• Name: Harvey Keitel
• Date of Birth: May 13, 1939
• Place of Birth: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY

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Biography: Keitel studied under both Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg, eventually landing roles in some off-Broadway productions. During this time, Keitel met another struggling filmmaker named Martin Scorsese and...( read more ) gained a part in Scorsese's student production, Who's That Knocking at My Door. Since then both Scorsese and Keitel have worked together on numerous projects. Keitel had the starring role in Scorsese's Mean Streets but this proved to be Robert De Niro's breakthrough film. He later appeared with DeNiro in Taxi Driver, playing the pimp Matthew for Jody Foster's character of Iris.

Originally, Keitel was to have played the role of Captain Willard in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. However, he was fired early in the production and replaced by Martin Sheen. After this, it was many years before he would be able to get anything other than minor roles. At the end of the 1970s, Keitel was mostly working in European films for directors such as Ridley Scott, usually in sinister character parts.

Throughout the 1980s, Keitel continued to find plenty of work on both stage and screen, but it was usually in the stereotypical role of a thug. This role reached its zenith when Keitel starred in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs in 1992, where his performance as "Mr. White" relaunched his semi-slumping career. Ridley Scott also helped Keitel by casting him in Thelma and Louise in 1991. That same year he landed a role in Bugsy, for which he obtained an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Since then, Keitel has chosen his roles with care, seeking to change his image and show off a broader acting range. His decision to co-star in Jane Campion's The Piano marks the approximate beginning of this phase of Keitel's career. Among some later roles to follow including Winston Wolf in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, the fatherly Satan in Little Nicky, a wise navy man in U-571 and a diligent F.B.I. agent in National Treasure.

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  45 Trailer Videos for Harvey Keitel
  
  http://www.videodetective.com/actor/HARVEY_KEITEL/video/P00003146.htm
  
  Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
  City of Industry (1997)
  Thelma & Louise (1991)
  Be Cool (2005)
  Head Above Water (1996)
  Two Evil Eyes (1990)
  The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2005)
  Clockers (1995)
  The January Man (1989)
  Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004)
  Get Shorty (1995)
  Blindside (1987)
  Red Dragon (2002)
  Imaginary Crimes (1994)
  Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
  Nailed (2001)
  Monkey Trouble (1994)
  The Pick-Up Artist (1987)
  The Grey Zone (2001)
  Somebody to Love (1994)
  Wise Guys (1986)
  Little Nicky (2000)
  Dangerous Game (1993)
  Un Complicato Intrigo Di Donne, Vicoli E Delitti (1985)
  U-571 (2000)
  Point of No Return (1993)
  Falling in Love (1984)
  Prince of Central Park (1999)
  Rising Sun (1993)
  Eagle's Wing (1979)
  Three Seasons (1999)
  The Piano (1993)
  Fingers (1978)
  Finding Graceland (1998)
  Bad Lieutenant (1992)
  Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
  Finding Graceland (1998)
  Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
  Lulu On The Bridge (1998)
  Bugsy (1991)
  Taxi Driver (1976)
  Shadrach (1998)
  Mortal Thoughts (1991)
  Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
  
  
  

  posted 41 days ago
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  boroboy01

  i think this guy is a top quality actor unfortunately overlooked for roles. i think in pulp fiction he steals the screen from jackson and travolta in the role as mr.wolfe.

  posted 266 days ago
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  osminog9

  Out of all the characters in Reservoir Dogs, Mr. White's personality matches my own.
  While people can blather on about Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), the incredible psycho, Mr. White was the mature, cool-headed member of the group, yet let his loyalties betray him at the end...exactly as I would have done.
  I've seen him in other movies and he's a great actor, but IMHO Mr. White was his defining character.

  posted 429 days ago
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  dansamouretmort

  harvey keitel is the only famous actor i've ever met...so i love him <3

  posted 437 days ago
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  manueljss

  Keitel appears on Be Cool with John Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Dwayne Johnson (The Rock).

  posted 454 days ago
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  fostersanchez

  yup that was michale madsen not keitel, i just love how he plays the older more expiriencd hitman or what ever he is in reservoir dogs hes just cool and chill in the movie!

  posted 475 days ago
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  YlowBstard

  Michael Madsen cut off the cop's ear, not Keitel!

  posted 552 days ago
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  beatlegeek

  well i don't know why i came here tonight i got the feeling that something ain't right im so.... *cuts off ear*

  posted 573 days ago

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• National Treasure: Book of Secrets (PG, 2007)
• Arthur and the Invisibles (Unrated, 2006)
• Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (Unrated, 2006)
• Il Mercante di pietre (The Stone Merchant) (Unrated, 2006)
• The Outsider (Unrated, 2006)
• Dreaming of Julia (Unrated, 2005)
• One Last Dance (Unrated, 2005)
• Shadows in the Sun (Unrated, 2005)
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey (PG, 2005)
• Gunslinger's Revenge (PG-13, 2005)

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