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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Hellfire as Jeremiah
- 2026 · Kill Code as Eion
- 2025 · The Letter as Finn O'Brien
- 2025 · The Wrecker as Dante
- 2025 · Milarepa as Marpa
- 2024 · Spread as Frank Ferretti
- 2023 · Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between as Self
- 2018 · Lies We Tell as Demi
- 2016 · Chosen as Papi
- 2015 · Behind the White Glasses as Self
- 2015 · Scorsese's GoodFellas as Self
- 2014 · By the Gun as Salvatore Vitaglia
- 2014 · Two Men in Town as Bill Agati
- 2009 · Wrong Turn at Tahoe as Nino
- 2009 · The Ministers as Joseph Bruno
- 2007 · One Last Dance as Terrtano
- 2004 · The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Uncle Pio
- 2003 · A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self
- 2002 · Taking Sides as Steve Arnold
- 2001 · Nailed as Tony Romano
- 2000 · Fail Safe as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
- 1999 · Three Seasons as James Hager
- 1998 · Gunslinger's Revenge as Johnny Lowen
- 1998 · Shadrach as Vernon
- 1998 · Lulu on the Bridge as Izzy Maurer
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1996 · The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money as Self
- 1996 · Head Above Water as George
- 1995 · Ulysses' Gaze as A
- 1994 · Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder as Self
- 1994 · Somebody to Love as Harry Harrelson
- 1993 · Dangerous Game as Eddie Israel
- 1990 · Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
- 1989 · The January Man as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
- 1988 · Hello Actors Studio as Self
- 1988 · Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ as Self
- 1987 · Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Donald Jacques (voice)
- 1987 · Blindside as Penfield Gruber
- 1986 · The Inquiry as Ponzio Pilato
- 1986 · The Men's Club as Solly Berliner
- 1986 · Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) as Frankie
- 1985 · Vanessa in the Garden as Byron Sullivan
- 1982 · That Night of Varennes as Thomas Paine
- 1982 · The Border as Cat
- 1980 · Bad Timing as Inspector Netusil
- 1980 · Death Watch as Roddy
- 1979 · Eagle's Wing as Henry
- 1978 · Fingers as Jimmy Fingers
- 1978 · Blue Collar as Jerry Bartowski
- 1976 · Welcome to L.A. as Ken Hood
- 1975 · That's the Way of the World as Coleman Buckmaster
- 1971 · Brewster McCloud as The Photographer (uncredited)
- 1971 · A Memory of Two Mondays as Jerry
- 1970 · Street Scenes 1970 as Self
- Future · Fate as
- 2025 · Laws of Man as Cassidy Whittaker
- 2024 · Paradox Effect as Silvio
- 2024 · The Tattooist of Auschwitz as Lali Sokolov (Old)
- 2024 · Joe Baby as Randall Kane
- 2024 · Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · Lansky as Meyer Lansky
- 2021 · Blood on the Crown as General Hunter Blair
- 2021 · Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Fatima as Professor Nichols
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2019 · Esau as Abraham
- 2019 · The Irishman as Angelo Bruno
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Priest
- 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
- 2017 · Madame as Bob Fredericks
- 2016 · The Comedian as Mac Schiltz
- 2016 · Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A as Self
- 2015 · The Ridiculous 6 as Smiley
- 2015 · Outlaws as The Director
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Youth as Mick Boyle
- 2014 · Rio, I Love You as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
- 2014 · The Grand Budapest Hotel as Ludwig
- 2014 · Gandhi of the Month as Edward Baker
- 2013 · The Congress as Al
- 2013 · A Farewell to Fools as Father Johanis
- 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 · 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 · My Sexiest Year as Zowie
- 2006 · Arthur and the Invisibles as Miro (voice)
- 2006 · The Stone Merchant as The Merchant
- 2006 · A Crime as Roger Culkin
- 2006 · The Path to 9/11 as John O'Neill
- 2005 · The Outsider as Self
- 2005 · Shadows in the Sun as Weldon Parish
- 2005 · Be Cool as Nick Carr
- 2004 · National Treasure as Peter Sadusky
- 2004 · Puerto Vallarta Squeeze as Walter McGrane
- 2004 · This Year in Czernowitz as Self
- 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 · Crime Spree as Frankie Zammeti
- 2003 · Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- 2003 · The John Garfield Story as Self
- 2003 · Ginostra as Matt Benson
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film as Self
- 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
- 2000 · Little Nicky as Dad
- 2000 · Presence of Mind as The Master
- 2000 · Prince of Central Park as The Guardian
- 2000 · Viper as Leone
- 2000 · U-571 as CPO Henry Klough
- 2000 · The Ten Commandments of Creativity as Self
- 1999 · Holy Smoke as PJ Waters
- 1999 · Making 'Taxi Driver' as Self
- 1998 · Finding Graceland as Elvis
- 1998 · Full Tilt Boogie as Self
- 1997 · FairyTale: A True Story as Harry Houdini
- 1997 · Cop Land as Ray Donlan
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · City of Industry as Roy Egan
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1996 · From Dusk Till Dawn as Jacob Fuller
- 1995 · Get Shorty as Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
- 1995 · Clockers as Det. Rocco Klein
- 1995 · Blue in the Face as Auggie Wren
- 1995 · Amazing Stories: The Movie IV as Byron Sullivan (archive footage)
- 1995 · Smoke as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
- 1994 · Imaginary Crimes as Ray Weiler
- 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 · Drums of Fire as Sandoval
- 1990 · The Two Jakes as Julius "Jake" Berman
- 1990 · Two Evil Eyes as Roderick Usher
- 1990 · White Hunter as Thomas
- 1989 · Imagining America as
- 1989 · This Ain't Bebop as
- 1988 · Dear Gorbachev as Nikolaj Bucharin
- 1988 · The Last Temptation of Christ as Judas
- 1988 · The Play on One as Carl
- 1988 · Down Where the Buffalo Go as Carl
- 1987 · The Pick-up Artist as Alonzo Scolara
- 1986 · The American Bride as Sacha
- 1986 · The Ellen Burstyn Show as Frank Tanner
- 1986 · Wise Guys as Bobby DiLea
- 1986 · Off Beat as Mickey
- 1985 · Star Knight as Klever
- 1985 · Baciami Strega as
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Byron Sullivan
- 1984 · Dream One as Mr. Legend
- 1984 · Falling in Love as Ed Lasky
- 1984 · La bella Otero as Ernest Jurgens
- 1983 · A Stone in the Mouth as The Fugitive
- 1983 · Exposed as Rivas
- 1983 · Copkiller as Lt. Fred O'Connor
- 1982 · American Playhouse as (segment "This Ain't Bebop")
- 1980 · Saturn 3 as Benson
- 1977 · The Duellists as Gabriel Feraud
- 1976 · Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson as The Relative (Ed Goodman)
- 1976 · Mother, Jugs & Speed as Speed
- 1976 · Taxi Driver as Sport
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Siegfried (uncredited)
- 1974 · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Ben Eberhardt
- 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
- 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 · Theirs as
- Future · Live Fast, Die Laughing as
- Future · Paradise Inc. as Hubert Humbolt