My Take
Harris Yulin is one of those character actors who makes every scene he's in feel more serious and grounded — the kind of performer who never chews the scenery but somehow commands it anyway. Born in Los Angeles and trained at UCLA, he built a career over decades spanning film, television, and stage that most headline-grabbers would envy. His work in Night Moves alongside Gene Hackman is a masterclass in quiet menace, and he kept that same intensity across well over a hundred screen roles without ever becoming a household name — which honestly tells you more about Hollywood than it does about him. Winning the Lucille Lortel Award for directing in 2006 shows the range too: this wasn't just a working actor, but a genuine theatre craftsman. I have a lot of respect for careers built on consistency and craft rather than celebrity, and Yulin's is exactly that.
Overview
Harris Bart Goldberg (November 5, 1937 – June 10, 2025), known professionally as Harris Yulin, was an American actor who appeared in over a hundred film and television series roles including Night Moves (1975), St.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Harris Yulin
- Name (Japanese)
- ハリス・ユーリン
- Reading
- はりす・ゆーりん
- Born
- November 5, 1937 (age 88)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / stage actor / theatre director / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
Awards & achievements
- 2006 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.