Harley Cross

Harley Cross
Born (1978-03-10) March 10, 1978
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names 1
Occupation Entrepreneur, actor, producer

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

He was co-founder, CEO, and artistic director of Hint Mint Inc.,[3][4] a designer breath mint/ candy company that was master licensed to Giftcraft LLC (a Toronto based gift company) in 2016.

In early 2017, Harley co-founded Land Core USA . The organisation is focused on passing US federal legislation that gives market based solutions for American farmers to adopt existing USDA soil health management practices that address food security and wether resilience.

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. The program is currently running at Allen Leroy Locke High School in South Los Angeles.

Harley 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, Harley and Nirvan produced the viral video Caine's Arcade [5][6] and the follow-up Caine's Arcade 2. After the viral success of Caine's Arcade, Harley and Nirvan co-founded the Imagination Foundation,[7] a non-profit organization whose mission is to "find, foster and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids".

As an actor Harley appeared in over a dozen films as well as many TV shows in the 1980s and 1990s[8] 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".[9] and the 2004 film Kinsey[10]

Harley was also the frontman of "The Harley Cross Band" in the early 2000s and has recently started a new music project with Lauren Turk[11] called The New History[12]

Personal life

Cross was born in New York City, New York but spent much of his childhood in Paris, France, Haiti and Los Angeles, California.[13] He is the older brother of actress Flora Cross[14] and actor Eli Marienthal.[15]

Films and TV

References

  1. ↑ http://harleycross.com web site
  2. ↑ "Harley Cross Home Page".
  3. ↑ "Hint Mint Company Bio". Hint Mint. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29.
  4. ↑ Forsman, Theresa (July 25, 2001). "How to Make a Mint". Business Week. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Credits". IMDB.
  6. ↑ "Caine's Arcade Press".
  7. ↑ "Profile". imagination foundation. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24.
  8. ↑ "Filmography". IMDB.
  9. ↑ "Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000)" (Review). rotten tomatoes. www.rottentomatoes.com.
  10. ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20051106/ai_n15911209. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "Laure Turk Music Website".
  12. ↑ "The New History Home Page".
  13. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189172/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ "Flora Cross: Biography, Latest News & Videos". www.tvguide.com.
  15. ↑ Blog, Chaz's. "'Bee' girl carries film". Chicago Sun-Times.

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