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Harvey Keitel

Acting Born May 13, 1939 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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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Known for

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
Film

Kill Code

as Eion

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Saturday Night Live

as Siegfried (uncredited)
Film

Pulp Fiction

as The Wolf
Film

Inglourious Basterds

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

Hellfire

as Jeremiah
Film

Taxi Driver

as Sport
Film

Reservoir Dogs

as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
Film

The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Ludwig

Full filmography

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
  • Kill Code (2026) as Eion
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Siegfried (uncredited)
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • Pulp Fiction (1994) as The Wolf
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
  • Hogan's Heroes (1965) as German Soldier (uncredited)
  • Great Performances (1971) as Jerry
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009) as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
  • The F.B.I. (1965) as Ernie
  • Amazing Stories (1985) as Byron Sullivan
  • Kojak (1973) as Jerry Talaba
  • Hellfire (2026) as Jeremiah
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Omnibus (1967) as Self
  • Taxi Driver (1976) as Sport
  • Reservoir Dogs (1992) as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) as Ludwig
  • From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) as Jacob Fuller
  • V Graham Norton (2002) as Self
  • National Treasure (2004) as Peter Sadusky
  • Life on Mars (2008) as Lt. Gene Hunt
  • The Irishman (2019) as Angelo Bruno