Harry Northup
Harry Northup (born September 2, 1940) is an American actor and poet.
Life and career
Northup was born in Amarillo, Texas. He lived in seventeen places by the time he was seventeen, but mostly lived in Sidney, Nebraska, where he graduated from high-school in 1958. From 1958 to 1961, he served in the United States Navy, where he attained the rank of Second Class Radioman. From 1963 to 1968, he studied Method acting with Frank Corsaro, in New York City.
Northup received his B.A. in English from California State University, Northridge, where he studied poetry with poet Ann Stanford. He has made a living as an actor for over thirty years and has been in thirty-seven films including Martin Scorsese's first six feature films: Who's That Knocking at My Door, Boxcar Bertha, Mean Streets, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver and New York, New York. He had a role in Jonathan Demme's film The Silence of the Lambs. Harry starred in Over the Edge and Fighting Mad. Northup has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1976. He has the rare distinction of being a notable poet as well as a successful career actor. Northup currently lives in East Hollywood with his poet and novelist wife Holly Prado. His son Dylan was born on January 29, 1969. Dylan's mother is Rita Northup, Harry's first wife.
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Northup, Harry Filmography
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2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2012, role: actor , character name: Harry
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2004, role: actor , character name: Congressman Flores
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1999, role: actor , character name: Leon Smith
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1998, role: actor
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1998, role: actor , character name: Sheriff
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1997, role: actor , character name: Reno Jail Cop
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1996, role: actor
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1996, role: actor , character name: Minister
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1994, role: actor , character name: Preacher
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1994, role: actor , character name: Uncle Charlie
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1993, role: actor , character name: Juror
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1992, role: actor , character name: McMurtry, Desk Sergeant
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1992, role: actor , character name: Security Guard
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1992, role: actor , character name: Mr. Fletcher
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1991, role: actor , character name: Mr. Bimmel
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1989, role: actor , character name: Rayford Satterwhite
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1988, role: actor , character name: Governor
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1987, role: actor , character name: Congressman
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1986, role: actor
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1984, role: actor , character name: New Year's Eve Marine #1
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1984, role: actor , character name: Limo Driver #2
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1984, role: actor , character name: Frank
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1983, role: actor , character name: Trooper
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1982, role: actor
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1980, role: actor , character name: Thomas Burke
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1980, role: actor , character name: Carmine
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1979, role: actor , character name: Officer Thorpe
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1979, role: actor , character name: Doberman
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1979, role: actor , character name: Skinny Guy
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1978, role: actor , character name: Hank
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1978, role: actor
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1977, role: actor , character name: Alabama
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1977, role: actor , character name: Chief Goon
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1977, role: actor , character name: The Red Baron
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1976, role: actor , character name: Sheriff Len Skerritt
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1976, role: actor , character name: Doughboy
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1976, role: actor , character name: The S.W.A.T. Team - Lieber
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1975, role: actor , character name: FBI Man
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1974, role: actor , character name: Joe & Jim's Bartender
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1973, role: actor , character name: Soldier
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1973, role: actor , character name: Parker
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1972, role: actor , character name: Harvey Hall
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1971, role: actor , character name: Cowboy on bus
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1967, role: actor , character name: Harry
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1964, role: actor , character name: Patient
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