Desmond Harrington

Desmond Harrington
Desmond Harrington in 2010
Born	October 19, 1976 (1976-10-19) (age 35) Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999-present
Height	5'10" (1.78 m)

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

Life and career

Harrington's 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. He reprised his role through guest appearances in Season 3 & 4 of the show.^[1]

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	Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema Award for Best Actor
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	Det. Joseph Quinn	36 episodes Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2009, 2010)
2009–present	Gossip Girl	Jack Bass	8 episodes

References

1. ^ Desmond Harrington Back as Jack Bass

External links

• Desmond Harrington at the Internet Movie Database
• Harrington Daily

Persondata
Name	Harrington, Desmond
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	October 19, 1976
Place of birth	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death