Star File

Russell Harvard

Russell Harvard most recently starred as Duke of Cornwall opposite Glenda Jackson in Sam Gold’s Broadway production of King Lear. He was also recently in I Was Most Alive with You at Playwrights Horizons, in a role Craig Lucas wrote specifically for him and earned him a Drama Desk nomination. He also starred in Pasadena Playhouse's Our Town, Open Circle’s The Who’s Tommy, and Deaf West's acclaimed Broadway revival of Spring Awakening. In 2012, he made his off-Broadway debut in Tribes, earning a Theatre World award and receiving Drama League, Outer Critics and Lucille Lortel Award nominations. He was featured in Paul Thomas Anderson's 2008 Oscar-nominated film, There Will Be Blood, and starred in The Hammer as the first deaf person to win a collegiate wrestling championship. Russell had a multi-season role on Fargo, a recurring role on ABC Family's Switched At Birth, and has guest starred on Odd Mom Out, Fringe, and CSI: NY.