bio

A native New Yorker, born and raised in Flushing, Queens, Harris saw acting as his ticket out of town. He began doing theatre, and had his first brush with film when he was ten years old as an extra in SCENT OF A WOMAN. It was at age 14 that Harris began studying acting at The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts, and then went on to The High School of Performing Arts (The FAME School). After high school Harris was accepted to the prestigious Juilliard School. Harris went on to receive rave reviews for his work in theatre, playing a wide variety of roles. In 2000 he received an LA Ovation Award Nomination for playing “The Artful Dodger” in OLIVER at the DeafWest Theatre in Los Angeles. While in LA he shot guest spots on the television shows ANY DAY NOW and MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE. Then in 2004, he starred in the film TWO PLUS ONE, which was shot entirely on location in Paris, France, as well as starring as “Claude” in the Broadway concert of HAIR, alongside Jennifer Hudson, Laura Benanti, and Ana Gasteyer. In 2006 he shot the mockumentary EXPOSING THE ORDER OF THE SERPENTINE for Spike TV as well as a guest spot on NBC's THE BLACK DONNELLYS. After receiving praise for his role as “The Emcee” in CABARET at the Pittsburgh Public Theater (2007), Harris was asked back to play “Mozart” in their production of AMADEUS, earning him notice from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette as one of the best performances of the year. After this he starred as “Jerry” in LOVE JERRY (2008), for which he won both a NYMF Award for Best Actor and the Talkin’ Broadway Award for Best Actor. In 2009, Harris played the role of “Freddy” in DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, opposite Joe Piscopo at the Gateway Playhouse in Long Island, NY. The following year he received glowing reviews for playing “Myles” in IT MUST BE HIM (2010), which was written by the Emmy Award winning writer Kenny Solms, and starred three-time Emmy Award nominee Peter Scolari. In 2011, he starred as “Marc” in the world premiere of I’M CONNECTICUT, written by THE SIMPSONS writer/producer Mike Reiss. Harris’ most recent projects include starring as "Spot" in the upcoming feature film JUNCTION, along with Michael O'Keefe and David Zayas as well as the film MY BEST DAY, which just had its premiere at The Sundance FIlm Festival. In the film Harris plays Eugene, a dry, funny character, who on the outside is rough, but on the inside is actually quite emotional. He spends most of his time sleeping on a couch in a trailer and attempting to get the kid that he is the guardian of to like him. Harris' last name is pronounced like Duran Duran.