Hill Harper Biography

Hill Harper (born Frank Harper on May 17, 1966 in Iowa City, Iowa), is an American film, television and stage actor.

Harper graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and also graduated with a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is a member of Boston's Black Folk's Theater Company.
Handsome, charismatic, stage-trained Hill Harper first came to prominence as the student filmmaker with the ubiquitous videocamera documenting the Million Man March in Spike Lee's "Get on the Bus" (1996).
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While attending Harvard, the Sacramento native began his stage career working with the Black Folks' Theatre Company. In 1992, he appeared in the short "Confessions of a Dog" and made his primetime debut as a nurse in an episode of the ABC family drama "Life Goes On". Harper displayed his comedic abilities in the recurring role of a football prodigy who becomes Al Bundy's protege as a shoe salesman in the Fox sitcom "Married...With Children" (during the 1993-94 season). While he made his feature debut in the forgettable sequel "Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings" (1994), the actor fared better as Louis Gossett Jr's teenaged son in the acclaimed Showtime drama "Zooman" (1995). Numerous guest appearances and a regular role as a daredevil cameraman on the short-lived series "Live Shot" (UPN, 1995-96) preceded his breakthrough role as an aspiring moviemaker in "Get on the Bus". He proved effective as a philandering rapper and romantic rival to Christopher Scott Cherot in the comedy "Hav Plenty" (1997) and reteamed with Lee to play the cousin and overshadowed teammate of an NBA prospect in "He Got Game" (1998). Harper also delivered a delicately nuanced turn as the titular "The Nephew" (1998), a biracial American who visits his ancestral homeland and encounters his crusty uncle (Donal McCann). With his career still ascending, Harper signed to co-star as a medical resident in the Stephen Bochco-produced "City of Angels", a CBS' 1999-2000 midseason replacement.

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