Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born May 13, 1939
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.
MovieHellfire
2026
as Jeremiah
MovieKill Code
2026
as Eion
MovieThe Letter
2025
as Finn O'Brien
MovieThe Wrecker
2025
as Dante
MovieMilarepa
2025
as Marpa
MovieLaws of Man
2025
as Cassidy Whittaker
MovieSpread
2024
as Frank Ferretti
MovieParadox Effect
2024
as Silvio
MovieJoe Baby
2024
as Randall Kane
TVThe Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024
as Lali Sokolov (Old)
MovieHarvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGarland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
2023
as Self
MovieThe Baker
2023
as Merchant
TV100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
TVNational Treasure: Edge of History
2022
as Peter Sadusky
TVMike
2022
as Cus D'Amato
MovieLansky
2021
as Meyer Lansky
MovieBlood on the Crown
2021
as General Hunter Blair
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFatima
2020
as Professor Nichols
Movie11 Colours of the Bird
2020
as Self
MovieEsau
2019
as Abraham
MovieThe Irishman
2019
as Angelo Bruno
MovieThe Painted Bird
2019
as Priest
MovieSee You Soon
2019
as Billy
MovieThe Last Man
2018
as Noe
MovieIsle of Dogs
2018
as Gondo (voice)
MovieFirst We Take Brooklyn
2018
as Anatoly
MovieLies We Tell
2018
as Demi
MovieMadame
2017
as Bob Fredericks
MovieThe Comedian
2016
as Mac Schiltz
MovieTaxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
2016
as Self
MovieChosen
2016
as Papi
MovieThe Ridiculous 6
2015
as Smiley
MovieOutlaws
2015
as The Director
MovieBehind the White Glasses
2015
as Self
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MovieYouth
2015
as Mick Boyle
MovieScorsese's GoodFellas
2015
as Self
MovieBy the Gun
2014
as Salvatore Vitaglia
MovieRio, I Love You
2014
as O Ator (segment "O Milagre")
MovieTwo Men in Town
2014
as Bill Agati
MovieThe Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Ludwig
Gandhi of the Month
2014
as Edward Baker
MovieThe Congress
2013
as Al
MovieA Farewell to Fools
2013
as Father Johanis
MovieFatal Honeymoon
2012
as Tommy Thomas
MovieMoonrise Kingdom
2012
as Commander Pierce
MovieThe Last Godfather
2010
as Don Carini
MovieLittle Fockers
2010
as Randy Weir
MovieA Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010
as Duke White
MovieWrong Turn at Tahoe
2009
as Nino
MovieThe Ministers
2009
as Joseph Bruno
MovieInglourious Basterds
2009
as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)
TVLife on Mars
2008
as Lt. Gene Hunt
MovieNational Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
as Peter Sadusky
MovieMy Sexiest Year
2007
as Zowie
MovieOne Last Dance
2007
as Terrtano
MovieArthur and the Invisibles
2006
as Miro (voice)
MovieThe Stone Merchant
2006
as The Merchant
MovieA Crime
2006
as Roger Culkin
TVThe Path to 9/11
2006
as John O'Neill
MovieThe Outsider
2005
as Self
MovieShadows in the Sun
2005
as Weldon Parish
MovieBe Cool
2005
as Nick Carr
MovieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Uncle Pio
MovieNational Treasure
2004
as Peter Sadusky
MoviePuerto Vallarta Squeeze
2004
as Walter McGrane
MovieThis Year in Czernowitz
2004
as Self
Chasing The Elephant
2003
as The Mystery Man
MovieDreaming of Julia
2003
as Che
MovieThe Galíndez File
2003
as Edward Robards
MovieAbel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
MovieWho Killed the Idea?
2003
as Private Investigator
MovieCrime Spree
2003
as Frankie Zammeti
MovieA Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003
as Self
MovieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
MovieThe John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
MovieGinostra
2003
as Matt Benson
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieDuelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film
2002
as Self
MovieBeeper
2002
as Zolo
MovieRed Dragon
2002
as Jack Crawford
MovieNowhere
2002
as El Gringo
TVV Graham Norton
2002
as Self
MovieTaking Sides
2002
as Steve Arnold
MovieThe Grey Zone
2001
as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
MovieAdam Sandler Goes to Hell
2001
as Self
MovieNailed
2001
as Tony Romano
MovieLittle Nicky
2000
as Dad
MoviePresence of Mind
2000
as The Master
MoviePrince of Central Park
2000
as The Guardian
MovieViper
2000
as Leone
MovieU-571
2000
as CPO Henry Klough
MovieFail Safe
2000
as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
MovieThe Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000
as Self
MovieHoly Smoke
1999
as PJ Waters
MovieMaking 'Taxi Driver'
1999
as Self
MovieThree Seasons
1999
as James Hager
MovieGunslinger's Revenge
1998
as Johnny Lowen
MovieShadrach
1998
as Vernon
MovieFinding Graceland
1998
as Elvis
MovieLulu on the Bridge
1998
as Izzy Maurer
MovieFull Tilt Boogie
1998
as Self
MovieMythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self
MovieFairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Harry Houdini
MovieCop Land
1997
as Ray Donlan
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieCity of Industry
1997
as Roy Egan
MovieThe Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
as Self
MovieHead Above Water
1996
as George
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieFrom Dusk Till Dawn
1996
as Jacob Fuller
MovieGet Shorty
1995
as Harvey Keitel (uncredited)
MovieUlysses' Gaze
1995
as A
MovieClockers
1995
as Det. Rocco Klein
MovieBlue in the Face
1995
as Auggie Wren
MovieAmazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995
as Byron Sullivan (archive footage)
MovieSmoke
1995
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
MovieQuentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994
as Self
MovieImaginary Crimes
1994
as Ray Weiler
MovieSomebody to Love
1994
as Harry Harrelson
MoviePulp Fiction
1994
as The Wolf
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieMonkey Trouble
1994
as Azro
MovieWho Do You Think You're Fooling?
1994
as Mr. White (archive footage)
MovieDangerous Game
1993
as Eddie Israel
MovieThe Young Americans
1993
as John Harris
MovieRising Sun
1993
as Lt. Tom Graham
MovieThe Piano
1993
as George Baines
MoviePoint of No Return
1993
as Victor the Cleaner
MovieInside 'The Piano'
1993
as Self
MovieBad Lieutenant
1992
as LT
MovieReservoir Dogs
1992
as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
MovieBlast 'Em
1992
as Self (uncredited)
MovieSister Act
1992
as Vince LaRocca
MovieBugsy
1991
as Mickey Cohen
MovieThelma & Louise
1991
as Hal
MovieMortal Thoughts
1991
as Det. John Woods
MovieDrums of Fire
1990
as Sandoval
MovieThe Two Jakes
1990
as Julius "Jake" Berman
MovieMartin Scorsese Directs
1990
as Self
MovieTwo Evil Eyes
1990
as Roderick Usher
MovieWhite Hunter
1990
as Thomas
MovieImagining America
1989
MovieThe January Man
1989
as Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
MovieThis Ain't Bebop
1989
MovieDear Gorbachev
1988
as Nikolaj Bucharin
MovieHello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
MovieLocation Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Self
MovieThe Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Judas
MovieDown Where the Buffalo Go
1988
as Carl
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Carl
MovieDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Donald Jacques (voice)
MovieThe Pick-up Artist
1987
as Alonzo Scolara
MovieBlindside
1987
as Penfield Gruber
MovieThe Inquiry
1986
as Ponzio Pilato
MovieThe American Bride
1986
as Sacha
TVThe Ellen Burstyn Show
1986
as Frank Tanner
MovieThe Men's Club
1986
as Solly Berliner
MovieWise Guys
1986
as Bobby DiLea
MovieOff Beat
1986
as Mickey
MovieCamorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986
as Frankie
MovieVanessa in the Garden
1985
as Byron Sullivan
MovieStar Knight
1985
as Klever
Baciami Strega
1985
TVAmazing Stories
1985
as Byron Sullivan
MovieDream One
1984
as Mr. Legend
MovieFalling in Love
1984
as Ed Lasky
TVLa bella Otero
1984
as Ernest Jurgens
MovieA Stone in the Mouth
1983
as The Fugitive
MovieExposed
1983
as Rivas
MovieCopkiller
1983
as Lt. Fred O'Connor
MovieThat Night of Varennes
1982
as Thomas Paine
MovieThe Border
1982
as Cat
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Harvey Keitel
MovieBad Timing
1980
as Inspector Netusil
MovieSaturn 3
1980
as Benson
MovieDeath Watch
1980
as Roddy
MovieEagle's Wing
1979
as Henry
MovieFingers
1978
as Jimmy Fingers
MovieBlue Collar
1978
as Jerry Bartowski
MovieThe Duellists
1977
as Gabriel Feraud
MovieWelcome to L.A.
1976
as Ken Hood
MovieBuffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976
as The Relative (Ed Goodman)
MovieMother, Jugs & Speed
1976
as Speed
MovieTaxi Driver
1976
as Sport
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieThat's the Way of the World
1975
as Coleman Buckmaster
MovieAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
as Ben Eberhardt
MovieVirginia Hill
1974
as Bugsy Siegel
TVKojak
1973
as Jerry Talaba
MovieMean Streets
1973
as Charlie Cappa
MoviePueblo
1973
as Seaman (uncredited)
MovieBrewster McCloud
1971
as The Photographer (uncredited)
MovieA Memory of Two Mondays
1971
as Jerry
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Jerry
MovieStreet Scenes 1970
1970
as Self
MovieWho's That Knocking at My Door
1968
as J.R.
MovieReflections in a Golden Eye
1967
as Soldier (uncredited)
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Ernie
TVHogan's Heroes
1965
as German Soldier (uncredited)
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Live Fast, Die Laughing
Paradise Inc.
as Hubert Humbolt
MovieTheirs
MovieFate
Untitled Harvey Keitel/Daphna Kastner Film
