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.

Most Known For

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

The View

as Self

Great Performances

as Jerry

Hogan's Heroes

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Pulp Fiction

as The Wolf

Amazing Stories

as Byron Sullivan

Inglourious Basterds

as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)

The Oscars

as Self

Hellfire

as Jeremiah

Kojak

as Jerry Talaba

The F.B.I.

as Ernie

Taxi Driver

as Sport

The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Ludwig

The Irishman

as Angelo Bruno

Omnibus

as Self

Reservoir Dogs

as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick

V Graham Norton

as Self

From Dusk Till Dawn

as Jacob Fuller