Harvey Keitel
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Harvey Keitel

Born 13 May 1939 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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

Pulp Fiction
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Reservoir Dogs
Taxi Driver
The Irishman
National Treasure
From Dusk Till Dawn
Moonrise Kingdom
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Isle of Dogs
Red Dragon
Thelma & Louise
Fate
Hellfire
Kill Code
The Wrecker
Milarepa
The Letter
Laws of Man
Joe Baby
Spread
Paradox Effect
The Baker
Lansky
Blood on the Crown
Fatima
The Irishman
The Painted Bird
Esau
See You Soon
Isle of Dogs
The Last Man
First We Take Brooklyn
Lies We Tell
Madame
Chosen
The Comedian
Youth
The Ridiculous 6
Outlaws
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Two Men in Town
By the Gun
Rio, I Love You
The Congress
A Farewell to Fools
Fatal Honeymoon
Moonrise Kingdom
Little Fockers
The Last Godfather
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
The Ministers
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
One Last Dance
My Sexiest Year
A Crime
The Stone Merchant
Arthur and the Invisibles
Be Cool
Shadows in the Sun
National Treasure
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Crime Spree
Ginostra
The Galíndez File
Dreaming of Julia
Taking Sides
Red Dragon
Beeper
Nowhere
The Grey Zone
Nailed
U-571
Fail Safe
Little Nicky
Presence of Mind
Prince of Central Park
Viper
Three Seasons
Holy Smoke
Lulu on the Bridge
Gunslinger's Revenge
Finding Graceland
Shadrach
Cop Land
FairyTale: A True Story
City of Industry
From Dusk Till Dawn
Head Above Water
Smoke
Clockers
Blue in the Face
Ulysses' Gaze
Pulp Fiction
Monkey Trouble
Somebody to Love
Imaginary Crimes
The Piano
Point of No Return
Rising Sun
The Young Americans
Dangerous Game
Reservoir Dogs
Sister Act
Bad Lieutenant
Thelma & Louise
Bugsy
Mortal Thoughts
The Two Jakes
Two Evil Eyes
Drums of Fire
White Hunter
The January Man
This Ain't Bebop
Imagining America
The Last Temptation of Christ
Dear Gorbachev
Down Where the Buffalo Go
The Pick-up Artist
Blindside
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Wise Guys
The Men's Club
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
The Inquiry
Off Beat
The American Bride
Vanessa in the Garden
Star Knight
Falling in Love
Dream One
Copkiller
Exposed
A Stone in the Mouth
The Border
That Night of Varennes
Bad Timing
Saturn 3
Death Watch
Eagle's Wing
Blue Collar
Fingers
The Duellists
Taxi Driver
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Welcome to L.A.
Mother, Jugs & Speed
That's the Way of the World
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Virginia Hill
Mean Streets
A Memory of Two Mondays
Who's That Knocking at My Door
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