Age, Biography, and Wiki
Harvey Keitel was born on May 13, 1939, in New York City to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant parents. He is of Romanian descent on his mother's side and Polish descent on his father's. Raised in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood, Keitel attended Abraham Lincoln High School. At the age of 16, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Lebanon during the 1958 military intervention. Upon returning to the U.S., Keitel worked briefly as a court reporter before pursuing a career in acting.
| Occupation | Film Producer |
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| Date of Birth | 13 May 1939 |
| Age | 86 Years |
| Birth Place | New York City, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Taurus |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
While specific details about Harvey Keitel's current height and weight are not readily available, he is known for his distinctive appearance, which has been a hallmark of his acting career.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Harvey Keitel was in a long-term relationship with actress Lorraine Bracco and later married Daphna Kastner in 2001. He is the father of three children.
His mother Miriam (1911–1987) had immigrated from Romania, and his father Harry from Poland. His parents owned and ran a luncheonette, and his father also worked as a hat maker.
Keitel was in a long-term relationship with American actress Lorraine Bracco from 1982 to 1993, but the relationship ended acrimoniously and triggered a prolonged custody battle over their daughter, Stella (born 1985). He also has a son, Hudson, from his relationship with Lisa Karmazin.
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, Harvey Keitel's net worth is estimated to be around $50 million, primarily earned through his acting career in film and television. Some sources have reported his net worth to vary between $45 million and $55 million in recent years.
Career, Business, and Investments
Keitel's acting career has spanned over four decades, during which he has worked with esteemed directors like Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. His early roles in Off-Broadway productions led to film appearances, including an uncredited part in "Reflections in a Golden Eye." Keitel is best known for his roles in crime dramas like "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "Bad Lieutenant," and "Reservoir Dogs". He has also ventured into nude roles in several films, contributing to his controversial persona. Additionally, Keitel served as co-president of the Actors Studio from 1995 to 2017.
Keitel grew up in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, with his elder sister, Renee, and elder brother, Jerry. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School, and enlisted in the U.S. Marines at the age of 17. After his discharge, he worked as a court stenographer for 10–12 years before beginning his acting career.
Keitel starred in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (which he co-produced) in 1992, where his performance as "Mr. White" took his career to a different level. Since then, Keitel has chosen his roles with care, seeking to change his image and show a broader acting range. One of those roles was the title character in Bad Lieutenant, about a self-loathing, drug-addicted police lieutenant trying to redeem himself. He co-starred in the Jane Campion film The Piano in 1993, and played Winston "The Wolf" Wolf in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, an apparent reprise of his Victor the Cleaner character from 1993's Point of No Return. Keitel starred as a police detective in Spike Lee's Clockers (an adaptation of Richard Price's novel, co-produced by Martin Scorsese). In 1996, Keitel had a major role in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's film From Dusk till Dawn, and in 1997, he starred in the crime drama Cop Land, which also starred Sylvester Stallone, Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro.
In 2001 Keitel played opposite roles: as a U.S. Army denazification investigator in the film Taking Sides and as SS-Oberscharführer Erich Muhsfeldt in the film The Grey Zone. In 2002, at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival, Keitel was honored with the Stanislavsky Award for his outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's school. He also appeared in the Steinlager Pure commercials in New Zealand in 2007.
Between 2014 and early 2020, he reprised his role of Winston Wolf from Pulp Fiction as part of a £40 million television advertising campaign for British insurance company Direct Line. In 2021, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Newport Beach Film Festival. In 2022, Keitel starred in Steven Brand's noir thriller Joe Baby alongside Dichen Lachman, Willa Fitzgerald and Ron Perlman. Keitel has recently collaborated with Wes Anderson acting in minor roles in his films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Isle of Dogs (2018). He reunited with Martin Scorsese after 30 years appearing as Philadelphia crime family acting boss Angelo Bruno in his gangster movie The Irishman (2019) alongside Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. He reprised his role FBI Agent Peter Sadusky in the recent Disney+ series National Treasure: Edge of History (2022).
Social Network
Information about Harvey Keitel's social media presence is limited, as he is not known to be highly active on platforms like Instagram or Twitter.
Education
Keitel studied acting under Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler at the HB Studio in Greenwich Village, which helped him secure roles in various Off-Broadway productions. Before his acting career, he attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn.
