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Harvey KeitelAdd to My CelebsAge 73 Birthday May. 13th, 1939 Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA Height 5' 7 1/2" |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
Came to prominence in the early films of Martin Scorsese after working in theatre for around ten years, particularly Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976). Faded into anonymity in the eighties even though he turned in some impressive performances in films by some of America's leading directors. He re-emergered into star status with his role as Mr. White in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992), Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Piano (1993) 0110912.
TRIVIA:
- He was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the 24th Istanbul Film Festival. (16 April 2005)
- (1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#95).
- Has demonstrated extraordinary enthusiasm for working with first-time directors, from 'Martin Scorsese' (qv) in 1968 to 'Ridley Scott' (qv), 'Paul Schrader (I)' (qv), 'James Toback' (qv), 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv), and in 1999, Vietnamese-American 'Tony Bui' (qv).
- A member of The Actors Studio, had studied with 'Frank Corsaro (II)' (qv), 'Lee Strasberg' (qv) & 'Stella Adler' (qv).
- Resides in New York City. Also owns a home in California.
- Presented good friend and fellow actor 'Michael Madsen (I)' (qv) with the inaugural Rebel Award for his past, present and ongoing commitment to independent film at Rebelfest 2005, Toronto.
- He is Godfather to 'Michael Madsen (I)' (qv)'s son Max.
- (1999) Dated 'Andie MacDowell' (qv).
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