
Harvey Keitel
Known for Acting · 207 credits
- Born
- 1939-05-13 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Harvey Johannes Keitel
Biography
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
TV Shows (24)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Siegfried (uncredited)

The View
1997
as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self

Great Performances
1971
as Jerry

Hogan's Heroes
1965
as German Soldier (uncredited)

The F.B.I.
1965
as Ernie

Omnibus
1967
as Self

Kojak
1973
as Jerry Talaba

Amazing Stories
1985
as Byron Sullivan

The Oscars
1953
as Self

V Graham Norton
2002
as Self

Life on Mars
2008
as Lt. Gene Hunt

National Treasure: Edge of History
2022
as Peter Sadusky

American Playhouse
1982
as (segment "This Ain't Bebop")

The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
as Lali Sokolov (Old)

100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest

The Play on One
1988
as Carl

Mike
2022
as Cus D'Amato

The Path to 9/11
2006
as John O'Neill

The Ellen Burstyn Show
1986
as Frank Tanner

Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self

La bella Otero
1984
as Ernest Jurgens
Movies (183)

Pulp Fiction
1994
as The Wolf

Hellfire
2026
as Jeremiah

Inglourious Basterds
2009
as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)

Taxi Driver
1976
as Sport

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Ludwig

Reservoir Dogs
1992
as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick

From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
as Jacob Fuller

National Treasure
2004
as Peter Sadusky

The Irishman
2019
as Angelo Bruno

Thelma & Louise
1991
as Hal

Isle of Dogs
2018
as Gondo (voice)

Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
as Miro (voice)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
as Peter Sadusky

Kill Code
2026
as Eion

Sister Act
1992
as Vince LaRocca

Little Nicky
2000
as Dad

Cop Land
1997
as Ray Donlan

U-571
2000
as CPO Henry Klough

Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Commander Pierce

Be Cool
2005
as Nick Carr

Little Fockers
2010
as Randy Weir

Clockers
1995
as Det. Rocco Klein

Mean Streets
1973
as Charlie Cappa

The Piano
1993
as George Baines

Get Shorty
1995
as Harvey Keitel (uncredited)

Bad Lieutenant
1992
as LT

The Ridiculous 6
2015
as Smiley

Saturn 3
1980
as Benson

Youth
2015
as Mick Boyle

The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Judas

The Duellists
1977
as Gabriel Feraud

Lansky
2021
as Meyer Lansky

Bugsy
1991
as Mickey Cohen

The Baker
2023
as Merchant

Smoke
1995
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren

Point of No Return
1993
as Victor the Cleaner

Falling in Love
1984
as Ed Lasky

Two Evil Eyes
1990
as Roderick Usher

Fatima
2020
as Professor Nichols
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)

See You Soon
2019
as Billy

Joe Baby
2024
as Randall Kane

Mortal Thoughts
1991
as Det. John Woods

Rising Sun
1993
as Lt. Tom Graham

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self

The Wrecker
2025
as Dante

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
as Ben Eberhardt

FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Harry Houdini

Holy Smoke
1999
as PJ Waters

A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010
as Duke White

The Comedian
2016
as Mac Schiltz

The Congress
2013
as Al

Crime Spree
2003
as Frankie Zammeti

Paradox Effect
2024
as Silvio

A Crime
2006
as Roger Culkin

Monkey Trouble
1994
as Azro

The Last Godfather
2010
as Don Carini

The Grey Zone
2001
as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt

The Two Jakes
1990
as Julius "Jake" Berman

Fatal Honeymoon
2012
as Tommy Thomas

The Painted Bird
2019
as Priest

Milarepa
2025
as Marpa

Rio, I Love You
2014
as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Donald Jacques (voice)

The Outsider
2005
as Self

Imaginary Crimes
1994
as Ray Weiler

Death Watch
1980
as Roddy

Red Dragon
2002
as Jack Crawford

Pueblo
1973
as Seaman (uncredited)

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976
as The Relative (Ed Goodman)

Madame
2017
as Bob Fredericks

The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Alonzo Scolara

Off Beat
1986
as Mickey

The Young Americans
1993
as John Harris

City of Industry
1997
as Roy Egan

Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
as Soldier (uncredited)

Shadows in the Sun
2005
as Weldon Parish

Blue in the Face
1995
as Auggie Wren

The Last Man
2018
as Noe

Wise Guys
1986
as Bobby DiLea

Brewster McCloud
1971
as The Photographer (uncredited)

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self

Fail Safe
2000
as Brig. Gen. Warren Black

Dangerous Game
1993
as Eddie Israel

Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
2023
as Self

Ulysses' Gaze
1995
as A

Welcome to L.A.
1976
as Ken Hood

Two Men in Town
2014
as Bill Agati

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
as Self

Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009
as Nino

Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994
as Self

By the Gun
2014
as Salvatore Vitaglia

The January Man
1989
as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Uncle Pio

Exposed
1983
as Rivas

The Border
1982
as Cat

The Men's Club
1986
as Solly Berliner

Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015
as Self

Blue Collar
1978
as Jerry Bartowski

A Memory of Two Mondays
1971
as Jerry

The Ministers
2009
as Joseph Bruno

Spread
2024
as Frank Ferretti

The Inquiry
1986
as Ponzio Pilato

Fingers
1978
as Jimmy Fingers

Chosen
2016
as Papi

One Last Dance
2007
as Terrtano

Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
as Speed

Head Above Water
1996
as George

Bad Timing
1980
as Inspector Netusil

Eagle's Wing
1979
as Henry

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986
as Frankie

Three Seasons
1999
as James Hager

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003
as Self

Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
as Self

Gunslinger's Revenge
1998
as Johnny Lowen

First We Take Brooklyn
2018
as Anatoly

Taking Sides
2002
as Steve Arnold

Who's That Knocking at My Door
1968
as J.R.

Finding Graceland
1998
as Elvis
About 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… With 207 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Harvey Keitel has appeared in 183 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harvey Keitel Movies
- Pulp Fiction (1994) — as The Wolf
- Hellfire (2026) — as Jeremiah
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) — as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
- Taxi Driver (1976) — as Sport
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — as Ludwig
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