Harvey Keitel May Replace Steve Carell on 'The Office'

Harvey Keitel is suddenly rumored to be a potential fit for NBC as they look to replace Steve Carell's character Micael Scott on the hit NBC sitcom, The Office. Harvey Keitel brings a long resume with him, including successful roles in films including "Reservoir Dogs" and "Taxi Driver". His most recent stint on the small screen came on theaward-winning television series "Life on Mars."'The Office' Executive Producer Paul Lieberstein told E!, "Hes probably the only guy who can do it, and hes doing TV now... ...He's a real tough guy... ...but I saw him in 'Life on Mars' and I saw a lot more comedy in his work, just little slivers of it, little things he would do that made me think he's capable of a lot more than what he's done." About Harvey KeitelHarvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939) is an American actor. He is widely known for the "tough-guy" characters he portrays, and for his roles in James Toback's The Pick-Up Artist, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Jane Campion's The Piano, Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, and James Mangold's Cop Land. Keitel also starred in Red Dragon as FBI agent Jack Crawford. His latest work is as Detective Lieutenant Gene Hunt on the American adaptation of Life on Mars.

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