoneymoonTommy Thomas
  42. 2012Moonrise KingdomCommander Pierce
  43. 2010The Last GodfatherDon Carini
  44. 2010Little FockersRandy Weir
  45. 2010A Beginner's Guide to EndingsDuke White
  46. 2009Wrong Turn at TahoeNino
  47. 2009The MinistersJoseph Bruno
  48. 2009Inglourious BasterdsOSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
  49. 2007National Treasure: Book of SecretsSadusky
  50. 2007My Sexiest YearZowie
  51. 2007One Last DanceTerrtano
  52. 2006Arthur and the InvisiblesMiro (voice)
  53. 2006The Stone MerchantThe Merchant
  54. 2006A CrimeRoger Culkin
  55. 2005Shadows in the SunWeldon Parish
  56. 2005Be CoolNick Carr
  57. 2004The Bridge of San Luis ReyUncle Pio
  58. 2004National TreasureSadusky
  59. 2004Puerto Vallarta SqueezeWalter McGrane
  60. 2003Chasing The ElephantThe Mystery Man
  61. 2003Dreaming of JuliaChe
  62. 2003The Galíndez FileEdward Robards
  63. 2003Crime SpreeFrankie Zammeti
  64. 2003GinostraMatt Benson
  65. 2002BeeperZolo
  66. 2002Red DragonJack Crawford
  67. 2002NowhereEl Gringo
  68. 2002Taking SidesSteve Arnold
  69. 2001The Grey ZoneSS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
  70. 2001NailedTony Romano
  71. 2000Little NickyDad
  72. 2000Presence of MindThe Master
  73. 2000Prince of Central ParkThe Guardian
  74. 2000ViperLeone
  75. 2000U-571CPO Henry Klough
  76. 2000Fail SafeBrig. Gen. Warren Black
  77. 1999Holy SmokePJ Waters
  78. 1999Three SeasonsJames Hager
  79. 1998Gunslinger's RevengeJohnny Lowen
  80. 1998ShadrachVernon
  81. 1998Finding GracelandElvis
  82. 1998Lulu on the BridgeIzzy Maurer
  83. 1997FairyTale: A True StoryHarry Houdini
  84. 1997Cop LandRay Donlan
  85. 1997City of IndustryRoy Egan
  86. 1996Head Above WaterGeorge
  87. 1996From Dusk Till DawnJacob Fuller
  88. 1995Get ShortyHarvey Keitel (uncredited)
  89. 1995Ulysses' GazeA
  90. 1995ClockersDet. Rocco Klein
  91. 1995Blue in the FaceAuggie Wren
  92. 1995SmokeAugustus 'Auggie' Wren
  93. 1994Imaginary CrimesRay Weiler
  94. 1994Somebody to LoveHarry Harrelson
  95. 1994Pulp FictionThe Wolf
  96. 1994Monkey TroubleAzro
  97. 1993Dangerous GameEddie Israel
  98. 1993The Young AmericansJohn Harris
  99. 1993Rising SunLt. Tom Graham
  100. 1993The PianoGeorge Baines
  101. 1993Point of No ReturnVictor the Cleaner
  102. 1992Bad LieutenantLT
  103. 1992Reservoir DogsMr. White / Larry Dimmick
  104. 1992Sister ActVince LaRocca
  105. 1991BugsyMickey Cohen
  106. 1991Thelma & LouiseHal
  107. 1991Mortal ThoughtsDet. John Woods
  108. 1990Drums of FireSandoval
  109. 1990The Two JakesJulius "Jake" Berman
  110. 1990Two Evil EyesRoderick Usher
  111. 1990White HunterThomas
  112. 1989Imagining America
  113. 1989The January ManPolice Commissioner Frank Starkey
  114. 1989This Ain't Bebop
  115. 1988Dear GorbachevNikolaj Bucharin
  116. 1988The Last Temptation of ChristJudas
  117. 1988Down Where the Buffalo GoCarl
  118. 1987The Pick-up ArtistAlonzo Scolara
  119. 1987BlindsidePenfield Gruber
  120. 1986The InquiryPonzio Pilato