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Born in Brooklyn in 1939, Keitel had a difficult childhood. He stuttered, was thrown out of school for truancy, joined the Marines at 16 and when he quit, sold shoes to earn a crust. He studied The Method with Lee Strasberg and at 26 answered an ad placed by student director Martin Scorsese for the latter's Who's That Knocking At My Door? He went on to appear in Marty's first three films and was famously replaced by Martin Sheen on Coppola's Apocalypse Now. As befits someone of Keitel's intensity and passion, his favourite film is The Sound Of Music. Oscar nominated for his role in Bugsy (1991).
