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
There Will Be Blood
26 Dec 2007
Fargo
15 Apr 2014
Fringe
09 Sep 2008
Causeway
28 Oct 2022
Switched at Birth
06 Jun 2011
The Hammer
26 Oct 2010
S is for Sexy
03 Jun 2008
The Tuba Thieves
15 Mar 2024
Filmography
2024
- The Tuba Thievesas Nature Boy
2017
- Here We Areas Trevor
2014
- Fargoas Mr. Wrench11 episodes
2013
- This Is Normalas Alex
2011
- Switched at Birthas Julian Stanton2 episodes
- Claustrophobiaas Tim
2010
- The Hammeras Matt Hamill
2008
- Fringeas Joe1 episode
- S is for Sexy
2007
- There Will Be Bloodas Adult H.W. Plainview