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.
Available on CineVibes
Full Filmography
All Credits (199)
Theirs
as Unknown
Fate
as Unknown
Kill Code
as Eion
The Letter
as Finn O'Brien
The Wrecker
as Dante
Milarepa
as Marpa
Laws of Man
as Cassidy Whittaker
Spread
as Frank Ferretti
Paradox Effect
as Silvio
Joe Baby
as Randall Kane
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
as Lali Sokolov (Old)
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
as Self (archive footage)
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
as Self
The Baker
as Merchant
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
National Treasure: Edge of History
as Peter Sadusky
Mike
as Cus D'Amato
Lansky
as Meyer Lansky
Blood on the Crown
as General Hunter Blair
Fatima
as Professor Nichols
11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
Esau
as Abraham
The Irishman
as Angelo Bruno
The Painted Bird
as Priest
See You Soon
as Billy
The Last Man
as Noe
Isle of Dogs
as Gondo (voice)
First We Take Brooklyn
as Anatoly
Lies We Tell
as Demi
Madame
as Bob Fredericks
The Comedian
as Mac Schiltz
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
as Self
Chosen
as Papi
The Ridiculous 6
as Smiley
Outlaws
as The Director
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Scorsese's GoodFellas
as Self
By the Gun
as Salvatore Vitaglia
Rio, I Love You
as O Ator
Two Men in Town
as Bill Agati
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Ludwig
The Congress
as Al
A Farewell to Fools
as Father Johanis
Fatal Honeymoon
as Tommy Thomas
Moonrise Kingdom
as Commander Pierce
The Last Godfather
as Don Carini
Little Fockers
as Randy Weir
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
as Duke White
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
as Nino
The Ministers
as Joseph Bruno
Inglourious Basterds
as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
Life on Mars
as Lt. Gene Hunt
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Sadusky
My Sexiest Year
as Zowie
One Last Dance
as Terrtano
Arthur and the Invisibles
as Miro (voice)
The Stone Merchant
as The Merchant
A Crime
as Roger Culkin
The Path to 9/11
as John O'Neill
The Outsider
as Self
Shadows in the Sun
as Weldon Parish
Be Cool
as Nick Carr
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio
National Treasure
as Sadusky
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
as Walter McGrane
This Year in Czernowitz
as Self
Dreaming of Julia
as Che
The Galíndez File
as Edward Robards
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
as Unknown
Crime Spree
as Frankie Zammeti
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
The John Garfield Story
as Self
Ginostra
as Matt Benson
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
as Self (archive footage)
Beeper
as Zolo
Nowhere
as El Gringo
V Graham Norton
as Self
Taking Sides
as Steve Arnold
The Grey Zone
as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
as Self
Nailed
as Tony Romano
Little Nicky
as Dad
Presence of Mind
as The Master
Prince of Central Park
as The Guardian
Viper
as Leone
U-571
as CPO Henry Klough
Fail Safe
as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
as Self
Holy Smoke
as PJ Waters
Making 'Taxi Driver'
as Self
Three Seasons
as James Hager
Gunslinger's Revenge
as Johnny Lowen
Shadrach
as Vernon
Finding Graceland
as Elvis
Lulu on the Bridge
as Izzy Maurer
Full Tilt Boogie
as Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
FairyTale: A True Story
as Harry Houdini
Cop Land
as Ray Donlan
The View
as Self
City of Industry
as Roy Egan
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self
Head Above Water
as George
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Jacob Fuller
Get Shorty
as Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
Ulysses' Gaze
as A
Clockers
as Det. Rocco Klein
Blue in the Face
as Auggie Wren
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as Byron Sullivan (archive footage)
Smoke
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
as Self
Imaginary Crimes
as Ray Weiler
Somebody to Love
as Harry Harrelson
Pulp Fiction
as The Wolf
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Monkey Trouble
as Azro
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
as Mr. White (archive footage)
Dangerous Game
as Eddie Israel
The Young Americans
as John Harris
Rising Sun
as Lt. Tom Graham
The Piano
as George Baines
Point of No Return
as Victor the Cleaner
Inside 'The Piano'
as Self
Bad Lieutenant
as LT
Reservoir Dogs
as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
Sister Act
as Vince LaRocca
Bugsy
as Mickey Cohen
Thelma & Louise
as Hal
Mortal Thoughts
as Det. John Woods
Drums of Fire
as Sandoval
The Two Jakes
as Julius "Jake" Berman
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
Two Evil Eyes
as Roderick Usher
White Hunter
as Thomas
Imagining America
as Unknown
The January Man
as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
This Ain't Bebop
as Unknown
Dear Gorbachev
as Nikolaj Bucharin
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
as Self
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Judas
Down Where the Buffalo Go
as Carl
The Play on One
as Carl
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Donald Jacques (voice)
The Pick-up Artist
as Alonzo Scolara
Blindside
as Penfield Gruber
The Inquiry
as Ponzio Pilato
The American Bride
as Sacha
The Ellen Burstyn Show
as Frank Tanner
The Men's Club
as Solly Berliner
Wise Guys
as Bobby DiLea
Off Beat
as Mickey
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
as Frankie
Vanessa in the Garden
as Byron Sullivan
Star Knight
as Klever
Amazing Stories
as Byron Sullivan
Dream One
as Mr. Legend
Falling in Love
as Ed Lasky
La bella Otero
as Ernest Jurgens
A Stone in the Mouth
as The Fugitive
Exposed
as Rivas
Copkiller
as Lt. Fred O'Connor
That Night of Varennes
as Thomas Paine
The Border
as Cat
American Playhouse
as Harvey Keitel
Bad Timing
as Inspector Netusil
Saturn 3
as Benson
Death Watch
as Roddy
Eagle's Wing
as Henry
Fingers
as Jimmy Fingers
Blue Collar
as Jerry Bartowski
The Duellists
as Gabriel Feraud
Welcome to L.A.
as Ken Hood
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Relative (Ed Goodman)
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Speed
Taxi Driver
as Sport
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Siegfried (uncredited)
That's the Way of the World
as Coleman Buckmaster
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Ben Eberhardt
Virginia Hill
as Bugsy Siegel
Kojak
as Jerry Talaba
Mean Streets
as Charlie Cappa
Pueblo
as Seaman (uncredited)
Brewster McCloud
as The Photographer (uncredited)
A Memory of Two Mondays
as Jerry
Great Performances
as Jerry
Street Scenes 1970
as Self
Who's That Knocking at My Door
as J.R.
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Soldier (uncredited)
Omnibus
as Self
The F.B.I.
as Ernie
Hogan's Heroes
as German Soldier (uncredited)
The Oscars
as Self