Harry Northup

Harry Northup was born on Sep 02, 1940 in USA. Harry Northup's big-screen debut came with Lilith directed by Robert Rossen in 1964, strarring Patient (uncredited). Harry Northup is known for Philadelphia directed by Jonathan Demme, Tom Hanks stars as Andrew Beckett and Denzel Washington as Joe Miller. The upcoming new movie Harry Northup plays is The Manchurian Candidate which will be released on Jul 30, 2004.

Harry E. Northup has made a living as an actor for 30 years, acting in 37 films, including Mean Streets (1973), Alice n'est plus ici (1974), Taxi Driver (1976) (1976 Palme d'Or winner at Cannes), Colère froide (1976) (starring role), Citizens Band (1977), Blue Collar (1978), Violences sur la ville (1979) (starring role), Tom Horn (1980), La grosse magouille (1980), Kansas (1988), Le Silence des agneaux (1991) (Oscar winner for Best Picture), Philadelphia (1993), Belles de l'Ouest (1994), Beloved (1998), and a remake of Un crime dans la tête (2004).Harry has acted in 43 television shows, including Urgences (1994) (guest star), The Court (2002) (recurring role), "In Cold Blood" (CBS mini-series), Au-dessus de tout soupçon (1986), The Day the Bubble Burst (1982), and Côte ouest (1979) (recurring role).Harry has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1976.Harry is that rare American actor who is also an accomplished poet. He has had nine books of poetry published: Amarillo Born (Victor Jiminez Press, 1966); the jon voight poems (Mt. Alverno Press, 1973); Eros ASsh (Momentum Press, 1976); Enough The Great Running Chapel (Momentum Press, 1982); the images we possess kill the capturing (the jesse press, 1988); The Ragged Vertical (Cahuenga Press, 1996); Reunions (Cahuenga Press, 2001); Greatest Hits, 1966-2001 (Pudding House Press, 2002); and Red Snow Fence (Cahuenga Press, 2006).Harry received his B.A. in English from California State University, Northridge, where he studied verse with Ann Stanford.Harry Northup's professional and private papers, manuscripts, journals, scripts, correspondence, ephemera, etc., were purchased by U.C.S.D., La Jolla, on Nov. 18, 2002, and are housed in the Mandeville Special Collections Library, U.C.S.D., 0175-S, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, Ca. 92093-0175, for instruction, research and preservation.His son Dylan lives in Wisconsin.Harry lives in East Hollywood with his wife Holly Prado Northup, a writer and teacher.