Russell Harvard

Acting

Russell Harvard

Born
(age 45)
Credits
13 titles

Biography

Russell Wayne Harvard (born April 16, 1981) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (2007), playing opposite Daniel Day-Lewis as his adopted son, H.W. Plainview.

In the 2010 biopic The Hammer, he portrayed deaf NCAA championship wrestler and UFC mixed martial arts fighter Matt Hamill. Harvard also won acclaim Off Broadway in 2012 as Billy, the deaf son in an intellectual, though dysfunctional, hearing British family, in Tribes by Nina Raine. For his interpretation, he won a 2012 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance and nominations for Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor.

He played Mr. Wrench in the first and third seasons of the television series Fargo.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 13

YearTitleRole
TBA Flash Before the Bang Film
2024 The Tuba Thieves Film Nature Boy
2022 Causeway Film Justin
2022 Far West Film
2017 Here We Are Film Trevor
2014 Fargo TV Mr. Wrench (11 ep)
2013 This Is Normal Film Alex
2011 Switched at Birth TV Julian Stanton (2 ep)
2011 Claustrophobia Film Tim
2010 The Hammer Film Matt Hamill
2008 Fringe TV Joe (1 ep)
2008 S is for Sexy Film
2007 There Will Be Blood Film Adult H.W. Plainview
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