Kirk Harris

Kirk Harris is an American actor-filmmaker who has been the lead actor in several films that have had arthouse theatrical releases in the U.S.^[1]

Harris starred in the 2013 western thriller A Sierra Nevada Gunfight (originally titled The Sorrow) by director Vernon Mortensen.^[2] The film was shot in the mountains of Eastern San Diego county. The film was written by Mortensen and Johnny Harrington.

He also starred in The Kid: Chamaco, which was shot in Mexico City by Mexican director and producer Miguel Necoechea.^[3] The film was written by Harris, Necoechea and Canadian filmmaker Carl Bessai.^[3] A former amateur boxer, Harris played a boxer on-screen for the first time.^[4] The film made its United States premiere at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival.^[4][5] The film premiered in theaters in late 2010 and was chosen as a Critics Pick by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Los Angeles Times.^{[citation needed]}

Harris' credits include: The Violent Kind, Intoxicating, Hard Luck, My Sweet Killer, and Harris' own directorial debut, Loser (1996; with Peta Wilson).^[6] He was awarded the Best Breakthrough Performance Winner at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival. As a writer, Harris has had five of his screenplays make it to the screen. He also founded Rogue Arts, a film distribution and production company, whose titles include: Three Days of Rain, Flickering Lights, and Con Man.^[7]