Desmond Harrington

Desmond Harrington Biography

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 and appeared in a few episodes of Gossip Girl.

Life and career

Harrington was born in Savannah, Georgia. His first role was Aulon in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. He soon after nabbed 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 Seasons 3 of the show.

In January 2012, it was reported that Harrington will return to Gossip Girl in the "last third of the season". In the same month, he made a guest appearance on the Season three premiere of Justified, playing Fletcher 'The Ice Pick' Nix. He also played a small role in The Dark Knight Rises as a police officer.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	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
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Police Officer

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"2013	Dexter	Det. Joseph Quinn	72 episodes Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2009, 2010)
2009"2012	Gossip Girl	Jack Bass	11 episodes
2012	Justified	Fletcher 'The Ice Pick' Nix	Episode: "The Gunfighter"

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