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Desmond Harrington
Desmond Harrington in October 2008
Born	October 19, 1976 (1976-10-19) (age 33) Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Years active	1999-present

Desmond Harrington (born October 19, 1976) is an American actor. He is known for movies like The Hole, Wrong Turn and Ghost Ship. He joined the cast of the Showtime series Dexter in its third season as Joey Quinn.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Early life

Harrington was born in Savannah, Georgia¹ and moved with his family to The Bronx at the age of 3, where his mother's side of the family originates. He attended a Catholic school and eventually graduated from Fordham Preparatory School, a Jesuit high school. After high school, he attended Manhattan College, but left after only 6 weeks.^{citation needed} Afterward, he worked in various other occupations before pursuing acting which included working at a brokerage firm, a deli, in construction, landscaping and as a bartender,^{citation needed} mostly to pay for acting classes with John Strasberg. He currently lives in Los Angeles.^{citation needed}

His first role was playing Aulon in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. He soon after grabbed prominent roles in films such as The Hole, Ghost Ship and Wrong Turn. Harrington also appeared in the Steven Spielberg sci-fi drama Taken, in which he played Jesse Keys, an abductee of aliens.

In September 2008 he joined the Showtime TV show Dexter.

In December 2008 he played a guest role on Gossip Girl playing Jack Bass, a role he will reprise through guest appearances in Season 3 of the show.²

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Aulon
2000	Boiler Room	JP Marlin Trainee	uncredited
	Massholes	Bing
	Drop Back Ten	Spanks Voley
2001	Riding in Cars with Boys	Bobby
	The Hole	Mike Steel
	My First Mister	Randy
2002	Life Makes Sense If You're Famous	Jay
2002	Ghost Ship	Jack Ferriman
2002	We Were Soldiers	Sp4 Bill Beck
2003	Wrong Turn	Chris Flynn
2003	Love Object	Kenneth Winslow
2004	3-Way	Ralph Hagen
2006	Taphephobia	Mike Hollister
2006	Bottom's Up	Rusty #1
2007	Fort Pit	Mike Sokeletski
2008	Exit Speed	Sam Cutter
2009	TiMER	Dan the Man
2009	Life Is Hot in Cracktown	Benny
2009	Not Since You	Sam	completed
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Taken	Jesse Keys - Adult	3 episodes
2003-2004	Dragnet	Det. Jimmy McCarron / Det. Dexter McCarron	10 episodes
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Tim Rainey	1 episode
2006	Kidnapped	Kenneth Cantrell	1 episode
2006-2007	Sons & Daughters	Wylie Blake	9 episodes
2007	Rescue Me	Troy	7 episodes
2008-present	Dexter	Joey Quinn
2009-present	Gossip Girl	Jack Bass	3 episodes

References

External links

• Desmond Harrington at the Internet Movie Database
• Harrington Daily

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