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Name: Desmond Harrington
Birthdate: October 19, 1976
Birthplace: Riverdale, New York, USA
Height: 5'10"
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown


Born in Savannah, Georgia, Desmond Harrington grew up in the Bronx, New York. His lifetime dream has been to become an actor, and in order to finance his ambition, Desmond worked in construction, as a landscaper, laborer and bartender so he could pay for acting classes in Manhattan with John Strasberg.

Desmond booked the first film that he ever read for, Joan Of Arc starring Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich and Dustin Hoffman and directed by Luc Besson. He then starred with Ben Affleck and Giovanni Ribisi in Boiler Room. Stacy Cochran's Drop Back Ten, which stars Harrington, James LeGros and Amber Valetta was in competition at last year's Sundance Film Festival.

He completed the independent film Massholes last year, then went on to co-star in Christine Lahti's My First Mister. He has starred in Riding In Cars with Boys opposite Drew Barrymore and Brittany Murphy for director Penny Marshall.

Desmond has since completed filming three more projects. He stars in Taken, a 10-part, 20-hour miniseries executive produced by Steven Spielberg, which airs on the Sci-Fi Channel this December and the independent films, Love Object with Melissa Sagemiller, and Wrong Turn with Eliza Dushku. He also starred in the short-lived series, "L.A. Dragnet," which he acted alongside Ed O'Neill.

Filmography
Three Way Split 2004
L.A. Dragnet 2003 as Det. Dexter McCarron
Standing Still 2003 as Rich
Wrong Turn 2003 as Chris Finn
Love Makes Sense If You're Famous 2002 as Jay
Taken 2002 as Jesse Keys (TV Series)
Love Object 2002 as Kenneth
Ghost Ship 2002 as Ferriman
We Were Soldiers 2002 as Specialist Bill Beck
Riding in Cars with Boys 2001 as Bobby
The Hole 2001 as Mike Steel
My First Mister 2001 as Randy
Massholes 2000
Boiler Room as JP Marlin Trainee (uncredited)
Drop Back Ten 1999 as Spanks Voley
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 1999 as Jean d'Aulon