Harvey Keitel

Acting · Born 1939-05-13 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

• Taxi Driver as Sport
• Mean Streets as Charlie Cappa
• Reservoir Dogs as Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
• Smoke as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
• Thelma & Louise as Hal
• Pulp Fiction as The Wolf
• The Piano as George Baines
• From Dusk Till Dawn as Jacob Fuller
• The Last Temptation of Christ as Judas
• Bad Lieutenant as LT

TV

• The Tattooist of Auschwitz as Lali Sokolov (Old)
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The F.B.I. as Ernie
• The View as Self
• Kojak as Jerry Talaba
• Life on Mars as Lt. Gene Hunt
• The Path to 9/11 as John O'Neill
• V Graham Norton as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
• Saturday Night Live as Self - Host