Russell Harvard
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6017 |
| Birthday | 1981-04-16 |
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2010
The Hammer
6.784/37
A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship.
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The Hammer
2022
Far West
0/0
Two friends get stuck in the desert after finding a mysterious briefcase that they hope will change their lives.
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Far West
2011
Claustrophobia
6/1
A young deaf man gets trapped in his house when he becomes entangled in a nasty real estate dispute with his murderous next-door neighbor. As he strug...
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Claustrophobia
2022
Causeway
6.486/555
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets l...
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Causeway
2013
This Is Normal
8/2
A young deaf woman undergoes an experimental medical procedure that is supposed to "cure" her of her deafness and give her the ability to hear.
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This Is Normal
2024
The Tuba Thieves
8/1
A spate of robberies in Southern California schools had an oddly specific target: tubas. In this work of creative nonfiction, d/Deaf first-time featur...
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The Tuba Thieves
Flash Before the Bang
0/0
The coming-of-age drama tells the true story of an all-deaf high school track & field team from the Oregon School for the Deaf. The team overcame disc...
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Flash Before the Bang
2007
There Will Be Blood
8.077/7389
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image...
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There Will Be Blood
2017
Here We Are
0/0
A young writer attempts to escape his slacker surroundings for the great American unknown by checking himself into a medical research facility to pay...
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Here We Are
2008
S is for Sexy
5.8/4
One-night stands, Internet dates and unrequited love are among the topics in this anthology of 7 gay-themed short films. In Signage (2007), a middle-...
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