Harry Van Gorkum

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Harry Van Gorkum is a British actor living in the United States. [1] Born in London, he studied at Lancaster University before becoming a stage actor. He later moved to the United States, where he has appeared in more than 30 films since 1989.

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Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Other American FablesMarco
1997 Batman & Robin M.C.
1998 Hamilton Seaman Jones
2000 Dragonheart: A New Beginning Lord Osric of Crossley / Griffin the DragonVoice of Griffin
2000Escape Under PressureCrowley
2000 Gone in 60 Seconds Forge
2000 Deep Core Alan Morrisey
2001FiretrapRoger
2001 One Night at McCool's Psychic Guru
2001 Face the Music Puzzles Levy
2002 Avenging Angelo Kip Barret
2003 The Foreigner Jerome Van Aiken
2003 Tears of the Sun Carrier Reporter
2003 Agent Cody Banks Double Agent
2005Break a Leg'Secret Scruples' Producer #1
2005The BasementChipper
2007 The Last Legion Vortgyn
2008 Adventures of Power Australian Reporter
2009 The Pink Panther 2 Ticketed Driver
2010 The Karate Kid Music Instructor
2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Alaric / Werewolf
2015 Our Brand Is Crisis Interviewer (Main Title Sequence)
2015Don't Wake MommyDr. Bob Everett
2017 The 12th Man Commander Crawley
2018Eruption: LAProfessor Irwin
2020Broken HalosFather Murphy
TV
YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 First Time Out Freddy7 episodes
1996 Seinfeld Craig StewartEpisode: "The Wig Master"
1996–1998 The Nanny Nigel Sheffield3 episodes
1999 Just Shoot Me! SimonEpisode: "An Axe to Grind"
1999 Nash Bridges Alex CrowEpisode: "Get Bananas"
2000 The Fearing Mind Bill FearingMain role
2000 Will and Grace Porcelain PaulEpisode: "Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy"
2002 Charmed KurzonEpisode: "The Three Faces of Phoebe"
2002 Friends DonEpisode: "The One Where Joey Tells Rachel"
2006 S.S. Doomtrooper Sergeant DiggerTV movie
2010 24 Louis Dalton2 episodes
2011 Wizards of Waverly Place Mr. GreybeckEpisode: "Meet the Werewolves"
2013 Happily Divorced Neil4 episodes
2014-2015 Austin & Ally Almand Bianchi2 episodes
2015 NCIS Alton BrinkmanEpisode: "Blood Brothers"

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References

  1. "Harry Van Gorkum | Biography and Filmography". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

2. https://theedenmagazine.com/magazine/january-2019/