Harry Northup

Biography

Harry E. Northup is an American actor and poet born on September 2, 1940, in Amarillo, Texas. He graduated from California State University, Northridge, with a B.A. in English, studying poetry, before serving in the US Navy. Northup has made notable appearances in films by Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, and Jonathan Kaplan, including roles in "Who's That Knocking at My Door" and "The Silence of the Lambs".