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'{{short description|American actor}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=May 2022}} {{Advert|date=May 2022}} {{COI|date=May 2022}} }} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Photo of Harley Cross.jpg | image_size = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|3|10}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | occupation = Entrepreneur, actor, producer | years_active = | known_for = | spouse = | website = | othername = | relatives = [[Flora Cross]] (sister)<br>[[Eli Marienthal]] (brother) }} '''Harley Cross'''<ref>http://harleycross.com web site</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.harleycross.com | title=Harley Cross Home Page}}</ref> (born March 10, 1978) is an American [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]], [[film]]/[[television]] actor and producer. He is currently the Director of Strategy for [https://www.landcoreusa.org/ Land Core],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.landcoreusa.org/about|title=About|website=Land Core|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> a 501(c)3 non-profit that he co-founded in 2018 advancing [[soil health]] '''programs and policies''' that create value for farmers, businesses, and communities. He was co-founder, CEO, and artistic director of [[Hint Mint Inc.]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hintmint.com/press/harley.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429201826/http://www.hintmint.com/press/harley.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-29 |title=Hint Mint Company Bio |website=Hint Mint }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Forsman |first=Theresa |date=July 25, 2001 |title=How to Make a Mint |work=[[Business Week]] |url=http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2001/sb20010725_470.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010727183734/http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2001/sb20010725_470.htm |archive-date=July 27, 2001 |accessdate=January 27, 2010}}</ref> a designer breath mint/candy company that was master licensed to Giftcraft LLC<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.Giftcraft.com |title = Gchome}}</ref> (a Toronto-based gift company) in 2016. In 2015 he co-created the after-school music education program [http://www.playwithmusic.org Play with Music], which focuses on bringing relevant music education to at-risk youth. The program is currently running at Allen Leroy Locke High School in South Los Angeles. Cross was also the co-founder of [http://www.Interconnected.is 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 viral video [[Caine's Arcade]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189172/#producer | title=Credits | website=IMDB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://cainesarcade.com/press | title=Caine's Arcade Press}}</ref> and the follow-up Caine's Arcade 2. After the viral success of Caine's Arcade, Cross and Mullick co-founded the [[Imagination Foundation]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imagination.is/harley |title=Profile |website=imagination foundation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224005227/http://www.imagination.is/harley |archive-date=2014-02-24 }}</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189172/ | title=Filmography | website=IMDB}}</ref> including [[cult film]]s ''[[The Believers]]'', ''[[Someone to Watch Over Me (film)|Someone To Watch Over Me]]'', ''[[The Fly II]]'', ''[[Cohen and Tate]]'', and the [[TV series]] ''[[Sister Kate (TV series)|Sister Kate]]'' and ''[[Dudley (TV series)|Dudley]]''. His most recent roles were in the 2000 film ''[[Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shriek_if_you_know_what_i_did_last_friday_the_13th/|title=Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000)|publisher=www.rottentomatoes.com | website = rotten tomatoes | format=Review}}</ref> and the 2004 film ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20051106/ai_n15911209 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laurentukmusic.com |title=Laure Turk Music Website }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> called The New History.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.thenewhistory.com | title=The New History Home Page}}</ref> ==Personal life== Cross was born in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] but spent much of his childhood in [[Paris]], [[France]]; [[Haiti]]; and [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189172/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title = Harley Cross| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> He is the older brother of actress [[Flora Cross]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/flora-cross/197350|title=Flora Cross: Biography, Latest News & Videos|publisher=www.tvguide.com}}</ref> and actor [[Eli Marienthal]].<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title='Bee' girl carries film |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/bee-girl-carries-film |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |date=November 6, 2005}}</ref> ==Films and TV== * ''[[Mrs. Soffel]]'' (1984, by [[Gillian Armstrong]]) – Clarence Soffel (film debut) * ''Alex: The live from a child'' (1986 TV movie) – Chris (ages 6 to 8) * ''[[Where are the Children?]]'' (1986) – Michael Eldridge * ''[[The Believers]]'' (1987, by [[John Schlesinger]]) – Chris Jamison * ''[[Someone to Watch Over Me (film)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]'' (1987, by [[Ridley Scott]]) – Tommy Keegan * ''[[A Hobo's Christmas]]'' (1987 TV movie) – Bobby Grovner * ''[[Once Again (1987 film)|Once Again]]'' (1987 TV movie) * ''[[Cohen and Tate]]'' (1988) – Travis Knight * ''[[The Fly II]]'' (1989) – Martin (age 10) * ''[[Sister Kate (TV series)|Sister Kate]]'' (1989 TV series) – Eugene Colodner * ''[[Stanley & Iris]]'' (1990, by [[Martin Ritt]]) – Richard King * ''[[The Boy Who Cried Bitch]]'' (1991) – Dan Love * ''[[Law & Order]]'' (TV series) – episode "Trust" (1992) – Jamie Maser * ''[[Dudley (TV Series)|Dudley]]'' (1993 TV series) – Fred Bristol * ''[[To Dance with the White Dog]]'' (1993 TV movie) – Bobby * ''[[Crazy for a Kiss]]'' (1995 TV movie) – Ray Striker * ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' (TV series) – episode "The Quality of Mercy" (1996) – Marshall Redding * ''[[Perdita Durango]]'' (1997) – Duane * ''[[A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (film)|A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries]]'' (1998, by [[James Ivory (director)|James Ivory]]) – Keith Carter * ''[[Interstate 84 (film)|Interstate 84]]'' (2000) – Freddie * ''[[Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth]]'' (2000 video) – Dawson Deary * ''[[Robbie's Brother]]'' (2001) – Robbie * ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]'' (2004) – Young Man in Gay Bar ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Bibliography== * Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p.&nbsp;398. ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0189172}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Harley}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:American male film actors]] [[Category:American male television actors]] [[Category:Jewish American male actors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Male actors from New York City]] [[Category:Film producers from New York (state)]] [[Category:21st-century American Jews]]'