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Top 10 Harvey Keitel Performances


come on wherever you are
the monkeys on patrol with his trademark
Brooklyn accent and his portrayals of
no-nonsense tough guys this
oscar-nominated actor has turned in his
fair share of acting gold whoa what are
you doing Eli and I’m holding on this
until next week do you make the next
payment welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Harvey Keitel performances
you could stand there and you want me to
do everything
good dang where were you for this list
we’re taking a look at those
performances that show off this actor at
his finest and/or most memorable I once
had a horse
Hakone Anna she got hit by a car
number ten lieutenant radon ‘ln copland
I think I’ll go catch me a bad guy
Harvey Keitel shows off his acting chops
as corrupt lieutenant radon ‘ln in this
ensemble crime drama visit our fair city
checking up on us affectionately
referred to as Uncle Ray by his friends
Donnellan is a cocky new york police
officer that also happens to have mob
connections
Keitel carries the smug portrayal well
and brings to life some of Copland’s
most striking lines as showcased in
particular in this barroom scene you can
walk across the street without fear and
you come to me with a plan to set things
right everyone in the city holding hands
singing we are the world number nine
Hal Slocum Thelma and Louise all right
this classic American Road picture
features Keitel in the familiar role of
a cop but this time with a more
sympathetic spin as Hal Slocum he’s the
lone arkansas detective who knows the
true predicament of the titular pair of
female fugitives and promises to keep
them safe I don’t want anybody losing
their heads you know what happens
Byam gets turned way up and the next
thing you know these girls gonna get
shot his sensitive performance won him
the National Society of Film Critics
Award for Best Supporting Actor you’re
either gonna tell me every damn thing
you know so there’s a small chance that
can actually do them some good wrong
would be all over you like a flying off
ship or the rest of your natural life
number eight Mickey Cohen Bugsy
he’s part of the Jewish mafia and did we
mention that he’s a merciless killer
whatever that’s supposed to mean
one of Keitel’s few portrayals based on
a real-life figure the grim faced Mickey
Cohen of the crime film Bugsy knows how
to kill as well as he wears his
signature white suit it’s gonna matter
when there’s money coming in Keitel’s
portrayal of the harsh mobster nabbed
him both an Oscar nod and a Golden Globe
nomination how are you gonna keep saying
you can’t believe it he was dead the
first time you picked up the pay page
dead now he’s still gonna be dead an
hour from now
number seven Jacob fuller from dusk till
dawn I think I’ve gotten about this
up-close personal as you as I’m gonna
get it was this cult action horror that
transformed Keitel into X Baptist
minister Jacob fuller no I’d be drinking
I’m just not taking them leaving the
church after his wife’s untimely death
he decides to take his family and their
mobile home south enjoy before they can
do so they encounter a pair of violent
criminals get taken hostage battle with
vampires yeah it’s complicated
I’m exhausted in his Saturn Award
nominated role
Keitel switches easily between
vulnerable and mild to lean and mean
servant of God told me you gotta wait
about talking about one thing in exact
you slide right with something else like
nobody’s even supposed to notice number
six charlie mean streets you got to be
like me want to be safe in this dark
crime flick keitel plays charlie a young
man looking to get into the mafia
business Oh co-op get him on straighten
him out
straighten the month the bumbles money
left and right however he’s hindered by
his irresponsible friend Johnny boy
played by a youthful Robert DeNiro
what’s this swamp this what that what
does it look like huh what where’d you
get this in love with Johnny boy’s
cousin and haunted by the idea of Hell
Keitel’s complex portrayal of an
italian-american struggling to pull
himself and his friends together in
Little Italy is pure movie magic
infinite NATO royalty food there’s no
way you do that with special thanks
going to Martin Scorsese’s incomparable
directing alright now take it easy don’t
get excited
number 5 the lieutenant bad lieutenant
often referred to as one of his greatest
screen performances Keitel bears all as
the disturbed police officer addicted to
gambling drugs alcohol and girls I’m a
Catholic
after he sinks into a life filled with
anger and depravity it takes a batterer
nun to finally convince the lieutenant
to reflect on whether redemption is
possible how could you forgive these
mother these these guys excuse me
both disturbing and moving Keitel’s
brutally honest portrayal won him an
Independent Spirit Award for best male
lead show me some come on show me show
me
number four Winston wolf pulp fiction
you’re Jimmy right this is your house a
classic among Tarantino fans pulp
fiction sees Keitel holding his own
among an all-star cast as Winston wolf a
master concealer and cleaner of messy
crimes I’m Winston wolf I saw problems
while his screen time may be brief
Keitel truly shines in the park written
specifically for him quickly gentlemen
we got about 15 minutes before Jimmy’s
better half comes pulling into the
driveway in which he professionally and
matter-of-factly handles the interior of
a bloody car I’ll see you guys around
stay out of trouble you crazy kids mr.
wolf I just want to tell you was a real
pleasure watching you work yeah I really
thank you very much mr. wolf number
three
George Baines the piano would you like
to sit it’s not for no reason that
Keitel won the Australian Film Institute
Award for Best Actor with his role in
the piano shall we stop in the story of
shyness suppression and isolation
Keitel plays a former Whaler and lonely
neighbor of a mute woman and piano
player who yearns for something more
than just music I’m sorry I can’t do
that
Keitel’s portrayal of the worn and
weathered man is equal parts passion and
quiet reserved and is perfect for the
film EDA I’m unhappy
Matthew it’s an action officer I swear
I’m clean I’m just waiting here for a
friend number two
Matthew sport Higgins taxi driver
although the movie is better known for
De Niro’s compelling acting Keitel is
more than solid as the pimp of Jodie
Foster’s character in the 1976 classic
crime film we should get back every
night for some more mass she’s proven a
half years older I never had no pussy
like that always nervous and always
looking for his next fix the drug
addicted and violent Matthew sport
Higgins fits just right into Scorsese’s
filthy fierce cityscape no I feel about
you I depend on you and without his
award-nominated persona taxi driver just
wouldn’t have been the same
you’d do anything you want with how you
can come on go in the mouth when it
asked come on a face man did you get
your so hot you’re making explode before
we unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions we’ll go to Judea and
see John the Baptist every day tells
hundreds of people the Messiah is coming
he’ll know everything anything serious
do you I try not to anyway it’s better
for your health it’s coming
do you mind faster just a little bit
closer yes Alice not similar the same
what did he kept out of the papers he
smashed his mirrors and uses the pieces
wears latex gloves so we’ve got no
prints
Sarge levy shoe
number one mr.white Reservoir Dogs we
know you saw this coming
topping our list of keitel performances
is the actors turn in Quentin
Tarantino’s debut which Keitel also
co-produced let me shoot this game shit
you shoot me in a dream you better wake
up and apologize fuck playing a cool
collected and trusting criminal you’re
right this bad Keitel gives us a
skillful portrayal of a tough guy with a
strong moral core that kid near is dying
from a bullet
I saw him take so you’ll be calling him
a rat sure the movies got plenty of
violence swearing and more but the cult
hit also gave us the unforgettable mr.
white for the past 15 minutes now you’ve
been droning on about names Toby Toby
Toby Toby Wong will be wrong Toby Wong a
man who believes one must kill when
necessary but also that waitresses
should be tipped when Christine is the
number one occupation for female
non-college graduates in this country
it’s the one job basically any woman can
get and make a living on the reason is
because of their tips do you agree with
our list which harvey keitel performance
is your favorite well if you know so
much then why you keep asking me you
know what all time is is what some kind
of beer
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