Gus Halper

{{Short description|American actor}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}

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| name =

| image = Gushalper_2017,_law_and_order_true_crime.png

| alt = Photograph of Gus Halper as Erik Menendez in a suit, staring pensively at what can be presumed to be the ground.

| caption = Gus Halper as Erik Menendez in Law & Order True Crime (2017)

| birth_name =

| birth_date = July 2, 1992 (age 32)

| birth_place = Manhattan, New York City, NY

| other_names = Gus Dale Halper

| education = University of North Carolina, graduated 2014

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2002–present

| known_for = Erik Menendez in Law & Order True Crime

| notable_works =

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Gus Halper is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (2017), Fear the Walking Dead (2021), and Law & Order: Organized Crime (2022–2023), and in the films Goat (2016) and Rustin (2023). {{Cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=August 12, 2022 |title=‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’: Camilla Belle And Gus Halper Board Season 3 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/law-order-organized-crime-camilla-belle-gus-halper-season-3-1235091326/ |access-date=January 28, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Fear the Walking Dead Returns in October With New Cast Members for Season 7 |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/fear-the-walking-dead-season-7-return-date-october-premiere-new-cast/ |access-date=January 28, 2024 |website=ComicBook |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Gus Halper Talks New Netflix/Obama Production, Rustin |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2023/12/06/gus-halper-rustin/ |access-date=January 28, 2024 |website=Wonderlandmagazine.com}}{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=September 6, 2016 |title=Goat Red-Band Trailer: James Franco Gets Wild in Hazing Drama |url=https://collider.com/goat-red-band-trailer-james-franco/ |access-date=January 28, 2024 |website=Collider |language=en}} He has also played in the Canadian musical Ride the Cyclone (Off-Broadway Production) as Mischa Bachinski.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-26 |title=Meet the Cast of MCC’s Ride the Cyclone |url=https://playbill.com/article/meet-the-cast-of-mccs-ride-the-cyclone|website=Playbill.com}}