Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel
Keitel at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1939-05-13) May 13, 1939 (age 85)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active1967–present
Spouse
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(m. 2001)​
PartnerLorraine Bracco (1982–1993)
Children3
RelativesJesse James Keitel (first cousin twice removed)[1]
Military career
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps

Harvey Keitel (/kaɪˈtɛl/ ky-TEL; born May 13, 1939) is an American actor known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters.[2][3] 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).[4]

Keitel received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Mickey Cohen in Bugsy (1991). He won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in The Piano (1993).[5] Keitel has starred in several other films, including Blue Collar (1978), Thelma & Louise (1991), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Cop Land (1997), Holy Smoke! (1998), National Treasure (2004), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and Youth (2015).

Additionally, Keitel has starred in three films directed by Wes Anderson: Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Isle of Dogs (2018). From 1995 to 2017, he was a co-president of the Actors Studio, alongside Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn.[6]

  1. ^ Hunt, Rachel (October 25, 2021). "'Big Sky': Is Jesse James Keitel Related to Harvey Keitel?". Cheatsheet.com. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  2. ^ Wartofsky, Alona (September 13, 1995). "DARK SIDE OF THE ACTOR HARVEY KEITEL, PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Harvey Keitel on his uneasy relationship with Hollywood". CBS News. December 15, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference BFI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "AFI Past Winners - 1993 Winners & Nominees". AFI-AACTA. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  6. ^ Lipton, James (October 18, 2007). Inside Inside. Dutton. p. 14. ISBN 9780525950356.