Harry Northup
Biography
Born in Amarillo, Texas, Harry Northup is an American actor and poet who has made his living in film for more than 30 years and appeared in 37 features. He studied Method acting with Frank Corsaro in New York City from 1963 to 1968, becoming a frequent presence in Martin Scorsese's early work, including Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), Boxcar Bertha (1972), Mean Streets (1973) and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). He also appeared in Scorsese's Taxi Driver and New York, New York, starred in Over the Edge (1979) and Fighting Mad, and played Mr. Bimmel in Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs. Since 1976 he has belonged to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Northup is also a poet who studied with Ann Stanford and coordinated the Poetry on Melrose reading series in Los Angeles from 1986 to 1988; the city gave him a Certificate of Recognition in 2006.
86years old
Turns 87 on September 2in 324 days
- Born Amarillo
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Harry E. Northup
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 32 years1967 to 1999
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Behind the camera
At Gasoline Alley in Los Angeles, Northup ran a weekly poetry reading series called "Poetry on Melrose," which he also conceived, between 1986 and 1988.
Harry Northup movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Martin Scorsese directed four of these films, Jonathan Kaplan four and Jonathan Demme two. Harvey Keitel appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Harvey Keitel's page
Ed Begley Jr.'s page
David Carradine's page
Martin Scorsese's page
Victor Argo's page
Lane Smith's page
All films by Jonathan Kaplan
All films by Jonathan Demme
Also two films together5 more actors
- Billy Green BushTom Horn (1980) and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
- Murray MostonAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and Mean Streets (1973)
- George MemmoliBlue Collar (1978) and Mean Streets (1973)
- Michael Eric KramerProject X (1987) and Over the Edge (1979)
- Rob ReeceCitizens Band (1977) and Crazy Mama (1975)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Harry Northup's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$95.9 million
9 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 9 worldwide figure; 4 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$21M21.9% of the total
- 2$19M19.3% of the total
- 3$15M15.9% of the total
- 4$12M12.2% of the total
- 5$10M10.5% of the total
- 6$9.0M9.4% of the total
- 7$6.5M6.8% of the total
- 8$3.0M3.1% of the total
$815,174from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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