Kirk Harris

{{short description|American actor}}

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Kirk Harris is an American actor-filmmaker who has been the lead actor in several films that have had arthouse theatrical releases in the U.S.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/204757/Kirk-Harris|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709082535/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/204757/Kirk-Harris|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-07-09|department=Movies & TV Dept.|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2010|title=The New York Times}}

Harris starred in the 2013 western thriller A Sierra Nevada Gunfight (originally titled The Sorrow) by director Vernon Mortensen.{{cite web|title=Hermosa’s indie film company Rogue Arts heads for higher ground|author=Wyszpolski, Bondo|date=February 24, 2013|newspaper=Easy Reader|url=http://www.easyreadernews.com/66026/hermosas-indie-film-company-rogue-arts-heads-for-higher-ground/}} The film was shot in the mountains of Eastern San Diego county. The film was written by Mortensen and Johnny Harrington.

He also starred in The Kid: Chamaco, which was shot in Mexico City by Mexican director and producer Miguel Necoechea.{{cite web|magazine=Variety|date=June 29, 2010|title=‘Chamaco’ gets release date|author=Abrams, Rachel|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/chamaco-gets-release-date-1118021188/}} The film was written by Harris, Necoechea and Canadian filmmaker Carl Bessai. A former amateur boxer, Harris played a boxer on-screen for the first time.{{cite web|work=The Desert Sun|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727115431/http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100116/EVENTS01/1160301/1111/Film+s+boxing+theme+has+an+authentic+ring+for+its+players|archivedate=July 27, 2010|title=Film's boxing theme has an authentic ring for its players|author=Ashton, Stephen|date=January 16, 2010|url=http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100116/EVENTS01/1160301/1111/Film+s+boxing+theme+has+an+authentic+ring+for+its+players}} The film made its United States premiere at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival.{{cite web|title=Maya Takes Palm Springs Title “Chamaco”|author=Lauer, Andy|date=January 11, 2010|work=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/maya_takes_palm_springs_title_chamaco}} The film premiered in theaters in late 2010 and was chosen as a Critics Pick by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Los Angeles Times.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Harris' credits include: The Violent Kind, Intoxicating, Hard Luck, My Sweet Killer, and Harris' own directorial debut, Loser (1996; with Peta Wilson).{{cite web|archivedate=July 23, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723175213/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-06-ca-6152-story.html|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-06-ca-6152-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=‘Loser’ a Solid Portrait of Self-Destructive Young Man|author=Thomas, Kevin|date=December 6, 1996}} He was awarded the Best Breakthrough Performance Winner at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival. As a writer, Harris has had five of his screenplays make it to the screen. He also founded Rogue Arts, a film distribution and production company, whose titles include: Three Days of Rain, Flickering Lights, and Con Man.{{cite web|title=Edgy 'Intoxicating' True Story Hits Screens|date=October 18, 2004|archivedate=October 30, 2004|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041030000416/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/pr/?id=1523&p=.htm|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/pr/?id=1523&p=.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}