Highest rated as cast or director
Pulp Fiction
1994
Taxi Driver
1976
The Irishman
2019
Reservoir Dogs
1992
Thelma & Louise
1991
The Piano
1993
Harvey Keitel's 8 titles from the 1970s have a median Balasaur Score of 71, led by Taxi Driver (86) and Mean Streets (80), against 65 for those from the 1990s.
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.
Acted in 167
2020s
- 2027
Fate
Movie
- 2026
- 2025
The Letter
Finn O'Brien
Milarepa
Marpa
- 2024
Spread
Frank Ferretti
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
Blood on the Crown
General Hunter Blair
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Esau
Abraham
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
Outlaws
The Director
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
Fatal Honeymoon
Tommy Thomas
- 2010
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Duke White
2000s
- 2009
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
Nino
- 2008
- 2007
My Sexiest Year
Zowie
One Last Dance
Terrtano
- 2006
The Stone Merchant
The Merchant
- 2005
- 2004
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
Walter McGrane
- 2003
Dreaming of Julia
Che
The Galíndez File
Edward Robards
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Movie
Ginostra
Matt Benson
- 2002
Nowhere
El Gringo
- 2001
Nailed
Tony Romano
- 2000
Prince of Central Park
The Guardian
Viper
Leone
Fail Safe
Brig. Gen. Warren Black
1990s
- 1999
Three Seasons
James Hager
- 1998
Finding Graceland
Elvis
- 1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Harry Houdini
- 1996
Head Above Water
George
- 1995
Blue in the Face
Auggie Wren
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Byron Sullivan (archive footage)
- 1994
Somebody to Love
Harry Harrelson
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
Mr. White (archive footage)
- 1993
The Young Americans
John Harris
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
Drums of Fire
Sandoval
The Two Jakes
Julius "Jake" Berman
White Hunter
Thomas
1980s
- 1989
This Ain't Bebop
Movie
- 1988
Dear Gorbachev
Nikolaj Bucharin
Down Where the Buffalo Go
Carl
- 1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Donald Jacques (voice)
- 1986
The Inquiry
Ponzio Pilato
The American Bride
Sacha
The Ellen Burstyn Show
Frank Tanner · 1 episode
Wise Guys
Bobby DiLea
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Frankie
- 1985
Vanessa in the Garden
Byron Sullivan
- 1984
La bella Otero
Ernest Jurgens · 4 episodes
- 1983
A Stone in the Mouth
The Fugitive
- 1982
That Night of Varennes
Thomas Paine
The Border
Cat
- 1980
Death Watch
Roddy
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Blue Collar
Jerry Bartowski
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
That's the Way of the World
Coleman Buckmaster
- 1974
Virginia Hill
Bugsy Siegel
- 1973
Pueblo
Seaman (uncredited)
- 1971
Brewster McCloud
The Photographer (uncredited)
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Soldier (uncredited)
- 1965
No release date
Theirs
Movie
Produced 5
2000s
- 2003
Dreaming of Julia
Producer
- 2001
1990s
- 1999
Three Seasons
Executive Producer
- 1995
Blue in the Face
Executive Producer
- 1992
Camera 1
1970s
- 1970
Street Scenes 1970
Still Photographer
Appearances35
2020s
- 2024
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
Self (archive footage)
- 2023
- 2020
11 Colours of the Bird
Self
2010s
- 2016
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Self
- 2015
Behind the White Glasses
Self
2000s
- 2005
The Outsider
Self
- 2004
This Year in Czernowitz
Self
- 2003
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Self
The John Garfield Story
Self
- 2002
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
Self (archive footage)
- 2001
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
Self
- 2000
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Self
1990s
- 1999
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
- 1998
Full Tilt Boogie
Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
- 1997
- 1996
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Self
- 1994
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 episode
- 1993
Inside 'The Piano'
Self
- 1992
Blast 'Em
Self (uncredited)
- 1990
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
1980s
- 1988
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
Self
1970s
- 1975
- 1970
Street Scenes 1970
Self
1960s
- 1967
1950s
- 1953
