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