Harvey Keitel
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 Movies
Discover the best Harvey Keitel movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Harvey Keitel ranked by year and score.
1
Hellfire (2026)
Action
Thriller
A drifter with a mysterious past arrives in a small town and finds the residents in the grip of a ruthless crime boss and realizes he has to help them.
Score
5.2
2
The Irishman (2019)
Crime
Drama
History
Frank Sheeran spent decades telling himself he was just a working man doing favors for friends. Scorsese's sprawling late-career meditation traces how a Pennsylvania truck driver drifted, almost casually, from...
Score
7.6
3
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Wes Anderson's stop-motion fable imagines a dystopian Japan where a mayor's fear of canine flu becomes an excuse to exile every dog to a trash-covered island. When a determined boy...
Score
7.8
4
The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
Action
Adventure
Comedy
A drifter discovers that his estranged father, a notorious outlaw, has suddenly resurfaced with a dangerous score to settle. Reluctantly reunited with four previously unknown half-brothers, he's pulled into a...
Score
5.2
5
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Comedy
Drama
Gustave H. is the kind of immaculately mannered concierge who remembers every guest's favorite perfume and keeps the lobby of the Grand Budapest Hotel running like a Swiss watch. But...
Score
8.0
6
The Congress (2013)
Animation
Drama
Science Fiction
Robin Wright plays herself in Ari Folman's audacious hybrid film, where a fading actress agrees to have her likeness digitized for a studio's immortal archives. The deal promises financial security...
Score
6.4
7
A Farewell to Fools (2013)
Comedy
Drama
War
A dead Nazi soldier lies at the village's edge, and Eastern European authorities face an impossible ultimatum: identify the killer by dawn or face execution. With no real leads and...
Score
5.2
8
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret...
Score
7.7
9
Little Fockers (2010)
Comedy
Romance
Ten years of trying to impress Jack Byrnes, and Greg Focker is still on probation. Now a father of twins and moonlighting for a pharmaceutical company to cover the bills,...
Score
5.7
10
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Drama
Thriller
War
Two revenge plots converge in Nazi-occupied France, and neither follows the rules of conventional warfare. Lt. Aldo Raine commands a squad of Jewish-American soldiers with a single, savage directive: terrorize...
Score
8.2
11
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Action
Adventure
Mystery
When Ben Gates finds pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, he sees a chance to clear his ancestor's name from the Lincoln assassination. Teaming up again with Abigail and Riley,...
Score
6.4
12
Be Cool (2005)
Comedy
Crime
Chili Palmer has seen enough of Hollywood to know the game is rigged, so he pivots to the music business, where the scams are louder and the egos are bigger....
Score
5.5
13
National Treasure (2004)
Action
Adventure
Mystery
Ben Gates has spent his whole life chasing a legend: a vast fortune hidden by the Founding Fathers, its location encoded within America's most sacred documents. When his partner turns...
Score
6.7
14
Red Dragon (2002)
Crime
Horror
Thriller
Retired FBI profiler Will Graham nearly died the last time he got close to Hannibal Lecter. Now, with a brutal new killer leaving bodies across the country, Graham has to...
Score
7.0
15
U-571 (2000)
Action
Adventure
War
Allied commanders see an opening when a damaged German U-boat broadcasts a distress call. A hastily assembled submarine crew volunteers for a dangerous gambit: board the enemy vessel and steal...
Score
6.5
16
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Action
Crime
Horror
Two criminal brothers on the run from the law drag a widowed preacher and his teenage kids across the Texas border into Mexico, promising them freedom once they reach a...
Score
7.0
17
Smoke (1995)
Comedy
Drama
A chance encounter outside a Brooklyn smoke shop sets three lives on unexpected trajectories. When Paul, a grieving widower, offers shelter to Rashid, a street-smart teenager searching for his estranged...
Score
7.2
18
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
Los Angeles low-lifes, fixers, and fighters keep crossing paths in Quentin Tarantino's fractured portrait of crime as everyday routine. A pair of chatty hitmen, a mob boss's restless wife, and...
Score
8.5
19
The Piano (1993)
Drama
Romance
Ada arrives in remote nineteenth-century New Zealand bound to a husband she barely knows, carrying her piano as the only voice she possesses. Mute since childhood, she communicates through music...
Score
7.4
20
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Crime
Drama
A heroin-addicted NYPD detective chasing redemption stumbles into a case involving the assault of a young nun. As he navigates Brooklyn's underworld to find answers, his personal demons wrestle with...
Score
7.0
21
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Crime
Thriller
When a jewelry store heist goes catastrophically wrong, five color-coded criminals converge on a rendezvous warehouse with no diamonds, one wounded man bleeding out on the floor, and a single...
Score
8.1
22
Bugsy (1991)
Crime
Drama
Mystery
A volatile New York mobster arrives in Los Angeles on what should be a quick errand, only to find himself seduced by the city's glittering promise and a glamorous woman...
Score
6.4
23
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Adventure
Crime
Drama
What starts as a casual weekend escape between two friends spirals into something neither Thelma nor Louise could have planned. One bad night on the road reshapes everything, turning a...
Score
7.6
24
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Drama
Martin Scorsese's bold and deeply human portrait imagines Jesus not as a distant icon but as a man crushed under the weight of a destiny he never asked for. Caught...
Score
7.2
25
Falling in Love (1984)
Drama
Romance
A brief collision in a bookshop during Christmas shopping barely registers at the time. But when Frank and Molly find themselves on the same commuter train months later, something shifts....
Score
6.7
26
Taxi Driver (1976)
Crime
Drama
Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle cannot sleep, so he drives. Night after night through the neon rot of 1970s New York, ferrying strangers through a city he finds repulsive and beyond...
Score
8.1
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the highest-rated movies starring Harvey Keitel?
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Harvey Keitel are Hellfire, The Irishman, and Isle of Dogs.
How many movies and TV shows has Harvey Keitel starred in?
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 26 titles starring Harvey Keitel, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
Are the movies starring Harvey Keitel worth watching?
Yes! The overall filmography starring Harvey Keitel maintains a strong average user rating of 6.9 out of 10 across all tracked titles.