Harley Cross

Harley Cross[1][2] (born March 10, 1978) is an American entrepreneur, film/television actor and producer.

Harley Cross
Born (1978-03-10) March 10, 1978
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names1
OccupationEntrepreneur, actor, producer

He is currently the Director of Strategy for Land Core,[3] a 501(c)3 non-profit that he co-founded in 2018 advancing soil health programs and policies that create value for farmers, businesses, and communities.

He was co-founder, CEO, and artistic director of Hint Mint Inc.,[4][5] a designer breath mint/candy company that was master licensed to Giftcraft LLC[6] (a Toronto-based gift company) in 2016.

In 2015 he co-created the after-school music education program Play with Music, which focuses on bringing relevant music education to at-risk youth. The program is currently running at Allen Leroy Locke High School in South Los Angeles.

Cross was also the co-founder of Interconnected, a Los Angeles-based creative agency and production company, that he started in 2011 with his friend and business partner Nirvan Mullick. Through Interconnected, Cross and Mullick produced the viral video Caine's Arcade[7][8] and the follow-up Caine's Arcade 2. After the viral success of Caine's Arcade, Cross and Mullick co-founded the Imagination Foundation,[9] a non-profit organization whose mission is to "find, foster and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids".

As an actor Cross appeared in over a dozen films as well as many TV shows in the 1980s and 1990s[10] including cult films The Believers, Someone To Watch Over Me, The Fly II, Cohen and Tate, and the TV series Sister Kate and Dudley. His most recent roles were in the 2000 film Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth[11] and the 2004 film Kinsey.[12]

Cross was also the frontman of The Harley Cross Band in the early 2000s and has recently started a new music project with Lauren Turk[13] called The New History.[14]

Personal life

Cross was born in New York City, New York but spent much of his childhood in Paris, France; Haiti; and Los Angeles, California.[15] He is the older brother of actress Flora Cross[16] and actor Eli Marienthal.[17]

Films and TV

References
  1. http://harleycross.com web site
  2. "Harley Cross Home Page".
  3. "About". Land Core. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  4. "Hint Mint Company Bio". Hint Mint. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29.
  5. Forsman, Theresa (July 25, 2001). "How to Make a Mint". Business Week. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  6. "Gchome".
  7. "Credits". IMDB.
  8. "Caine's Arcade Press".
  9. "Profile". imagination foundation. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24.
  10. "Filmography". IMDB.
  11. "Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000)" (Review). rotten tomatoes. www.rottentomatoes.com.
  12. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20051106/ai_n15911209. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "Laure Turk Music Website".
  14. "The New History Home Page".
  15. "Harley Cross".
  16. "Flora Cross: Biography, Latest News & Videos". www.tvguide.com.
  17. Ebert, Roger (November 6, 2005). "'Bee' girl carries film". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020.

Bibliography
  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 398.
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