Russell Harvard

Biography

Russell Wayne Harvard (born April 16, 1981) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (2007), playing opposite Daniel Day-Lewis as his adopted son, H.W. Plainview. In the 2010 biopic The Hammer, he portrayed deaf NCAA championship wrestler and UFC mixed martial arts fighter Matt Hamill. Harvard also won acclaim Off Broadway in 2012 as Billy, the deaf son in an intellectual, though dysfunctional, hearing British family, in Tribes by Nina Raine. For his interpretation, he won a 2012 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance and nominations for Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor. He played Mr. Wrench in the first and third seasons of the television series Fargo.

Known For

This Is Normal

The Tuba Thieves

There Will Be Blood

Acting

2010

The Hammer

as

Matt Hamill

2022

Far West

as

2011

Claustrophobia

as

Tim

2022

Causeway

as

Justin

2013

This Is Normal

as

Alex

2024

The Tuba Thieves

as

Nature Boy

Flash Before the Bang

as

2007

There Will Be Blood

as

Adult H.W. Plainview

2017

Here We Are

as

Trevor

Switched at Birth

as

Julian Stanton

Fargo

as

Mr. Wrench

Fringe

as

Joe

Production

Crew

Directing