
Harvey Keitel
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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198 Credits
Hellfire
as Jeremiah
2026

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015

The View
as Self
1997

Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975

Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975

Great Performances
as Jerry
1971

Pulp Fiction
as The Wolf
1994

Hogan's Heroes
as German Soldier (uncredited)
1965

Amazing Stories
as Byron Sullivan
1985

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

The F.B.I.
as Ernie
1965

Omnibus
as Self
1967
