Harvey 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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Milarepa | Marpa | HIT | |
| 2024 | Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2023 | Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain | Self | HIT | |
| 2020 | Fatima | Professor Nichols | HIT | |
| 2020 | 11 Colours of the Bird | Self | HIT | |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Angelo Bruno | HIT | |
| 2019 | The Painted Bird | Priest | HIT | |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Gondo (voice) | HIT | |
| 2015 | Youth | Mick Boyle | HIT | |
| 2015 | Scorsese's GoodFellas | Self | HIT | |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Ludwig | HIT | |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Commander Pierce | HIT | |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 2004 | National Treasure | Peter Sadusky | HIT | |
| 2003 | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | - | HIT | |
| 2003 | A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Self | HIT | |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | HIT | |
| 2003 | The John Garfield Story | Self | HIT | |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Jack Crawford | HIT | |
| 2001 | The Grey Zone | SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt | HIT | |
| 2000 | U-571 | CPO Henry Klough | HIT | |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | Brig. Gen. Warren Black | HIT | |
| 2000 | The Ten Commandments of Creativity | Self | HIT | |
| 1999 | Making 'Taxi Driver' | Self | HIT | |
| 1999 | Three Seasons | James Hager | HIT | |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Ray Donlan | HIT | |
| 1996 | From Dusk Till Dawn | Jacob Fuller | HIT | |
| 1995 | Ulysses' Gaze | A | HIT | |
| 1995 | Clockers | Det. Rocco Klein | HIT | |
| 1995 | Blue in the Face | Auggie Wren | HIT | |
| 1995 | Smoke | Augustus 'Auggie' Wren | HIT | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | The Wolf | HIT | |
| 1993 | The Piano | George Baines | HIT | |
| 1992 | Bad Lieutenant | LT | HIT | |
| 1992 | Reservoir Dogs | Mr. White / Larry Dimmick | HIT | |
| 1992 | Sister Act | Vince LaRocca | HIT | |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Hal | HIT | |
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese Directs | Self | HIT | |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio | Self | HIT | |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Judas | HIT | |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Donald Jacques (voice) | HIT | |
| 1986 | The Inquiry | Ponzio Pilato | HIT | |
| 1984 | Falling in Love | Ed Lasky | HIT | |
| 1982 | The Night of Varennes | Thomas Paine | HIT | |
| 1980 | Bad Timing | Inspector Netusil | HIT | |
| 1978 | Blue Collar | Jerry Bartowski | HIT | |
| 1977 | The Duellists | Gabriel Feraud | HIT | |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Sport | HIT | |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Ben Eberhardt | HIT | |
| 1973 | Mean Streets | Charlie Cappa | HIT |