Harley Cross (born March 10, 1978) is an American

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actor and producer. He is currently the Director of Strategy fo
Land Core
a 501(c)3 non-profit that he co-founded in 2018 advancing

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programs and policies that create value for farmers, businesses, and communities. He was co-founder, CEO, and artistic director of Hint Mint Inc., a designer breath mint/candy company that was master licensed to Giftcraft LLC (a Toronto-based gift company) in 2016. In 2015 he co-created the after-school music education progra
Play with Music
which focuses on bringing relevant music education to at-risk youth. The program is currently running at Allen Leroy Locke High School in South Los Angeles. Cross was also the co-founder o
Interconnected
a Los Angeles-based creative agency and production company, that he started in 2011 with his friend and business partner Nirvan Mullick. Through Interconnected, Cross and Mullick produced the viral video Caine's Arcade and the follow-up Caine's Arcade 2. After the viral success of Caine's Arcade, Cross and Mullick co-founded the Imagination Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to "find, foster and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids". As an actor Cross appeared in over a dozen films as well as many TV shows in the 1980s and 1990s including

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s ''

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'', '' Someone To Watch Over Me'', ''

The Fly II ''The Fly II'' is a 1989 American science fiction horror film directed by Chris Walas. The film stars Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga, and is a sequel to the 1986 film '' The Fly'', itself a remake of the 1958 film of the same name. Stoltz's charac ...

'', '' Cohen and Tate'', and the

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'' Sister Kate'' and ''

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''. His most recent roles were in the 2000 film ''

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'' and the 2004 film '' Kinsey''. Cross was also the frontman of The Harley Cross Band in the early 2000s and has recently started a new music project with Lauren Turk called The New History.

Personal life

Cross was born in

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but spent much of his childhood in

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;

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; and

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. He is the older brother of actress

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and actor

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Films and TV

* ''

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'' (1984, by

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) – Clarence Soffel (film debut) * ''Alex: The live from a child'' (1986 TV movie) – Chris (ages 6 to 8) * '' Where are the Children?'' (1986) – Michael Eldridge * ''

'' (1987, by

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) – Chris Jamison * '' Someone to Watch Over Me'' (1987, by

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) – Tommy Keegan * '' A Hobo's Christmas'' (1987 TV movie) – Bobby Grovner * '' Once Again'' (1987 TV movie) * '' Cohen and Tate'' (1988) – Travis Knight * ''

'' (1989) – Martin (age 10) * '' Sister Kate'' (1989 TV series) – Eugene Colodner * ''

Stanley & Iris ''Stanley & Iris'' is a 1990 American romantic drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro. The screenplay by Harriet Frank, Jr. and Irving Ravetch is loosely based on the 1982 novel '' Union Street'' by Pat Ba ...

'' (1990, by

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) – Richard King * '' The Boy Who Cried Bitch'' (1991) – Dan Love * ''

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'' (TV series) – episode "Trust" (1992) – Jamie Maser * ''

'' (1993 TV series) – Fred Bristol * ''

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'' (1993 TV movie) – Bobby * '' Crazy for a Kiss'' (1995 TV movie) – Ray Striker * ''

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'' (TV series) – episode "The Quality of Mercy" (1996) – Marshall Redding * ''

Perdita Durango ''Perdita Durango'', released as ''Dance with the Devil'' in the United States, is a 1997 action-crime- horror film directed by Álex de la Iglesia, based on Barry Gifford's 1992 novel ''59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango''. It stars ...

'' (1997) – Duane * '' A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries'' (1998, by

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) – Keith Carter * '' Interstate 84'' (2000) – Freddie * ''

'' (2000 video) – Dawson Deary * '' Robbie's Brother'' (2001) – Robbie * '' Kinsey'' (2004) – Young Man in Gay Bar

References

Bibliography

* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 398.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Harley 1978 births American male film actors American male television actors Jewish American male actors Living people Male actors from New York City Film producers from New York (state) 21st-century American Jews