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Hill Harper
February 25th, 2010 by Lynn DeVries

Hill Harper: Plays Dr. Sheldon Hawkes

Birth Name: Francis "Frank" Harper

[Photo: ©2010 CBS Broadcasting Co.]
Interviews: Live Chat Transcript 11/09
Birth Date: May 17, 1966
Astrological Sign: Taurus
Birth Place: Iowa City, IA
Spouse(s):
  • none
College:
  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts
  • Graduated Cum Laude from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctorate
Awards:
  • Black Reel Awards
    • 2002 Best Actor for: The Visit (2000/I) – Nominated
  • Image Awards
    • 2009 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Winner
    • 2008 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Winner
    • 2007 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Nominated
    • 2006 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Nominated
    • 2005 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Nominated
    • 2001 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for: “City of Angels” (2000) – Nominated
  • Independent Spirit Awards
    • 2001 Best Male Lead for: The Visit (2000/I) – Nominated
  • Method Fest
    • 2000 Best Actor Feature Film for: The Visit (2000/I) – Winner
  • Satellite Awards
    • 2004 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Drama for: “The Handler” (2003) – Nominated
  • Urbanworld Film Festival
    • 2008 Best Film for: This Is Not a Test (2008) – Winner
Fast Facts:
  • Father, Henry Harper, a psychiatrist
  • Mother, Marilyn Hill, one of the first practicing African-American anesthesiologists in the United States
  • Stage name is a combination of his mother and father’s last names (Marilyn Hill and Henry Harper)
  • Close friend and Harvard classmate with president Barack Obama
  • Was a part of “The New Harmony Project” in the summer of 1997.
  • He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated with a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School, as well as with a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government.
  • The 13th Annual Inner City Awards honored him with the W.E.B. DuBois Scholar Award.
  • Appears with William Petersen in The Skulls (2000). He is currently one of the stars of “CSI: NY” (2004), the spin-off of Petersen’s series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000).
  • Author of a book of advice for teens, Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny. The book won the American Library Association’s 2007 prize for Best Book for Young Adults.
  • Also authored Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny and The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships
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