French Stewart
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| Born | Milton French Stewart February 20, 1964 Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine LaNasa (1998-Present) |
Milton French Stewart (born February 20, 1964) is an American actor, best known for his role as Harry Solomon on the 1990s sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Stewart was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico; his mother was a homemaker and his stepfather a microfilm technician.[1] Stewart married actress Katherine LaNasa on May 19, 1998. They met when she had a guest appearance on a 1996 episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun.
[edit] Career
Stewart studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and toured in regional theatre for seven years before breaking into television with the role of Razor Dee, a spaced-out DJ on the final season of The New WKRP in Cincinnati in 1992. Stewart earned his Screen Actors Guild card while working for Hanna-Barbera's Shakey Quakey tour, having been later terminated for removing the head of his costume in front of children.[2] In 1996, he was cast on 3rd Rock from the Sun, which lasted for six seasons; on the show, Stewart was noted for his talents at physical comedy and his characteristic "squinting" facial expression.
Major motion picture credits for French Stewart include his film debut on Stargate (1994) as Lieutenant Ferretti, followed by Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Glory Daze (1996), McHale's Navy (1997), Love Stinks (1999), and Clockstoppers (2002) as Earl Doppler. Animated credits include the voice of Bob on the short-lived animated series God, the Devil and Bob (2000), and Disney's animated Hercules (1998) as Icarus. Since the end of 3rd Rock in 2001, Stewart has appeared in a number of minor roles, mainly in situation comedies such as Just Shoot Me!, The Drew Carey Show, Less Than Perfect and That 70's Show (from the same creators of 3rd Rock from the Sun) He also Starred in the WB Hit Charmed as the genie that the evil triad sent to destroy the charmed ones along with the dragon demon at the end of season 2. He has also starred in comedy films, with major roles in the direct-to-video films Home Alone 4 (2002) and Inspector Gadget 2 (2003).
Stewart has appeared as a guest on MADtv once, in the intro, and exclaimed that he is not Harry from 3rd Rock from the Sun. He also appeared in a cameo on Seinfeld. He can also be seen on the I Love The... series on Vh1.
