Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

  • Born: 1939-5-13
  • Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
  • Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
  • Profession: actor
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: One cool to the end, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, National Treasure, Sisters are also crazy
  • Harvey Keitel, born on May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn Joseph Beckham, New York, is an actor and producer. He started to work in the show business at the age of 26 and shot many famous film works. Harvey Keitel was born in Brooklyn Joseph Beckham, New York in May 1939. When he was a child, he did not do business. At the age of 16, he joined the Navy and was stationed in The Republic of Lebanon.
    After returning to China, he became interested in acting, under the guidance of Lee Strasberg (Lee Strasberg) and Stella Adler (Stella Adler), and began to perform in off-Broadway dramas.
    Representative works are " The Bridge of San Luis Rey ".

    Performing Experience

    Harvey Keitel is a Mixed-Blood . He was born in Brooklyn Joseph Beckham , New York . His father is Romanian and his mother is Polish. Harvey Keitel did not receive a complete education. Soon after graduating from high school, he worked as a seaman in The Republic of Lebanon . The storms of life gave him a sense of mystery that has experienced vicissitudes of life, and also provided him with the conditions to become an actor. He was seen by the famous director Martin Scorsese and became Martin Scorsese's second most important collaborator after Robert De Niro . After overcoming the stuttering problem left over from his childhood , he entered the actor class to learn acting. In 1968 he starred in the film "" directed by Martin Scorsese. This is the beginning of his acting career. Since then he has collaborated with Martin Scorsese on a large number of films. At the same time, he also cooperated with other directors and shot a large number of films. His acting skills are getting better and better and he has won wide acclaim. In the films " Taxi Driver " and " Harvey Keitel ", his performance has received extremely high praise. In 1993, Harvey Keitel played a withdrawn and gloomy farmer in the film "Piano Lesson". In the 1992 film "Falling Water Dog", he played a gangster. These two films respectively won the Golden Palm Award at the French Cannes International Film Festival in those two years . His performance in the film is outstanding and unforgettable. In 1995, he played one of the protagonists in the film "Smoke", the owner of a cigarette shop, Ogi. The film won in 1995Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear Award, and also won the International Film Critics Award. The film is very popular in France, Harvey Keitel's performance has been unanimously praised, and he has become an American filmmaker very much loved by the French. Harvey Keitel is an impressive actor. He looks like he has experienced the vicissitudes of life, but also has a sense of mystery. He has been a very active figure in the film industry since the 1960s. During his decades of acting career, he has worked with many directors, shot various types of films, and created many unforgettable roles. Among them are gangster , there areThere are also cowboys; there are neurotic directors, corrupt and cruel lieutenants, and hopeless drug addicts. As an outstanding actor, he is not only highly regarded in the United States where he was born, but also famous in European countries. After entering the 90s, his influence has not diminished with the development of time, but has become more active, which is really not easy.
    At the age of 26, the God of Destiny began to favor Javier. He took over an advertisement for Martin Scorsese, who was still very young at the time, and began a collaboration between the two for several years.There are nostalgic shots left on it. The two's screen debut was the 1968 film ""(Who's That Knocking at My Door?), 5 years later, they worked together again in the movie "Mean Streets" (Mean Streets). Among the works of the two in the 1970s, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" in 1974 and " Taxi Driver " in 1976 are the two most memorable films. Unfortunately, even if Harvey has achieved so many achievements, he still lost the main character in the classic film " Apocalypse Now " (Apocalypse Now) by the great director Francis Ford Coppola (Francis Ford Coppola) , which is a great cause for his career. Blow.
    In the 1980s, Harvey’s acting career fell into a trough, and he played mostly inconspicuous roles, except for Scorsese’s controversial " The Last Temptation of Christ " (The Last Temptation of Christ) in 1988. . After entering the 90s, Harvey played a compassionate detective in "Thelma & Louise" (Thelma & Louise), which enabled him to break through the old-fashioned performance; the 1991 film "Bugsy" (Bugsy) Won the Oscar nomination and brought him back into public view. Although not recognized before, the 1992 film "Bad Lieutenant" (Bad Lieutenant) and later "Sister Act" (Sister Act) established his status as a versatile performer; directed by Jane Campion (Jane Campion) in 1993 In the grotesque drama "The Piano" (The Piano), Harvey once again proved his broad play.
    On November 27, 2019, the performance of " The Irishman " was officially launched on the streaming media platform Netflix   .

    Character Evaluation

    Harvey Keitel's performance is deep and steady, paying attention to the characterization of the psychological activities of the characters, and has reached a high level in the characterization of the performance. The screen image created by Harvey Keitel has clear lines, suitable shades, andThe temperament is loved by the audience.
    Extended Reading

    Mortal Thoughts quotes

    • James: You take a pencil, a piece of paper, S-U-G-E-R, this is what we need.

    • Joyce Urbanski: I think I hear him. Like, sometimes I think I hear his voice calling me.Joycie. It's really weird, the way the mind works.