Russell Harvard
Known for

Acting

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Gender

Man

Birthday

Apr 16, 1981 (43)

Place of birth

Also known as

Russell Harvard

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.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
Flash Before the Bang
2024The Tuba ThievesNature Boy
2022CausewayJustin
2022Far West
2017Here We AreTrevor
2014FargoMr. Wrench
2013This Is NormalAlex
2011Switched at BirthJulian Stanton
2011ClaustrophobiaTim
2010The HammerMatt Hamill
2008FringeJoe
2007There Will Be BloodAdult H.W. Plainview