Harry Goaz

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| name = Harry Goaz

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| image = Harrygoaz.jpg

| caption = Goaz in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|60|2021|1|8}}

| birth_place = North Carolina, U.S.

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| alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1989–present

| known_for = Twin Peaks

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Harry Goaz (born {{birth based on age as of date|60|2021|1|8|noage=yes}}){{cite news |last=Granberry |first=Michael |date=2021-01-08 |title=Give 'Twin Peaks' actor Harry Goaz a camera and here's what happens |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/books/2021/01/08/give-twin-peaks-actor-harry-goaz-a-camera-and-heres-what-happens/ |work=The Dallas Morning News |quote=...says Goaz, who recently turned 60. |access-date=2024-08-21}} is an American actor best known for his roles as Deputy Andy Brennan on the television series, Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017), and as Sgt. Knight on the NBC television series, Eerie, Indiana (1991–1992).

Early life and education

Goaz was born in North Carolina and grew up in Beaumont, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and studied acting under William Traylor at the Loft Studio in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.harrygoaz.com/bio.html|publisher=HarryGoaz.com|access-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707062104/http://www.harrygoaz.com/bio.html|archive-date=7 July 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Wynn|first1=Christopher|title=Dallas actor returns to 'Twin Peaks'|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2016/05/11/dallas-actor-returns-to-twin-peaks|work=The Dallas Morning News|access-date=18 October 2016|date=11 May 2016}}

Career

Goaz first met David Lynch while driving him to a memorial tribute to Roy Orbison, and Lynch later cast him for the role of Deputy Andy Brennan in the television series Twin Peaks.{{cite web|author=Forson, Kofi|date=July 2016|title=Artistry and Celebrity: An Interview with Harry Goaz|url=https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/celebrity-interview-with-harry-goaz/3465|magazine=Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art}} Goaz followed Twin Peaks with Eerie, Indiana, a paranormal television show created by Joe Dante.{{cite web|title=Revisiting the Nostalgic, Wonderfully Weird “Eerie, Indiana”!|date=January 24, 2018|author=Navarro, Meagan|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3479569/revisiting-nostalgic-weird-series-eerie-indiana/|publisher=Bloody Disgusting}} Goaz has also taken roles in independent films, such as Steven Soderbergh's The Underneath.{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/05/26/the-underneath-is-stylish-but-thats-not-enough/|date=October 23, 2018|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|author=Kridler, Charles|title='The Underneath' is stylish, but that's not enough}}

His piece of micro-fiction, "Donald's Holy Head", was published in Blacktop Passages in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://blacktoppassages.com/2014/09/10/donalds-holy-head/|author=Goaz, Harry|title=Donald's Holy Head|magazine=Blacktop Passages|date=Summer 2013|accessdate=February 3, 2014}}