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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Movies (188)
Fate
2027
Hellfire
2026 · Jeremiah
Kill Code
2026 · Eion
The Letter
2025 · Finn O'Brien
The Wrecker
2025 · Dante
Milarepa
2025 · Marpa
Laws of Man
2025 · Cassidy Whittaker
Spread
2024 · Frank Ferretti
Efecto paradoja
2024 · Silvio
Joe Baby
2024 · Randall Kane
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
2023 · Self
El Panadero
2023 · Merchant
Lansky
2021 · Meyer Lansky
Blood on the Crown
2021 · General Hunter Blair
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Fátima: La película
2020 · Professor Nichols
11 Colours of the Bird
2020 · Self
Esau
2019 · Abraham
El irlandés
2019 · Angelo Bruno
The Painted Bird
2019 · Priest
Encuentros al Azar (See you Soon)
2019 · Billy
El último hombre
2018 · Noe
Isla de perros
2018 · Gondo (voice)
First We Take Brooklyn
2018 · Anatoly
Lies We Tell
2018 · Demi
La Madame
2017 · Bob Fredericks
El Comediante
2016 · Mac Schiltz
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
2016 · Self
Chosen
2016 · Papi
Los 6 Ridículos
2015 · Smiley
Outlaws
2015 · The Director
Behind the White Glasses
2015 · Self
Youth
2015 · Mick Boyle
Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015 · Self
By the Gun
2014 · Salvatore Vitaglia
Rio, I Love You
2014 · O Ator
Two Men in Town
2014 · Bill Agati
El Gran Hotel Budapest
2014 · Ludwig
Gandhi of the Month
2014 · Edward Baker
El congreso
2013 · Al
A Farewell to Fools
2013 · Father Johanis
Fatal Honeymoon
2012 · Tommy Thomas
Moonrise Kingdom: Amor Infantil
2012 · Commander Pierce
The Last Godfather
2010 · Don Carini
Los pequeños Focker
2010 · Randy Weir
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010 · Duke White
Asesinato en Tahoe
2009 · Nino
The Ministers
2009 · Joseph Bruno
Bastardos sin gloria
2009 · OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
La leyenda del tesoro perdido 2: El libro de los secretos
2007 · Sadusky
My Sexiest Year
2007 · Zowie
One Last Dance
2007 · Terrtano
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006 · Miro (voice)
The Stone Merchant
2006 · The Merchant
A Crime
2006 · Roger Culkin
The Outsider
2005 · Self
Shadows in the Sun
2005 · Weldon Parish
Tómalo con calma
2005 · Nick Carr
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004 · Uncle Pio
La leyenda del tesoro perdido
2004 · Sadusky
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
2004 · Walter McGrane
This Year in Czernowitz
2004 · Self
Chasing The Elephant
2003 · The Mystery Man
Dreaming of Julia
2003 · Che, Producer
The Galíndez File
2003 · Edward Robards
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
Crime Spree
2003 · Frankie Zammeti
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003 · Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
The John Garfield Story
2003 · Self
Ginostra
2003 · Matt Benson
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film
2002 · Self
Beeper
2002 · Zolo
Dragón Rojo
2002 · Jack Crawford
Nowhere
2002 · El Gringo
Tomando Parte
2002 · Steve Arnold
The Grey Zone
2001 · SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt, Executive Producer
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
2001 · Self
Nailed
2001 · Tony Romano
El Hijo del Diablo
2000 · Dad
Presence of Mind
2000 · The Master
Prince of Central Park
2000 · The Guardian
Viper
2000 · Leone
U-571 La Batalla del Atlántico
2000 · CPO Henry Klough
Fail Safe
2000 · Brig. Gen. Warren Black
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000 · Self
Holy Smoke
1999 · PJ Waters
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999 · Self
Three Seasons
1999 · James Hager, Executive Producer
Gunslinger's Revenge
1998 · Johnny Lowen
Shadrach
1998 · Vernon
Finding Graceland
1998 · Elvis
Lulu on the Bridge
1998 · Izzy Maurer
Full Tilt Boogie
1998 · Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998 · Self
FairyTale: A True Story
1997 · Harry Houdini
Tierra de policías
1997 · Ray Donlan
City of Industry
1997 · Roy Egan
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996 · Self
Head Above Water
1996 · George
Del crepúsculo al amanecer
1996 · Jacob Fuller
El Nombre del Juego
1995 · Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
Ulysses' Gaze
1995 · A
Clockers
1995 · Det. Rocco Klein
Blue in the Face
1995 · Auggie Wren, Executive Producer
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995 · Byron Sullivan (archive footage)
Smoke
1995 · Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994 · Self
Imaginary Crimes
1994 · Ray Weiler
Somebody to Love
1994 · Harry Harrelson
Tiempos Violentos
1994 · The Wolf
Monkey Trouble
1994 · Azro
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
1994 · Mr. White (archive footage)
Dangerous Game
1993 · Eddie Israel
The Young Americans
1993 · John Harris
Sol naciente
1993 · Lt. Tom Graham
The Piano
1993 · George Baines
La Asesina
1993 · Victor the Cleaner
Inside 'The Piano'
1993 · Self
Un maldito policía
1992 · LT
Perros de Reserva
1992 · Mr. White / Larry Dimmick, Co-Producer
Blast 'Em
1992 · Self (uncredited)
Cambio De Hábito
1992 · Vince LaRocca
Bugsy
1991 · Mickey Cohen
Thelma y Louise
1991 · Hal
Mortal Thoughts
1991 · Det. John Woods
Drums of Fire
1990 · Sandoval
The Two Jakes
1990 · Julius "Jake" Berman
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990 · Self
Two Evil Eyes
1990 · Roderick Usher
White Hunter
1990 · Thomas
Imagining America
1989
The January Man
1989 · Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
This Ain't Bebop
1989
Dear Gorbachev
1988 · Nikolaj Bucharin
Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Self
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Self
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Judas
Down Where the Buffalo Go
1988 · Carl
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987 · Donald Jacques (voice)
The Pick-up Artist
1987 · Alonzo Scolara
Blindside
1987 · Penfield Gruber
The Inquiry
1986 · Ponzio Pilato
The American Bride
1986 · Sacha
The Men's Club
1986 · Solly Berliner
Wise Guys
1986 · Bobby DiLea
Off Beat
1986 · Mickey
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986 · Frankie
Vanessa in the Garden
1985 · Byron Sullivan
Star Knight
1985 · Klever
Baciami Strega
1985
Dream One
1984 · Mr. Legend
Falling in Love
1984 · Ed Lasky
A Stone in the Mouth
1983 · The Fugitive
Exposed
1983 · Rivas
Copkiller
1983 · Lt. Fred O'Connor
That Night of Varennes
1982 · Thomas Paine
The Border
1982 · Cat
Bad Timing
1980 · Inspector Netusil
Saturn 3
1980 · Benson
Death Watch
1980 · Roddy
Eagle's Wing
1979 · Henry
Fingers
1978 · Jimmy Fingers
Blue Collar
1978 · Jerry Bartowski
The Duellists
1977 · Gabriel Feraud
Welcome to L.A.
1976 · Ken Hood
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976 · The Relative (Ed Goodman)
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976 · Speed
Taxi Driver
1976 · Sport
That's the Way of the World
1975 · Coleman Buckmaster
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974 · Ben Eberhardt
Virginia Hill
1974 · Bugsy Siegel
Mean Streets
1973 · Charlie Cappa
Pueblo
1973 · Seaman (uncredited)
Brewster McCloud
1971 · The Photographer (uncredited)
A Memory of Two Mondays
1971 · Jerry
Street Scenes 1970
1970 · Self, Still Photographer
Who's That Knocking at My Door
1968 · J.R.
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967 · Soldier (uncredited)
Live Fast, Die Laughing
Paradise Inc.
· Hubert Humbolt
Theirs
Untitled Harvey Keitel/Daphna Kastner Film
Minute Mark
Pawn Shop
The Method
· Robert
TV shows (24)
El Tatuador de Auschwitz
2024 · Lali Sokolov (Old)
100 Años de Warner Bros.
2023 · Self
La Leyenda del Tesoro Perdido: al Filo de la Historia
2022 · Peter Sadusky
Mike: Mas allá de Tyson
2022 · Cus D'Amato
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Life on Mars
2008 · Lt. Gene Hunt
The Path to 9/11
2006 · John O'Neill
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
V Graham Norton
2002 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
The Play on One
1988 · Carl
The Ellen Burstyn Show
1986 · Frank Tanner
Amazing Stories
1985 · Byron Sullivan
La bella Otero
1984 · Ernest Jurgens
American Playhouse
1982 · Harvey Keitel
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Siegfried (uncredited)
Kojak
1973 · Jerry Talaba
Great Performances
1971 · Jerry
Omnibus
1967 · Self
The F.B.I.
1965 · Ernie
Hogan's Heroes
1965 · German Soldier (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953 · Self