Michael John Harney is an American actor of film, television, and theater. He is best known for starring on the

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original series ''

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'' as Corrections Officer

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. In 2019, he had a recurring role in the

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series '' For All Mankind''.

Early life

Born in

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, Harney went on to study under acting teachers William Esper and Phil Gushee, both of whom studied and taught with

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for many years at The Neighborhood Playhouse School Of The Theater. After studying acting for 7 years he went on to run The Michael Harney Acting Studio in New York City for 8 years. During his time in New York City, Harney acted in and/or directed more than 80 plays and one acts and starred in ''On The Waterfront'' on Broadway playing the role of Charlie Malloy.

Career

Throughout Harney's television career, he has performed in numerous blockbuster films such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. Before starring on ''

'', Harney starred as Detective Mike Roberts in the award-winning television police drama ''

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'' and also in the HBO historical drama series '' Deadwood'' as Steve Fields. Harney first worked with ''Orange Is The New Black'' creator

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on the Showtime original dark comedy '' Weeds'', starring opposite

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as Detective Mitch Ouellette. In 2015, Harney returned to his film roots in the independent drama, '' Bad Hurt,'' which had its world premiere at the 2015

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. Set in 1999, ''Bad Hurt'' chronicles Ed Kendall's (Harney) struggle with PTSD as a proud war veteran and father to son (Theo Rossi) and mentally ill adult daughter (Iris Gilad), and the challenges each of them face during the constant pursuit of maintaining a normal family dynamic.

Personal life

He has one son.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Interview in Queens Tribune, July, 2015
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