Imagine starting your life in film playing a character as iconic as Wyatt Earp. What a blessing. What a curse. A blessing because you'd instantly get a name for yourself among genre fans but a curse because you're instantly thrown in at the deep end and it would be a constant struggle to live up to a studio movie debut like that. But if anyone could do it it would be Harris Yulin, a man with a career now spanning 5 decades and with over 130 credits to his name. Luckily for him he's not an actor tied to a certain role, he's one of those chameleons who can do it all. But the meat of his career has been playing men in positions of power.
He's been a judge in a very haunted courtroom. Had dealings with Cuban drug kingpins and Johnny Drama & Turtle. Been tortured by a good guy even though he was a good guy. Played Denzel Washington's buddy on more than one occasion and helped take back Entebbe from the bad guys. He's portrayed a pirate in one of the biggest box office turkey's of all time and been a patient of Doctor Frasier Crane. Been onboard Deep Space Nine and been opposite Mr Bean. He's acted in some of the most famous films of the 20th century and a lot of it's most iconic shows. He's a jack of all trades and it's a pity he never got to hit the big time because he was certainly talented enough for it. Check out his career here.
Greatest Hits
Scarface - Mel Bernstein. The scumbag cop who succeeded in making Tony Montana look somewhat principled.
Clear And Present Danger - James Cutter, the National Security advisor. Shifty as fuck. In other words a perfect portrayal of a politician.
24 - Roger Stanton, a member of President Palmer's admininstration. An odd fish. His scenes were rather controversial when people realised 24 was relishing it's torture scenes a bit too much.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Quentin Travers. The director of the Watchers council. Lords it over Buffy and gets taken down in one of THE most satisfying pieces of TV ever.
Previous Heroes
Pepe Serna
Udo Kier
Fairuza Balk
Ernie Hudson
Lin Shaye
James Remar
Cloris Leachman
James Hong
David Strathairn
Frankie Faison
Conchata Ferrell
Dick Miller
Veronica Cartwright
Edie McClurg
Barry Shabaka Henley
Raymond Cruz
Reg E.Cathey
Elizabeth McGovern
John Amos
Bruce Greenwood
Mary McDonnell
Gerald McSorley
John Rothman
Margo Martindale
Kurtwood Smith
Paula Malcolmson
Luis Guzman
David Morse
Linda Hunt
Keith David
Zeljko Ivanek
Fiona Shaw
Xander Berkeley
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
C.C.H Pounder
William Forsythe
Beth Grant
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Regina King
Ric Young
Mark Rolston
Illeana Douglas
Jeanette Goldstein
Al Leong
Allan Graf
Bill Nunn
Thomas Rosales Jr
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