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Harvey Keitel_

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Born Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday
86
Age
50
Credits
Actor
Known For
2.4
Popularity
59 yrs
Career
Updated Feb 20, 2026

Details

Known For
Actor
Birthday
(Saturday)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Height
171 cm (5'7")
Nationality
Languages
English, Romanian
Spouse
Daphna Kastner (2001)
Partner
Lorraine Bracco
Children
3 children: Stella Keitel
Education
HB Studio, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Abraham Lincoln High School, Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Zodiac Sign
♉ Taurus
Chinese Zodiac
兔 Rabbit
Name Origin
English < Old Breton (hoiarn)
Popularity
Tier B -- 111,136 Wikipedia views/month

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Birthday twin
Shares a birthday (May 13) with Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham →
Frequent co-star
Appeared in 9 films with Victor Argo
Victor Argo →
Career
Career spanning 59 years (1967-2026)
Notable
106 total credits -- top 1% among A-tier people
Screen debut
First screen credit at age 27

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Filmography (50)

Hellfire
Hellfire
2026 / Film
Film
Milarepa
Milarepa
2025 / Film
Marpa
The Wrecker
The Wrecker
2025 / Film
Dante
Spread
Spread
2024 / Film
Frank Ferretti
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024 / TV
TV Series
Mike
Mike
2022 / TV
TV Series
Fatima
Fatima
2020 / Film
Professor Nichols
The Irishman
The Irishman
2019 / Film
Angelo Bruno
Esau
Esau
2019 / Film
Film
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
2018 / Film
Gondo (voice)

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.

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Harvey Keitel is 86 years old, born on .
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Harvey Keitel was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
What movies or shows has Harvey Keitel been in?
Harvey Keitel has 50 credits in our database. Notable titles include Hellfire (2026), Milarepa (2025), The Wrecker (2025), Spread (2024), The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2024).
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