Randy Harrison Biography

Occup.Actor
FromUSA
BornNovember 2, 1977
Age46 years
Randy Harrison was born upon November 2, 1977, in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA. Raised in a helpful family members, his parents always encouraged his interest for arts, acting, and also songs. Randy's performance career began at an early age as he handled college plays as well as regional theater manufacturings while he was still in high school.

After finishing from Pace Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996, Randy enrolled at the respected Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where he refined his acting skills and also earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts level in 2000. During his time at the conservatory, Harrison engaged himself in different productions, tackling roles in classical plays like "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Romeo and also Juliet", as well as "Lady Windermere's Fan", as well as modern pieces such as "Shopping and F *** ing".

Randy's luck came when he was cast as Justin Taylor in Showtime's groundbreaking dramatization series "Queer as Folk" (2000). The series ended up being a social sensation, making Randy one of one of the most well-known young actors of his time. "Queer as Folk" concentrated on the lives of a group of gay males and females staying in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and managed problems such as coming out, same-sex marital relationship, HIV/AIDS, discrimination, and also homophobia. The show competed 5 periods and earned Randy a devoted follower adhering to.

After the effective run of "Queer as Folk", Randy made the bold decision to return to the theater, taking on a wide range of roles in regional and off-Broadway productions. In 2004, he played Boq in the smash-hit Broadway musical "Wicked", complied with by starring roles in "The Glass Menagerie", "Equus", and "A Letter from Ethel Kennedy".

Randy remained to challenge himself creatively, regularly collaborating with other artists on speculative movie theater projects, such as the 2007 world premiere of "Amazons as well as Their Men" at New York's Clubbed Thumb Theater, where he played Adolf Hitler. Additionally, he guided a manufacturing of David Harrower's "Blackbird", an intense dramatization concerning the after-effects of child abuse.

Throughout his career, Randy has worked along with talented musicians such as Peter Paige, Scott Lowell, Michelle Clunie, and also Thea Gill, that all co-starred with him on "Queer as Folk". In addition to his job as an actor and also director, Randy is also an artist and also aesthetic artist, expressing himself via various mediums.

In spite of his success as well as development as an artist on stage, screen, as well as behind the scenes, Randy Harrison continues to be based and also devoted to his job. Thinking about the obstacles and also has a hard time that young actors commonly face in Hollywood, he has actually managed to take a distinct as well as meeting occupation while remaining real to his interests and artistic honesty.

In conclusion, Randy Harrison is an unbelievably gifted and also functional actor that has actually demonstrated his ability, creative thinking, and commitment to the arts over and over again. Although he is best known for his revolutionary operate in "Queer as Folk", his succeeding searches in theater, movie, songs, and also aesthetic arts have actually developed him as a vital figure in the globe of executing arts.


Our collection contains 29 quotes who is written / told by Randy.

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29 Famous quotes by Randy Harrison

Small: Im confident in my ability to maintain a career. I dont know if it will be doing either independent fil
"I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England"
Small: I wonder what kind of lives they will have built for themselves when they turn 45 and cant really have
"I wonder what kind of lives they will have built for themselves when they turn 45 and can't really have any connection with people because they are so used to fleeting sexual"
Small: I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself
"I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you have to talk about your sexual life. You shouldn't have to talk about it"
Small: It always weirds me out and makes me unhappy that some people think Im Justin. Im not. People can be ta
"It always weirds me out and makes me unhappy that some people think I'm Justin. I'm not. People can be talking to me and I know they think they are talking to Justin. It's hard to explain"
Small: I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good co
"I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent"
Small: I cant walk down the street with my head up. Im not a hat wearer, but now Im a hat wearer
"I can't walk down the street with my head up. I'm not a hat wearer, but now I'm a hat wearer"
Small: It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to keep
"It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to keep working, and I think there's a danger in being perceived as a poster boy for something"
Small: I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasnt to get ahead
"I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead"
Small: I cant speak on behalf of the show. Im not a creator Im just a pawn
"I can't speak on behalf of the show. I'm not a creator; I'm just a pawn"
Small: Dad said that he was prouder of me than hed ever been when I came out
"Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out"
Small: Ive done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around
"I've done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around, you are stopping and starting; it becomes really technical. It's not erotic at all"
Small: The whole character of Justin and the club life he lives - I have no experience with it. Its really for
"The whole character of Justin and the club life he lives - I have no experience with it. It's really foreign to me, which is annoying, but that's just how it is"
Small: I wasnt being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I w
"I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through"
Small: I dont want to be Tom Cruise. Im not after some movie blockbuster career. Thats not the kind of work Im
"I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get"
Small: A lot of my friends are club people. Its not me. Its funny to represent that, because its not me. I don
"A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow"
Small: Its upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it werent an issue all the time. Its funny that people
"It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds"
Small: I hope that they are finding satisfaction. Im in no way making a judgment. I know it doesnt make me hap
"I hope that they are finding satisfaction. I'm in no way making a judgment. I know it doesn't make me happy"
Small: I dont want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulde
"I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something"
Small: Its a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them
"It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them"
Small: I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - thats the answer. The fact that th
"I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives"
Small: I guess I had a suspicion of it my entire life without knowing exactly what it was - knowing that there
"I guess I had a suspicion of it my entire life without knowing exactly what it was - knowing that there was something different about me, which I attributed to being an artist. At 11 or 12 I started sort of clarifying for myself. It took a while"
Small: I dont know for Justin hes always looking for meaning out of his relationships with people. I dont thin
"I don't know for Justin; he's always looking for meaning out of his relationships with people. I don't think he's as trapped into the drug thing as a lot of the others are"
Small: By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved
"By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn't afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger"
Small: When you watch it, youre like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesnt feel like that at all. It was about
"When you watch it, you're like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesn't feel like that at all. It was about communicating with Gale Harold and getting across what I wanted to say about the character"
Small: Its nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected
"It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected"
Small: Its a clique that Ive never been a part of. Its not like I identify them in a negative way
"It's a clique that I've never been a part of. It's not like I identify them in a negative way"
Small: I was always the shame of the family - the one Yankee who was actually born in the North
"I was always the shame of the family - the one Yankee who was actually born in the North"
Small: I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted o
"I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through"
Small: I just dont think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself.
"I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it"