HARRY HAMLIN

'Harry Robinson Hamlin' (born October 30, 1951) is an English film and television actor, known for his role in the 1981 fantasy film ''Clash of the Titans''.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Hamlin was born in London, England to Bernice Robinson and Chauncey Jerome Hamlin, Jr., an aeronautical engineer who once worked with scientist Wernher von Braun.^[1] He attended The Hill School, a private boarding school in Pennsylvania, where he played soccer and lacrosse and acted in the school's musicals and plays.Hamlin attended University of California, Berkeley and is an alumnus of the Theta Zeta chapter of the national fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Career

Hamlin appeared in ''Movie, Movie'' with George C. Scott in 1978, but his big-screen break was a starring role in the 1981 Greek mythology epic ''Clash of the Titans''. He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care". Afterwards, his career faltered somewhat with such box office flops such as ''Making Love''. In 1986, Hamlin's popularity skyrocketed when he starred on the very popular NBC TV drama ''L.A. Law'' from 1986 to 1991. After his role ended on the show, Hamlin tried to revive his movie career. However, so far he has only starred in B movies and direct-to-video features.
Hamlin appeared in two 1992 episodes of '', in each episode as a separate character. In the episode "Joker's Wild," Hamlin played the role of Cameron Kaiser, a businessman who sinks all his money into a casino, then counts on the Joker to destroy it in order to collect on the insurance policy from a reputable company.
In 2004, Hamlin began a recurring role on the television series ''Veronica Mars''. He played fading action hero Aaron Echolls, father to central show character Logan Echolls. Hamlin's character states that he (like the real-life Hamlin) was ''People'' magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive' in 1987. Aaron's wife, Lynn, was played by Hamlin's real-life wife, Lisa Rinna. On August 14, 2006, Rinna announced that Hamlin would be performing on the third season of ''Dancing with the Stars''. On September 27, 2006, Hamlin was voted off the program.
Hamlin reprised the role of Perseus in the 2007 video game "God of War 2". In the game, Perseus was trapped in a room while searching for the Sisters of Fate to revive his dead lover. When Kratos, who the player controls, appears to him, Perseus battles him, thinking that killing the "Ghost of Sparta" will make him worthy to meet the Fates. In the battle against him, he wears the cap of invisibility and wielding a sword, a reflective shield that blinds Kratos, and a slingshot that launches flaming rocks. If the player is victorious in the battle against him, Kratos crushes the invisibility cap, breaks the sword, steals the shield and throws Perseus through a wall, creating an entrance to a new area and impaling Perseus' heart on a hook.

Personal life

Hamlin is married to former ''Days of Our Lives'' actress and television host Lisa Rinna since 1997. They have two children, Delilah Belle Hamlin and Amelia Gray Hamlin. Between 1991 and 1993, he was married to actress Nicollette Sheridan, and to actress Laura Johnson from 1985 to 1989. In 1980, he had a son, Dimitri Alexandre Hamlin, with Swiss actress Ursula Andress, his co-star in the film ''Clash of the Titans''. All three of Hamlin's wives have been prominent primetime soap opera actresses. Rinna starred on Melrose Place, Sheridan was a regular on Knots Landing and more recently on ''Desperate Housewives'', and Johnson was a regular on Falcon Crest (which even Andress later made guest appearances on).

References

1. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800039057/bio

External links

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★ http://www.myspace.com/harryhamlin Harry Hamlin at MySpace

★ Harry Hamlin at TV.com

★ ''Dancing with the Stars'' page on Hamlin