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Known for Acting Age 87 years Place of birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Harvey Keitel
Biography
Life and career
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.
Filmography
58 films

Hellfire
2026as Jeremiah

The Baker
2023as Merchant

Fatima
2020as Professor Nichols

The Irishman
2019as Angelo Bruno

The Painted Bird
2019as Priest

The Last Man
2018as Noe

Isle of Dogs
2018as Gondo (voice)

Madame
2017as Bob Fredericks

The Ridiculous 6
2015as Smiley

Youth
2015as Mick Boyle

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014as Ludwig

The Congress
2013as Al

Moonrise Kingdom
2012as Commander Pierce

Little Fockers
2010as Randy Weir

Inglourious Basterds
2009as OSS Commander Who Agrees to Deal (voice) (uncredited)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007as Peter Sadusky

Arthur and the Invisibles
2006as Miro (voice)

Shadows in the Sun
2005as Weldon Parish

Be Cool
2005as Nick Carr

National Treasure
2004as Peter Sadusky

Crime Spree
2003as Frankie Zammeti

Red Dragon
2002as Jack Crawford

The Grey Zone
2001as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric MuhsfeldtExecutive Producer

Little Nicky
2000as Dad

U-571
2000as CPO Henry Klough

Fail Safe
2000as Brig. Gen. Warren Black

Holy Smoke
1999as PJ Waters

FairyTale: A True Story
1997as Harry Houdini

Cop Land
1997as Ray Donlan

Head Above Water
1996as George

From Dusk Till Dawn
1996as Jacob Fuller

Get Shorty
1995as Himself (Uncredited)

Ulysses' Gaze
1995as A

Clockers
1995as Det. Rocco Klein

Smoke
1995as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren

Pulp Fiction
1994as The Wolf

Monkey Trouble
1994as Azro

Rising Sun
1993as Lt. Tom Graham

The Piano
1993as George Baines

Point of No Return
1993as Victor the Cleaner

Bad Lieutenant
1992as LT

Reservoir Dogs
1992as Mr. White / Larry DimmickCo-Producer

Sister Act
1992as Vince LaRocca

Bugsy
1991as Mickey Cohen

Thelma & Louise
1991as Hal

Mortal Thoughts
1991as Det. John Woods

The Two Jakes
1990as Julius "Jake" Berman

Two Evil Eyes
1990as Roderick Usher

The Last Temptation of Christ
1988as Judas

Falling in Love
1984as Ed Lasky

The Border
1982as Cat

Saturn 3
1980as Benson

Death Watch
1980as Roddy

The Duellists
1977as Gabriel Feraud

Taxi Driver
1976as Sport

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974as Ben Eberhardt

Mean Streets
1973as Charlie Cappa

Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967as Soldier (uncredited)