Harley Cross

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Harley Cross
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Born (1978-03-10) March 10, 1978 (age 47)
Other names1
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • actor
  • producer

Harley Cross [1] (born March 10, 1978) is an American entrepreneur, film/television actor and producer.

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He is the co-founder and the Director of Strategy for Land Core, [2] a 501(c)3 non-profit founded in 2018 to advance soil health programs and policies that aim to create value for farmers, businesses, and communities.

He was previously a co-founder, CEO, and artistic director of Hint Mint Inc., [3] [4] a designer breath mint/candy company that was master licensed to Giftcraft LLC, [5] a Toronto-based gift company, in 2016.

In 2015, he co-created the after-school music education program Play with Music, which focuses on bringing relevant music education to at-risk youth. [6] The program is currently running at Allen Leroy Locke High School in South Los Angeles.[ citation needed ]

Cross was also the co-founder of Interconnected, a Los Angeles–based creative agency and production company that he started in 2011 with his friend and business partner Nirvan Mullick. Through Interconnected, Cross and Mullick produced the video Caine's Arcade [7] and the follow-up Caine's Arcade 2. Cross and Mullick then co-founded the Imagination Foundation, [8] a non-profit organization whose mission is to "find, foster and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids".

As an actor, Cross appeared in over a dozen films as well as many TV shows in the 1980s and 1990s, including cult films The Believers , Someone To Watch Over Me , The Fly II , Cohen and Tate , and the TV series Sister Kate and Dudley . His most recent roles were in the 2000 film Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth [9] and the 2004 film Kinsey . [10]

Cross was also the frontman of The Harley Cross Band in the early 2000s and has recently started a new music project with Lauren Turk [11] called The New History. [12]

Personal life

Cross is the older brother of actress Flora Cross [13] and actor Eli Marienthal. [14]

Films and TV

References

  1. "Harley Cross". Harley Cross. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  2. "About". Land Core. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  3. "Hint Mint Company Bio". Hint Mint. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29.
  4. Forsman, Theresa (July 25, 2001). "How to Make a Mint". Business Week . Archived from the original on July 27, 2001. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  5. "Home Décor | Home Accents | Gift Items". Giftcraft. Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  6. "Play with Music". Play with Music. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  7. "Caine's Arcade Press". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  8. "Profile". imagination foundation. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24.
  9. "Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000)" (Review). rotten tomatoes. www.rottentomatoes.com.
  10. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20051106/ai_n15911209.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ dead link ]
  11. "Laure Turk Music Website".[ permanent dead link ]
  12. "The New History Home Page". Archived from the original on 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  13. "Flora Cross: Biography, Latest News & Videos". www.tvguide.com.
  14. Ebert, Roger (November 6, 2005). "'Bee' girl carries film". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved April 13, 2020.

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