
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel 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
Credits
- 2025 · Milarepa as Marpa
- 2025 · Laws of Man as Cassidy Whittaker
- 2024 · Spread as Frank Ferretti
- 2024 · Joe Baby as Randall Kane
- 2023 · Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain as Self
- 2021 · Lansky as Meyer Lansky
- 2021 · Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Priest
- 2014 · Rio, I Love You as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
- 2014 · Two Men in Town as Bill Agati
- 2014 · Gandhi of the Month as Edward Baker
- 2013 · A Farewell to Fools as Father Johanis
- 2009 · The Ministers as Joseph Bruno
- 2007 · My Sexiest Year as Zowie
- 2005 · The Outsider as Self
- 2004 · Puerto Vallarta Squeeze as Walter McGrane
- 2003 · Crime Spree as Frankie Zammeti
- 1987 · Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Donald Jacques (voice)
- Future · The Wrecker as
- 2020 · Fatima as Professor Nichols
- 2003 · Ginostra as Matt Benson
- 2002 · Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Taking Sides as Steve Arnold
- 2000 · Presence of Mind as The Master
- 2000 · Prince of Central Park as The Guardian
- 2000 · Viper as Leone
- 2000 · The Ten Commandments of Creativity as Self
- 1999 · Three Seasons as James Hager
- 1998 · Shadrach as Vernon
- 1998 · Full Tilt Boogie as Self
- 1997 · FairyTale: A True Story as Harry Houdini
- 1996 · Head Above Water as George
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Auggie Wren
- 1993 · Dangerous Game as Eddie Israel
- 1990 · Drums of Fire as Sandoval
- 1990 · Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
- 1989 · Imagining America as
- 1988 · Hello Actors Studio as Self
- 1987 · The Pick-up Artist as Alonzo Scolara
- 1987 · Blindside as Penfield Gruber
- 1986 · The Men's Club as Solly Berliner
- 1986 · Wise Guys as Bobby DiLea
- 1976 · Welcome to L.A. as Ken Hood
- Future · Paradise Inc. as Hubert Humbolt
- Future · Hellfire as Jeremiah
- 1984 · Dream One as Mr. Legend
- 1984 · La bella Otero as Ernest Jurgens
- 1979 · Eagle's Wing as Henry
- Future · Hard Matter as Eion
- 2026 · Fate as
- 2024 · Paradox Effect as Silvio
- 2024 · The Tattooist of Auschwitz as Lali Sokolov (Old)
- 2024 · Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between as Self
- 2023 · The Baker as Merchant
- 2023 · 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- 2022 · National Treasure: Edge of History as Peter Sadusky
- 2022 · Mike as Cus D'Amato
- 2021 · Blood on the Crown as General Hunter Blair
- 2019 · Esau as Abraham
- 2019 · The Irishman as Angelo Bruno
- 2019 · See You Soon as Billy
- 2018 · The Last Man as Noe
- 2018 · Isle of Dogs as Gondo (voice)
- 2018 · First We Take Brooklyn as Anatoly
- 2018 · Lies We Tell as Demi
- 2017 · Madame as Bob Fredericks
- 2016 · The Comedian as Mac Schiltz
- 2016 · Chosen as Papi
- 2015 · The Ridiculous 6 as Smiley
- 2015 · Outlaws as The Director
- 2015 · Behind the White Glasses as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Youth as Mick Boyle
- 2015 · Scorsese's GoodFellas as Self
- 2014 · By the Gun as Salvatore Vitaglia
- 2014 · The Grand Budapest Hotel as Ludwig
- 2013 · The Congress as Al
- 2012 · Fatal Honeymoon as Tommy Thomas
- 2012 · Moonrise Kingdom as Commander Pierce
- 2010 · The Last Godfather as Don Carini
- 2010 · Little Fockers as Randy Weir
- 2010 · A Beginner's Guide to Endings as Duke White
- 2009 · Wrong Turn at Tahoe as Nino
- 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
- 2008 · Life on Mars as Lt. Gene Hunt
- 2007 · National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Peter Sadusky
- 2007 · One Last Dance as Terrtano
- 2006 · Arthur and the Invisibles as Miro
- 2006 · The Stone Merchant as The Merchant
- 2006 · A Crime as Roger Culkin
- 2006 · The Path to 9/11 as John O'Neill
- 2005 · Shadows in the Sun as Weldon Parish
- 2005 · Be Cool as Nick Carr
- 2004 · The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Uncle Pio
- 2004 · National Treasure as Peter Sadusky
- 2004 · This Year in Czernowitz as Himself
- 2003 · Chasing The Elephant as The Mystery Man
- 2003 · Dreaming of Julia as Che
- 2003 · The Galíndez File as Edward Robards
- 2003 · Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty as
- 2003 · Who Killed the Idea? as Private Investigator
- 2003 · A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self
- 2003 · The John Garfield Story as Self
- 2002 · Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film as
- 2002 · Beeper as Zolo
- 2002 · Red Dragon as Jack Crawford
- 2002 · Nowhere as El Gringo
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · The Grey Zone as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
- 2001 · Nailed as Tony Romano
- 2000 · Little Nicky as Dad
- 2000 · U-571 as CPO Henry Klough
- 2000 · Fail Safe as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
- 1999 · Holy Smoke as PJ Waters
- 1999 · Making 'Taxi Driver' as Self
- 1998 · Gunslinger's Revenge as Johnny Lowen
- 1998 · Finding Graceland as Elvis
- 1998 · Lulu on the Bridge as Izzy Maurer
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1997 · Cop Land as Ray Donlan
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · City of Industry as Roy Egan
- 1996 · The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1996 · From Dusk Till Dawn as Jacob Fuller
- 1995 · Get Shorty as Himself (Uncredited)
- 1995 · Ulysses' Gaze as A
- 1995 · Clockers as Det. Rocco Klein
- 1995 · Amazing Stories: The Movie IV as (archive footage)
- 1995 · Smoke as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
- 1994 · Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder as Self
- 1994 · Imaginary Crimes as Ray Weiler
- 1994 · Somebody to Love as Harry Harrelson
- 1994 · Pulp Fiction as The Wolf
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Monkey Trouble as Azro
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. White (archive footage)
- 1993 · The Young Americans as John Harris
- 1993 · Rising Sun as Lt. Tom Graham
- 1993 · The Piano as George Baines
- 1993 · Point of No Return as Victor the Cleaner
- 1993 · Inside 'The Piano' as Self
- 1992 · Bad Lieutenant as LT
- 1992 · Reservoir Dogs as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
- 1992 · Sister Act as Vince LaRocca
- 1991 · Bugsy as Mickey Cohen
- 1991 · Thelma & Louise as Hal
- 1991 · Mortal Thoughts as Det. John Woods
- 1990 · The Two Jakes as Julius "Jake" Berman
- 1990 · Two Evil Eyes as Roderick Usher
- 1990 · White Hunter as Thomas
- 1989 · The January Man as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
- 1989 · This Ain't Bebop as
- 1988 · Dear Gorbachev as Nikolaj Bucharin
- 1988 · Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ as Self
- 1988 · The Last Temptation of Christ as Judas
- 1988 · Down Where the Buffalo Go as Carl
- 1986 · The Inquiry as Ponzio Pilato
- 1986 · The American Bride as Sacha
- 1986 · Off Beat as Mickey
- 1986 · Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) as Frankie
- 1985 · Vanessa in the Garden as Byron Sullivan
- 1985 · Star Knight as Klever
- 1985 · Baciami Strega as
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Byron Sullivan
- 1984 · Falling in Love as Ed Lasky
- 1983 · A Stone in the Mouth as The fugitive
- 1983 · Exposed as Rivas
- 1983 · Copkiller as Lt. Fred O'Connor
- 1982 · The Night of Varennes as Thomas Paine
- 1982 · The Border as Cat
- 1982 · American Playhouse as (segment "This Ain't Bebop")
- 1980 · Bad Timing as Inspector Netusil
- 1980 · Saturn 3 as Benson
- 1980 · Death Watch as Roddy
- 1976 · Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson as The Relative (Ed Goodman)
- Future · Live Fast, Die Laughing as
- Future · Theirs as
- 1978 · Fingers as Jimmy Fingers
- 1978 · Blue Collar as Jerry Bartowski
- 1977 · The Duellists as Gabriel Feraud
- 1976 · Mother, Jugs & Speed as Speed
- 1976 · Taxi Driver as Sport
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · That's the Way of the World as Coleman Buckmaster
- 1974 · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Ben Eberhardt
- 1974 · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Ben
- 1974 · Virginia Hill as Bugsy Siegel
- 1973 · Kojak as Jerry Talaba
- 1973 · Mean Streets as Charlie Cappa
- 1973 · Pueblo as Seaman (uncredited)
- 1971 · Great Performances as Jerry
- 1971 · A Memory of Two Mondays as Jerry
- 1970 · Brewster McCloud as The Photographer (uncredited)
- 1970 · Street Scenes 1970 as Self
- 1968 · Who's That Knocking at My Door as J.R.
- 1967 · Omnibus as Self
- 1967 · Reflections in a Golden Eye as Soldier (uncredited)
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Ernie
- 1965 · Hogan's Heroes as German Soldier (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Letter as Finn O'Brien