Harvey Keitel
Date of birth: 1939-05-13
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Harvey Johannes 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.
Movie Credits
Taxi Driver
1976-02-09
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunti
Mean Streets
1973-10-14
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
A Crime
2006-09-11
Vincent's life is on hold until he finds his wife's killer. Alice, his neighbor, is convinced she ca
Reservoir Dogs
1992-09-02
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a wareho
National Treasure
2004-11-19
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to hav
Smoke
1995-06-09
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid
Thelma & Louise
1991-05-24
Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend tr
Cop Land
1997-08-15
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful t
Pulp Fiction
1994-09-10
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up bo
The Piano
1993-05-18
When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-centu
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996-01-19
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to
U-571
2000-04-20
In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as th
Bugsy
1991-12-10
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing wo
Sister Act
1992-05-28
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob
Three Seasons
1999-04-30
The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Mar
Be Cool
2005-03-04
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a
Point of No Return
1993-03-19
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the executio
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988-05-28
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutio
Clockers
1995-09-15
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manag
Blue in the Face
1995-09-15
A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty
Head Above Water
1996-11-07
Judge George brings his young wife, Nathalie, to a remote island for a vacation. But while George ac
The Border
1982-01-29
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for
Fail Safe
2000-04-09
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclea
Taking Sides
2002-03-07
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation r
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007-12-19
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of lo
Mortal Thoughts
1991-04-19
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserv
Ulysses' Gaze
1995-10-12
An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of hi
Hellfire
2026-01-27
A drifter with a mysterious past arrives in a small town and finds the residents in the grip of a ru
Crime Spree
2003-04-16
An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the
Rising Sun
1993-07-30
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation
Wise Guys
1986-04-17
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they ar
The Young Americans
1993-10-08
Experienced New York Police Detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force inves
The January Man
1989-01-13
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial k
Bad Lieutenant
1992-11-20
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious dru
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009-11-16
A small-time crime boss kills a drug dealer without realizing that the drug dealer works for the big
Shadows in the Sun
2005-05-12
An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural
Bad Timing
1980-03-02
Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Tho
Red Dragon
2002-10-02
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecte
The Two Jakes
1990-08-10
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some ru
Little Nicky
2000-11-10
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two mos
The Ministers
2009-10-16
A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with o
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
2004-02-21
An American government hit man on the run makes a pact with two travelers to help him disappear in t
Holy Smoke
1999-09-04
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influen
The Wrecker
2025-10-31
A car mechanic's life takes an unexpected turn when his reckless brother makes a bad decision gainin
The Night of Varennes
1982-05-15
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - th
Monkey Trouble
1994-03-18
Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976-06-24
Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear
Full Tilt Boogie
1998-07-31
A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.
One Last Dance
2007-01-11
T is a legendary killer operating in Singapore. His victims enter his life via a small red envelope
Ginostra
2003-01-29
An FBI Agent from America and his bride and young child travel to the Sicilian island of Ginostra to
Two Evil Eyes
1990-01-25
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's f
FairyTale: A True Story
1997-10-24
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific e
Who's That Knocking at My Door
1968-09-13
A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept h
Blue Collar
1978-02-10
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial
Lulu on the Bridge
1998-09-06
A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.
The Stone Merchant
2006-09-15
The Merchant (Harvey Keitel) is a Westerner. A merchant dealing in precious stones from Afganistan a
The Grey Zone
2001-09-13
The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" o
Gunslinger's Revenge
1998-12-18
The idealistic lifestyle of an old West farmer, his Indian wife, and half-breed son is interrupted w
Somebody to Love
1994-09-27
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who con
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974-12-09
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California,
Fingers
1978-03-02
A wanna-be concert pianist spends his days making a living by collecting debts for his Mafioso fathe
Finding Graceland
1998-09-18
An eccentric drifter claiming to be Elvis Presley hitches a ride with a young man and they find them
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004-12-22
In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Spanish Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five
City of Industry
1997-03-14
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on t
Beeper
2002-10-10
Richard Avery, whose young son is kidnapped while they travel in India. Embarking on a desperate que
The Pick-up Artist
1987-09-18
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to th
Copkiller
1983-03-15
A NYPD officer imprisons and tortures an admitted cop-killer, but finds the tables turned when his v
Little Fockers
2010-12-21
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally ge
Dangerous Game
1993-10-13
A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions
The Duellists
1977-08-31
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel
Vanessa in the Garden
1985-12-29
When a brilliant young artist's beloved wife dies in a carriage wreck, the grief-stricken husband is
Saturn 3
1980-02-15
In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Sat
Falling in Love
1984-11-21
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will
The Last Godfather
2010-12-29
Young-goo the son of mafia boss Don Carini, is too foolish to be part of the mafia elite. One day, Y
Shadrach
1998-09-23
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slaver
Star Knight
1985-12-20
A medieval alchemist (Klaus Kinski), knight (Harvey Keitel) and priest (Fernando Rey) mistake a flyi
Imaginary Crimes
1994-10-14
A recently widowed, small-time hustler struggles to raise his two daughters on his own and still mak
The Men's Club
1986-09-19
Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
Presence of Mind
2000-09-24
A governess, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haun
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010-09-17
The film centers on three brothers who, upon learning they only have a few days left to live, set of
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986-01-24
After Annunziata (Angela Molina) opens up a hostel with her friend Antonio (Daniel Ezralow), she is
Exposed
1983-04-22
Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes
Blindside
1987-09-01
Penfield Gruber, a once great scientist, is reduced to managing a sleazy hotel. He monitors the dail
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014-02-26
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars
Hard Matter
A power-hungry corporation has taken over the conventional prison system and made criminals the new
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
1994-01-01
A short film that took director Quentin Tarantino to task for failing to credit director Ringo Lam's
Fatal Honeymoon
2012-08-25
Based on a true story, Fatal Honeymoon tells the shocking story and controversy surrounding a newlyw
The Congress
2013-07-03
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect h
Eagle's Wing
1979-07-26
Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the
The Outsider
2005-12-04
Nicholas Jarecki follows director James Toback on the 12-day shoot of his thriller, When Will I Be L
Dear Gorbachev
1988-12-30
Russia, 1937. Nicolai Bukharin and his wife Anna Mikhailovna Larina are living through a tragedy in
The Inquiry
1986-10-26
A Roman agent is sent to Palestine to investigate rumors of the resurrection of an executed criminal
Prince of Central Park
2000-09-22
A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a grou
My Sexiest Year
2007-10-17
A romantic coming-of-age story in which the kindness bestowed by a glamorous model is returned 30 ye
Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film
2002-11-05
The director and the actor from Fingers (1978) talks about the film
The Galíndez File
2003-09-26
On March 12, 1956, Basque Nationalist Jesús de Galíndez Suarez disappears from his apartment in New
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998-01-01
Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How
That's the Way of the World
1975-06-01
Record executives want a highly-regarded record producer to focus on a white pop act whom they feel
Two Men in Town
2014-05-07
A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. Th
Live Fast, Die Laughing
A broke taxi driver in Vietnam thinks it is his lucky day when a mysterious woman offers him a fortu
A Farewell to Fools
2013-03-15
Set during World War II, somewhere in Eastern Europe. A German soldier is found dead near the villag
Dream One
1984-12-12
Based on Winsor McCay's comic strip, a little boy embarks on a dream-like adventure. Also known as D
Moonrise Kingdom
2012-05-16
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the stor
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
2024-04-14
Shadows have followed Harvey Keitel wherever he went, from his blasphematory childhood, to the army
Hello Actors Studio
1988-11-09
After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the
By the Gun
2014-09-28
A rising Boston gangster (Ben Barnes) endangers those around him when he starts to make moves withou
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003-04-03
This documentary follows director Brett Ratner through nearly every stage of production for the film
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999-06-14
A behind the scenes snapshot of the making of one of the greatest films ever made. Filled with trivi
Paradise Inc.
Brazilian mobsters kidnap daughter of billionaire and demand her boyfriend lose a high stakes poker
Joe Baby
2024-05-02
Joe Baby is a private investigator searching for money that has been stolen from Heather Stanton, o
Spread
2024-07-19
An ambitious journalist lands a job at a failing adult magazine run by an industry veteran, and must
Welcome to L.A.
1976-11-12
The lives of a group of Hollywood neurotics intersect over the Christmas holidays. Foremost among th
Off Beat
1986-04-10
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his i
Dreaming of Julia
2003-10-24
The year is 1958, and in Holguín, Cuba, a boy's world is about to change forever.
Drums of Fire
1990-12-21
In 1568, Saadi prince Abdelmalek is exiled from Morocco by his brothers, an event that is only the b
Down Where the Buffalo Go
1988-01-19
Carl is a US Navy Shore patrol officer who is based at the Holy Loch naval base in Scotland. Armed o
Youth
2015-05-20
Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement.
Theirs
After a lifetime of grappling with abusive men and a bitter divorce, a mother finds hope for herself
Milarepa
2025-06-19
In Sardinia, in the near future, the ancient settlements come back to life, once again hosting man.
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
2023-12-08
Martin Scorsese is the unchallenged master of the cinematic quest for Italian-American identity. He
A Stone in the Mouth
1983-10-05
A fugitive takes refuge in a manor where a blind retired thespian lives.
Paradox Effect
2024-06-27
An innocent woman is forced to confront a dangerous kingpin who has kidnapped her young daughter and
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976-05-26
To beat out competing ambulance services, an ace driver, an office secretary/paramedic and a suspend
Nailed
2001-04-21
When a passionate but turbulent affair with an emotionally troubled girl results in pregnancy, a str
Behind the White Glasses
2015-09-21
It is a musical portrait that shines a spotlight on unknown aspects of the creative, visionary and g
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994-10-25
A documentary profile on Quentin Tarantino broadcast by the BBC's "Omnibus" strand in 1994 to coinci
White Hunter
1990-01-01
After a man's wife is killed by a panther, his only reason to live becomes revenge, which slowly con
Fate
2026-02-14
It takes a minute to find a special person and a entire lifetime to forget them. After a rescue miss
The Ridiculous 6
2015-12-11
When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled
Inglourious Basterds
2009-08-02
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Baste
Brewster McCloud
1971-08-18
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He
The Irishman
2019-11-01
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accide
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
2023-11-08
Garland Jeffreys, the mixed-race Brooklyn native whose music defied industry norms, receives long-ov
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995-08-18
Four tales are compiled from the popular television series. After a death row inmate (Patrick Swayze
Chosen
2016-08-08
An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.
Street Scenes 1970
1970-09-14
Two protest rallies against the Vietnam War that took place in May 1970: the Hard Hat Riot on Wall S
This Ain't Bebop
1989-01-01
This Ain't Bebop is Ralph Bakshi's first live action short, starring Harvey Keitel and featuring Ron
Imagining America
1989-11-19
An anthology film consisting of four shorts with the central theme being life in the United States.
The Comedian
2016-12-09
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and
Isle of Dogs
2018-03-23
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an
Rio, I Love You
2014-09-12
The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 vi
The Letter
2025-11-08
An old war veteran and man of few words wants to write a goodbye letter to his only daughter and dec
Madame
2017-08-17
Anne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic P
Virginia Hill
1974-11-19
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster B
Baciami Strega
1985-12-04
A beautiful witch is sent to Earth by the devil to capture the souls of a group of ambitious men.
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996-11-17
An examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with medi
This Year in Czernowitz
2004-02-07
Chernivtsi, an out-of-the-way city in the middle of Europe. It was once part of the Austro-Hungarian
La bella Otero
1984-02-05
The story tells the life, the successes, the loves and the decadence of Augustine Caroline Otéro Igl
The Last Man
2018-09-06
Tov Matheson is a war veteran with PTSD who perceives that the apocalypse is coming. After starting
The Painted Bird
2019-09-12
After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War
Outlaws
2015-09-22
A surreal film within a film about a mysterious drifter and motorcycle stuntman who is hunted by a m
First We Take Brooklyn
2018-02-19
An ex-felon joins an Israeli crime syndicate in Brooklyn.
Lies We Tell
2018-02-02
A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss's Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into a li
Chasing The Elephant
2003-11-28
After a disastrous audition, a little girl's anxiety takes shape in the form of an elephant which sh
The American Bride
1986-10-09
Edoardo meets and immediately falls in love for Edith. They soon decide to marry. During the wedding
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990-06-16
Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Sco
Viper
2000-05-11
Viper is the nickname Leone, a blacksmith in a small Sicilian village, gave to his wife, who ran off
Esau
2019-11-04
A 40-year-old writer returns to his family house where he was raised and that he escaped after half
Fatima
2020-08-13
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witn
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003-09-12
Intimate portrait of Abel Ferrara: the result is an eccentric road movie, with the restless film mak
See You Soon
2019-07-25
A U.S. soccer star suffers a career-threatening injury in the run-up to the World Cup, and during hi
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000-02-01
Having struggled to crack his brief, Dennis Hopper decides the only honourable act is to throw himse
Lansky
2021-06-24
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed awa
Get Shorty
1995-10-20
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Holly
Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015-05-05
In this produced by Brett Ratner new retrospective documentary we hear from cast members and additio
Pueblo
1973-03-29
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatme
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967-10-13
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Death Watch
1980-01-23
In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the c
Blood on the Crown
2021-03-09
How the citizens of Malta fought for independence from Britain in 1919. When the Army was sent to qu
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987-10-01
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War
Nowhere
2002-05-17
In a country (alluded to be Chile) under dictatorship, a police night raid comes up with a few usual
Gandhi of the Month
2014-01-13
A secular expatriate American schoolmaster in India struggles to protect his students from fundament
11 Colours of the Bird
2020-03-11
A behind-the-scenes look at the eleven-year process it took to make The Painted Bird. The narratives
The John Garfield Story
2003-02-03
This documentary looks at the life and career of John Garfield, whose career was cut short when he d
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002-12-03
Directors Ridley Scott and Kevin Reynolds talk about the film The Duellists. Reynolds interviews Sco
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ
1988-10-07
Behind the scenes of 'The Last Temptation of the Christ'
A Memory of Two Mondays
1971-01-28
Workers in an auto parts warehouse in 1933 New York City inhabit a bleak, dead-end world in the dept
The Baker
2023-07-27
A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is kil
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021-01-02
Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey K
Laws of Man
2025-01-10
A pair of U.S. marshals search for a wanted murderer in Nevada at the height of the Cold War and enc
Inside 'The Piano'
1993-01-01
This 1993 program about the making of 'The Piano' features interviews with director Jane Campion; ac
Who Killed the Idea?
2003-05-01
A private investigator in Los Angeles is hired by a mysterious woman to find out "who killed the ide
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006-12-13
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfath
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003-03-09
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and grip