Harris Yulin, Scarface actor and Broadway star, has died. He was 87.
His death was announced by his family and manager, Sue Leibman, who revealed Yulin passed away on June 10 in New York City of a cardiac arrest, Deadline reports.
Although the actor never played a leading role, many will recognise him from his countless appearances in popular films, television shows, and Broadway plays.
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He made his stage debut back in 1963 when he appeared in Next Time I’ll Sing to You, going on to make his Broadway debut almost two decades later in a revival of Watch on the Rhine.
Yulin’s other Broadway appearances include 1992’s The Visit, 1997’s The Diary of Anne Frank, 1999’s The Price and 2001’s Hedda Gabler.
What he is potentially best recognised for though is his role as a corrupt detective planning to extort money from Al Pacino’s character in Scarface.
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Yulin also had roles in 1994’s Clear and Present Danger, 2001’s Training Day, 1996’s Multiplicity, and he even appeared as the judge whose courtroom was destroyed in 1989’s Ghostbusters.
Alongside his roles on stage and in film, Yulin was also an Emmy nominated television star, receiving a nomination for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series after his 1996 appearance on Frasier.
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Fans may also recognise him as the head of Watchers’ Council on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the father of Russ Snyder on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, or as Buddy Dieker on Ozark.
Just before his death, Yulin was preparing for his upcoming role in American Classic, a new series directed by Michael Hoffman, starring alongside Kevin Kline and Laura Linney.
In a statement released following his death, Hoffman referred to Yulin as “one of the greatest artists I have ever encountered”.
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”His marriage of immense technique with an always fresh sense of discovery, gave his work an immediacy and vitality and purity I’ve experienced nowhere else,” the director continued.
“And what he was as an actor, he was as a man, the grace, the humility, the generosity.
“All of us at American Classic have been blessed by our experience with him. He will always remain the beating heart of our show.”
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