Donald Patrick Harvey II (born May 31, 1960) is an American actor and
voice actor. He was born and raised in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, the
sixth of eight children. He started acting while attending Lake Shore
High School, having performed in several shows before graduating in
1978. He then moved on to the University of Michigan, where he studied
English and economics along with two years of classical ballet. Upon
his 1982 graduation from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of
Arts degree, he attended the Yale School of Drama and received a
Master of Fine Arts degree in acting in 1985. After graduation, Don
moved to New York City to pursue film, television and theatre
work.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 Brian de Palma's film The Untouchables. The following
year, Harvey had one of his more prominent screen roles as "Black Sox"
conspirator Swede Risberg in John Sayles' Eight Men Out (1988).
Subsequently, Harvey had secondary roles in such high-profile
productions as Casualties of War (1989) (his second Brian de Palma
film), Die Hard 2 (1990), and The Thin Red Line (1998), in addition to
the made-for-cable feature Better Off Dead (1993). His television work
includes starring performances on Miami Vice, NYPD Blue, The
Pretender, The Deuce, Medium, and Numbers.
voice actor. He was born and raised in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, the
sixth of eight children. He started acting while attending Lake Shore
High School, having performed in several shows before graduating in
1978. He then moved on to the University of Michigan, where he studied
English and economics along with two years of classical ballet. Upon
his 1982 graduation from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of
Arts degree, he attended the Yale School of Drama and received a
Master of Fine Arts degree in acting in 1985. After graduation, Don
moved to New York City to pursue film, television and theatre
work.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 Brian de Palma's film The Untouchables. The following
year, Harvey had one of his more prominent screen roles as "Black Sox"
conspirator Swede Risberg in John Sayles' Eight Men Out (1988).
Subsequently, Harvey had secondary roles in such high-profile
productions as Casualties of War (1989) (his second Brian de Palma
film), Die Hard 2 (1990), and The Thin Red Line (1998), in addition to
the made-for-cable feature Better Off Dead (1993). His television work
includes starring performances on Miami Vice, NYPD Blue, The
Pretender, The Deuce, Medium, and Numbers.
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