Harvey Keitel
Birthplace: Brooklyn
Born: 1939-05-13
Occupations recorded in source
actor; character actor; film actor; film producer; film screenwriter; screenwriter; stage actor; television actor; voice actor; writer
Biography from Wikipedia
Harvey Johannes Keitel (/kaɪˈtɛl/ ky-TEL; born May 13, 1939) is an American actor and producer. Known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters, he rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement.
Keitel has long been associated with Martin Scorsese, starring in six Scorsese 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). He is also known for his roles in the Quentin Tarantino films Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994) and the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Isle of Dogs (2018).
Keitel's role as Mickey Cohen in Bugsy (1991) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, while The Piano (1993) won him the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Other notable films include Blue Collar (1978), Thelma & Louise (1991), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Sister Act (1992), Imaginary Crimes (1994), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Cop Land (1997), Holy Smoke! (1998), U-571 (2000), Red Dragon (2002), National Treasure (2004), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), and Youth (2015).
Keitel was one of the co-presidents of the Actors Studio from 1995 to 2017.
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Thelma & Louise (1991) — Investigator Hal Slocumb
- Due Occhi Diabolici (1990) — Roderick Usher
- The Battle of the Three Kings (1990)
- The Two Jakes (1990) — Julius 'Jake' Berman
- Imagining America (1989)
- The January Man (1989) — Frank Starkey
- The American Bride (1988)
- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) — Judas
- Blindside (1987) — Penfield Gruber
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) — 2nd Lt. Donald Jacques
- The Pick-up Artist (1987) — Alonzo Scolara
- Off Beat (1986) — Mickey
- The Men's Club (1986) — Solly Berliner
- Wise Guys (1986) — Bobby DiLea
- Falling in Love (1984) — Ed Lasky
- Nemo (1984)
- Copkiller (1983) — Lt. Fred O'Connor
- Exposed (1983) — Rivas
- The Border (1982) — Cat
- Bad Timing (1980) — Inspector Netusil
- Down Where The Buffalo Go (1980)
- La mort en direct (1980) — Roddy
- Saturn City (1980) — Benson
- Eagle's Wing (1979) — Henry
- Blue Collar (1978) — Jerry
- Fingers (1978) — Jimmy Fingers
- The Duellists (1977) — Feraud
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976) — Ed Goodman
- Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) — Tony "Speed" Malatesta
- Taxi Driver (1976) — 'Sport' Matthew
- Welcome to L.A. (1976) — Ken Hood
- That's the Way of the World (1975)
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) — Ben Eberhart
- Mean Streets (1973) — Charlie Cappa
- A Memory of Two Mondays (1971)
- Street Scenes (1970)
- I Call First (1967) — J.R.
- Cut Throats Nine — Bodeen Moser
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