Donald Patrick Harvey II (born May 31, 1960) is an American actor.

Early life

Harvey was born and raised in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, the sixth of eight children. He started acting while attending Lake Shore High School. Upon his 1982 graduation from the University of Michigan with a

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degree, he attended the

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and received a

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degree in acting in 1985. After graduation, he moved to

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to pursue film, television and theatre work.

Career

Harvey began appearing in films in the late 1980s and has appeared in over 70 feature films. One of his first roles was as a dirty cop in

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's film '' The Untouchables''. The following year, Harvey had one of his more prominent screen roles as " Black Sox" conspirator Swede Risberg in

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' '' Eight Men Out'' (1988). Subsequently, Harvey had secondary roles in such high-profile productions as '' Casualties of War'' (1989) (his second

film), '' Die Hard 2'' (1990), and '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), in addition to the television film ''Better Off Dead'' (1993). His television work includes ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Pretender, The Deuce,

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'', ''

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'', and '' We Own This City''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Notes

External links

*
Don Harvey Official website

Soap Central article on Harvey
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Don Patrick 1960 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Male actors from Michigan People from St. Clair Shores, Michigan University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni 20th-century American male actors