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.

Known For

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Kill Code

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

The View

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Pulp Fiction

Great Performances

All Movies (183)

• Hellfire2026 · as Jeremiah
• Kill Code2026 · as Eion
• The Letter2025 · as Finn O'Brien
• The Wrecker2025 · as Dante
• Milarepa2025 · as Marpa
• Laws of Man2025 · as Cassidy Whittaker
• Spread2024 · as Frank Ferretti
• Paradox Effect2024 · as Silvio
• Joe Baby2024 · as Randall Kane
• Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between2023 · as Self
• The Baker2023 · as Merchant
• Lansky2021 · as Meyer Lansky
• Blood on the Crown2021 · as General Hunter Blair
• Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fatima2020 · as Professor Nichols
• 11 Colours of the Bird2020 · as Self
• Esau2019 · as Abraham
• The Irishman2019 · as Angelo Bruno
• The Painted Bird2019 · as Priest
• See You Soon2019 · as Billy
• The Last Man2018 · as Noe
• Isle of Dogs2018 · as Gondo (voice)
• First We Take Brooklyn2018 · as Anatoly
• Lies We Tell2018 · as Demi
• Madame2017 · as Bob Fredericks
• The Comedian2016 · as Mac Schiltz
• Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A2016 · as Self
• Chosen2016 · as Papi
• The Ridiculous 62015 · as Smiley
• Outlaws2015 · as The Director
• Behind the White Glasses2015 · as Self
• Youth2015 · as Mick Boyle
• Scorsese's GoodFellas2015 · as Self
• By the Gun2014 · as Salvatore Vitaglia
• Rio, I Love You2014 · as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
• Two Men in Town2014 · as Bill Agati
• The Grand Budapest Hotel2014 · as Ludwig
• Gandhi of the Month2014 · as Edward Baker
• The Congress2013 · as Al
• A Farewell to Fools2013 · as Father Johanis
• Fatal Honeymoon2012 · as Tommy Thomas
• Moonrise Kingdom2012 · as Commander Pierce
• The Last Godfather2010 · as Don Carini
• Little Fockers2010 · as Randy Weir
• A Beginner's Guide to Endings2010 · as Duke White
• Wrong Turn at Tahoe2009 · as Nino
• The Ministers2009 · as Joseph Bruno
• Inglourious Basterds2009 · as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
• National Treasure: Book of Secrets2007 · as Peter Sadusky
• My Sexiest Year2007 · as Zowie
• One Last Dance2007 · as Terrtano
• Arthur and the Invisibles2006 · as Miro (voice)
• The Stone Merchant2006 · as The Merchant
• A Crime2006 · as Roger Culkin
• The Outsider2005 · as Self
• Shadows in the Sun2005 · as Weldon Parish
• Be Cool2005 · as Nick Carr
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey2004 · as Uncle Pio
• National Treasure2004 · as Peter Sadusky
• Puerto Vallarta Squeeze2004 · as Walter McGrane
• This Year in Czernowitz2004 · as Self
• Chasing The Elephant2003 · as The Mystery Man
• Dreaming of Julia2003 · as Che
• The Galíndez File2003 · as Edward Robards
• Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty2003
• Who Killed the Idea?2003 · as Private Investigator
• Crime Spree2003 · as Frankie Zammeti
• A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'2003 · as Self
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003 · as Self
• The John Garfield Story2003 · as Self
• Ginostra2003 · as Matt Benson
• Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film2002 · as Self
• Beeper2002 · as Zolo
• Red Dragon2002 · as Jack Crawford
• Nowhere2002 · as El Gringo
• Taking Sides2002 · as Steve Arnold
• The Grey Zone2001 · as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
• Nailed2001 · as Tony Romano
• Little Nicky2000 · as Dad
• Presence of Mind2000 · as The Master
• Prince of Central Park2000 · as The Guardian
• Viper2000 · as Leone
• U-5712000 · as CPO Henry Klough
• Fail Safe2000 · as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
• The Ten Commandments of Creativity2000 · as Self
• Holy Smoke1999 · as PJ Waters
• Making 'Taxi Driver'1999 · as Self
• Three Seasons1999 · as James Hager
• Gunslinger's Revenge1998 · as Johnny Lowen
• Shadrach1998 · as Vernon
• Finding Graceland1998 · as Elvis
• Lulu on the Bridge1998 · as Izzy Maurer
• Full Tilt Boogie1998 · as Self
• Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs1998 · as Self
• FairyTale: A True Story1997 · as Harry Houdini
• Cop Land1997 · as Ray Donlan
• City of Industry1997 · as Roy Egan
• The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money1996 · as Self
• Head Above Water1996 · as George
• From Dusk Till Dawn1996 · as Jacob Fuller
• Get Shorty1995 · as Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
• Ulysses' Gaze1995 · as A
• Clockers1995 · as Det. Rocco Klein
• Blue in the Face1995 · as Auggie Wren
• Amazing Stories: The Movie IV1995 · as Byron Sullivan (archive footage)
• Smoke1995 · as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
• Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder1994 · as Self
• Imaginary Crimes1994 · as Ray Weiler
• Somebody to Love1994 · as Harry Harrelson
• Pulp Fiction1994 · as The Wolf
• Monkey Trouble1994 · as Azro
• Who Do You Think You're Fooling?1994 · as Mr. White (archive footage)
• Dangerous Game1993 · as Eddie Israel
• The Young Americans1993 · as John Harris
• Rising Sun1993 · as Lt. Tom Graham
• The Piano1993 · as George Baines
• Point of No Return1993 · as Victor the Cleaner
• Inside 'The Piano'1993 · as Self
• Bad Lieutenant1992 · as LT
• Reservoir Dogs1992 · as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
• Sister Act1992 · as Vince LaRocca
• Bugsy1991 · as Mickey Cohen
• Thelma & Louise1991 · as Hal
• Mortal Thoughts1991 · as Det. John Woods
• Drums of Fire1990 · as Sandoval
• The Two Jakes1990 · as Julius "Jake" Berman
• Martin Scorsese Directs1990 · as Self
• Two Evil Eyes1990 · as Roderick Usher
• White Hunter1990 · as Thomas
• Imagining America1989
• The January Man1989 · as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
• This Ain't Bebop1989
• Dear Gorbachev1988 · as Nikolaj Bucharin
• Hello Actors Studio1988 · as Self
• Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ1988 · as Self
• The Last Temptation of Christ1988 · as Judas
• Down Where the Buffalo Go1988 · as Carl
• Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam1987 · as Donald Jacques (voice)
• The Pick-up Artist1987 · as Alonzo Scolara
• Blindside1987 · as Penfield Gruber
• The Inquiry1986 · as Ponzio Pilato
• The American Bride1986 · as Sacha
• The Men's Club1986 · as Solly Berliner
• Wise Guys1986 · as Bobby DiLea
• Off Beat1986 · as Mickey
• Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)1986 · as Frankie
• Vanessa in the Garden1985 · as Byron Sullivan
• Star Knight1985 · as Klever
• Baciami Strega1985
• Dream One1984 · as Mr. Legend
• Falling in Love1984 · as Ed Lasky
• A Stone in the Mouth1983 · as The Fugitive
• Exposed1983 · as Rivas
• Copkiller1983 · as Lt. Fred O'Connor
• That Night of Varennes1982 · as Thomas Paine
• The Border1982 · as Cat
• Bad Timing1980 · as Inspector Netusil
• Saturn 31980 · as Benson
• Death Watch1980 · as Roddy
• Eagle's Wing1979 · as Henry
• Fingers1978 · as Jimmy Fingers
• Blue Collar1978 · as Jerry Bartowski
• The Duellists1977 · as Gabriel Feraud
• Welcome to L.A.1976 · as Ken Hood
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson1976 · as The Relative (Ed Goodman)
• Mother, Jugs & Speed1976 · as Speed
• Taxi Driver1976 · as Sport
• That's the Way of the World1975 · as Coleman Buckmaster
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore1974 · as Ben Eberhardt
• Virginia Hill1974 · as Bugsy Siegel
• Mean Streets1973 · as Charlie Cappa
• Pueblo1973 · as Seaman (uncredited)
• Brewster McCloud1971 · as The Photographer (uncredited)
• A Memory of Two Mondays1971 · as Jerry
• Street Scenes 19701970 · as Self
• Who's That Knocking at My Door1968 · as J.R.
• Reflections in a Golden Eye1967 · as Soldier (uncredited)
• Live Fast, Die Laughing—
• Paradise Inc.— · as Hubert Humbolt
• Theirs—
• Fate—

All TV Shows (25)

• The Tattooist of Auschwitz2024 · as Lali Sokolov (Old)
• 100 Years of Warner Bros.2023 · as Self
• National Treasure: Edge of History2022 · as Peter Sadusky
• Mike2022 · as Cus D'Amato
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Life on Mars2008 · as Lt. Gene Hunt
• The Path to 9/112006 · as John O'Neill
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• V Graham Norton2002 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• The Play on One1988 · as Carl
• The Ellen Burstyn Show1986 · as Frank Tanner
• Amazing Stories1985 · as Byron Sullivan
• La bella Otero1984 · as Ernest Jurgens
• American Playhouse1982 · as (segment "This Ain't Bebop")
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Siegfried (uncredited)
• Kojak1973 · as Jerry Talaba
• Great Performances1971 · as Jerry
• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Ernie
• Hogan's Heroes1965 · as German Soldier (uncredited)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self