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Harvey Keitel

Harvey 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 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). Keitel has starred in several other films, including ''Blue Collar'' (1978), ''Thelma & Louise'' (1991), ''Reservoir Dogs'' (1992), ''Bad Lieutenant'' (1992), Imaginary Crimes (1994), ''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. Provided by Wikipedia