Desmond HarringtonFilmography

Born:: October 19, 1976 in Riverdale, NY
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Raised in the Bronx, Desmond Harrington went to a Catholic prep school and worked as a bartender and construction worker before beginning his acting career. His film debut was in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, which led to a visit to the Sundance Film Festival and a few...Read More

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Life Is Hot in Cracktown

Actors: Kerry Washington, Victor Rasuk, Evan Ross, Shannyn Sossamon, Lara Flynn Boyle

Synopsis: Based on writer/director Buddy Giovinazzo's novel of the same name, Life Is Hot in Cracktown explores how crack cocaine infiltrated the streets of urban America by following the journeys of four people whose lives are on a tragic collision course. Pre-op transsexual Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is Read More

6/26/09
TiMER

Actors: Emma Caulfield, John Patrick Amedori, Michelle Borth, Desmond Harrington, JoBeth Williams

2009
Exit Speed

Actors: Lea Thompson, Desmond Harrington, Alice Greczyn, Fred Ward, Gregory Jbara

Synopsis: An act of kindness gets a busload of travelers into a world of trouble when they stop to check on an injured biker and incur the wrath of his psychotic fellow gang members. It's Christmas Eve in Texas: ten passengers board a bus in hopes of getting home for the holiday, but find their journey Read More

2008
Sons & Daughters [TV Series]

Actors: Fred Goss, Gillian Vigman, Alison Quinn, Jerry Lambert, Amanda Walsh

Synopsis: Debuting with two back-to-back episodes on March 8, 2006, the half-hour ABC sitcom Sons & Daughters was clearly influenced by Fox's Arrested Development in its depiction of a large, extended, and extremely dysfunctional American family. Series co-creator Fred Goss headed the cast as Read More

2006
Bottoms Up

Actors: Paris Hilton, Jason Mewes, David Keith, Kevin Smith

Synopsis: A Midwestern bar tender hungering for life in the fast lane enters a Hollywood King of the Bar contest in this fast-paced showbiz satire starring Jason Mewes and Paris Hilton. Owen Peadman (Mewes) is Minnesota's "Golden Boy" of bartending, but the Midwest has grown a little bland, and now Owen is Read More

2006
Love Object

Actors: Desmond Harrington, Melissa Sagemiller, Udo Kier, Robert Bagnell, Michael Peña

Synopsis: Robert Parigi writes and directs the low-budget horror movie Love Object. Technical writer Kenneth (Desmond Harrington) is too shy to reveal his attraction to co-worker Lisa (Melissa Sagemiller). He's only able to relax after ordering Nikki, a Lisa-lookalike sex doll with realistic anatomy. The Read More

2/13/04
Dragnet: Season 02

Actors: Ed O'Neill, Eva Longoria, Christina Chang, Desmond Harrington, Evan Dexter Parke

2004
3-Way

Actors: Gina Gershon, Dwight Yoakam, Dominic Purcell, Ali Larter, Desmond Harrington, Joy Bryant

Synopsis: In this noir-flavored drama, Lew (Dominic Purcell) is a man who has moved to a small dusty town hoping to get away from things after his wife dies under mysterious circumstances. One night, Lew overhears a young couple, Ralph (Desmond Harrington) and Isobel (Ali Larter), discussing plans to stage Read More

2004
Drop Back Ten

Actors: James LeGros, Amber Valletta, Desmond Harrington, Josh Lucas, Jodie Markell

Synopsis: Stacy Cochran directs this loose, understated comedy about football and celebrity. Pete Barnes (James LeGros) is in desperate straits -- he lost his job as a sports reporter, his married girlfriend has had enough of him, and his muckraking exposé on the seamy side of the NFL has saddled him with a Read More

1/1/04
Wrong Turn

Actors: Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegers

Synopsis: A turn down an uncharted dirt road leads six young people into a night of pure terror in this horror story. Chris (Desmond Harrington) is driving through West Virginia on his way to a job interview when an auto accident slows highway traffic to a near standstill. Afraid he'll be late, Chris takes Read More

5/30/03
Ghost Ship

Actors: Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington

Synopsis: A salvage team think they've made the find of a lifetime, until they discover there's more on board than meets the eye in this supernatural thriller. Led by Captain Sean Murphy (Gabriel Byrne), the crew of the tugboat Arctic Warrior have discovered a sideline far more lucrative than hauling Read More

10/25/02
We Were Soldiers

Actors: Mel Gibson

Synopsis: Screenwriter Randall Wallace, a specialist in sweeping historical epics, steps behind the camera for this fact-based Vietnam War drama that reunites him with his Braveheart (1995) star Mel Gibson. Gibson is Lt. Col. Hal Moore, commander of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, the same regiment Read More

3/1/02
Taken

Actors: Dakota Fanning, Alonso Oyarzun, Julie Benz, Steve Burton, Julie Ann Emery

Synopsis: Executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, the ten-episode, 20-hour miniseries Taken was one of the most ambitious projects undertaken by cable TV's Sci-Fi Network, ultimately costing 40 million dollars -- a price that proved well worth it, inasmuch as the series posted the network's highest-ever Read More

2002
Riding in Cars With Boys

Actors: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, Adam Garcia, Lorraine Bracco, Sara Gilbert, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Synopsis: Penny Marshall directed this serio-comic story, based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, about a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly (Drew Barrymore) grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her Read More

10/19/01
My First Mister

Actors: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Mary Kay Place

Synopsis: A first feature from acclaimed actress Christine Lahti (who won an Academy Award for her short film Lieberman in Love in 1995), My First Mister explores the delicate relationship between two unlikely individuals who bring each other out of their protective shells. Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski), the Read More

10/12/01
The Hole

Actors: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Embeth Davidtz, Daniel Brocklebank

Synopsis: A fun-filled getaway for four teenagers becomes a season in Hell in this tense British thriller. Liz Dunn (Thora Birch) is a student at an exclusive private school who is head over heels for Mike Steel (Desmond Harrington), a handsome classmate whose father is a well-known American rock star. Liz Read More

4/20/01
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Actors: Timothy West, Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Pascal Greggory, Richard Ridings, Desmond Harrington

Synopsis: In the 15th century, France is mired in the 100 Years War when a humble voice appears, claiming to have been instructed by the Lord to lead the French army into battle and defend their land against the British. The voice belongs to Jeanne d'Aragon, a teenage girl from a tiny village, and, to the Read More

11/12/99