Harley Cross

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Harley Cross
Born (1978-03-10) March 10, 1978 (age 46)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names1
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • actor
  • producer

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

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

He was previously a 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.[7] The program is currently running at Allen Leroy Locke High School in South Los Angeles.[citation needed]

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[8][9] and the follow-up Caine's Arcade 2. After the viral success of Caine's Arcade, Cross and Mullick co-founded the Imagination Foundation,[10] 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, 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

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Cross is the older brother of actress Flora Cross[15] and actor Eli Marienthal.[16]

Films and TV

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References

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  1. ^ "Harley Cross". Harley Cross. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  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. Archived from the original on July 27, 2001. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  6. ^ "Home Décor | Home Accents | Gift Items". Giftcraft. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  7. ^ "Play with Music". Play with Music. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  8. ^ "Credits". IMDB.
  9. ^ "Caine's Arcade Press". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  10. ^ "Profile". imagination foundation. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24.
  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. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) [dead link]
  13. ^ "Laure Turk Music Website".[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "The New History Home Page".
  15. ^ "Flora Cross: Biography, Latest News & Videos". www.tvguide.com.
  16. ^ Ebert, Roger (November 6, 2005). "'Bee' girl carries film". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020.

Bibliography

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