Harry Dean Stanton Biography

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NAME: Harry Dean Stanton
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Television Actor
BIRTH DATE: July 14, 1926 (Age: 86)
EDUCATION: University of Kentucky
PLACE OF BIRTH: West Irvine, Kentucky
ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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Actor Harry Dean Stanton is known for early appearances in iconic films such as Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Repo Man (1984) as well as for his present-day roles.

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Synopsis

Born in 1926 in Kentucky, Harry Dean Stanton has had one of the longest and most diverse acting careers in Hollywood. He is known for early appearances in iconic films such as Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Repo Man (1984) as well as for his present-day roles in television series such as Big Love.

Profile

Film actor. Born on July 14, 1926 in West Irvine, Kentucky, USA, indie film star Harry Dean Stanton served in the navy during World War II. He studied at the University of Kentucky and the Pasadena Playhouse.

A solid supporting actor, Stanton appeared in numerous feature films, many of them Westerns, before starring in 1984's Paris, Texas and the cult classic Repo Man. Later films include The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Hostages (1992), The Green Mile (1999), The Straight Story (1999), and The Pledge (2000).

Stanton also is credited with many television appearances over his long career from Gunsmoke during the late 1950s-60s, to the popular recent series Two and a Half Men. Since 2006, Harry Dean Stanton also has starred on the HBO series Big Love as Roman Grant, the manipulative leader of a polygamous sect.