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Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film. 54 min. only 8 days left. Masters of Cinema. Cinema. Read more. For a long time, Harvey Keitel felt out of place. Born into a poor Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, he was brought up by his strict grandfather who taught him religion and modesty.
Biography. 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 ...
Keitel was an actor unlike other leading men. He seemed vulnerable, needy and driven--but in a fundamental way, not in a mannered way, like James Dean. His character introduced the theme that would be central to Scorsese's work, and to Keitel's: Guilt and its redemption.
