Actor

Russell Harvard

April 16, 1981

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.

Notable work

8.1
There Will Be Blood (2007)
as Adult H.W. Plainview
8.3
Fargo (2014)
as Mr. Wrench
8.1
Fringe (2008)
as Joe
6.5
Causeway (2022)
as Justin

Full filmography · 12

The Tuba Thieves
as Nature Boy
2024
Causeway
as Justin
20226.5
Far West
cast
2022
Here We Are
as Trevor
2017
This Is Normal
as Alex
2013
Claustrophobia
as Tim
2011
The Hammer
as Matt Hamill
20106.8
S is for Sexy
cast
2008
There Will Be Blood
as Adult H.W. Plainview
20078.1