Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Personal information

Known for
Acting
Known credits
210
Gender
Male
Born
May 13, 1939
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.

Popular

Pulp Fiction
Movie
1994

Pulp Fiction

Movie · 1994

Inglourious Basterds
Movie
2009

Inglourious Basterds

Movie · 2009

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Movie
2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Movie · 2014

Reservoir Dogs
Movie
1992

Reservoir Dogs

Movie · 1992

Taxi Driver
Movie
1976

Taxi Driver

Movie · 1976

The Irishman
Movie
2019

The Irishman

Movie · 2019