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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.

Harvey Keitel

Michael De Santa
for Michael De Santa in Grand Theft Auto (1995)
Suggested by the_mush

Set in the sprawling excess of mid-1990s Los Santos, Grand Theft Auto follows a retired bank robber living under federal protection whose carefully constructed suburban life masks a growing dissatisfaction with comfort and anonymity. When a chance encounter with an ambitious young hustler reignites his appetite for risk, the two form an uneasy partnership built on opportunity and ego. Their plans begin small, but the lure of status and legacy pushes them toward increasingly dangerous territory. The fragile alliance is further complicated by the return of a volatile figure from the older man’s past, whose loyalty runs as deep as his instability. As the trio navigate high-stakes heists, corrupt officials, and powerful interests operating behind the scenes, personal ambition threatens to fracture what little trust exists between them. In a city driven by image and greed, the pursuit of one last triumph becomes a test of survival — and of how much each man is willing to sacrifice for control.

