Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939) is an American actor who has starred in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The Piano, Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, James Mangold's Cop Land and Theo Angelopoulos's Ulysses' Gaze (which TIME Magazine called one of the Top 100 Films of All Time). His latest work is as Detective Lieutenant Gene Hunt on the American adaptation of Life on Mars.

When Harvey Keitel became involved in Reservoir Dogs, he agreed to act in the film and co-produce. Harvey Keitel was then cast as Mr. White. With Keitel's assistance, the filmmakers were able to raise $1.5 million to make the film.