Joshua Harris (actor)
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| Joshua Harris | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 27, 1978 |
| Occupation | Actor, professional baseball player, producer/director |
| Years active | 1984 – present |
Joshua Harris (born November 27, 1978) is an American-born actor turned professional baseball player, turned producer/director.
Overview
Harris started his career at the age of six and enjoyed many years of roles on top television shows and films. He worked on television and films from 1984 to 1993. He is best known as Christopher Ewing from the primetime soap opera Dallas in which he starred for six seasons (1985–1991). He also guest starred on several series, including Falcon Crest, Twin Peaks, Star Trek: The Next Generation and The Commish. Harris was also in a few made-for-TV movies. His first television movie role was A Death in California, in which he played the youngest child of Cheryl Ladd, whose character was being harassed by a sociopath. This movie is based on a true story. His best known movie role was playing a boy dying of AIDS in the made-for-TV film Go Toward the Light, which is also based on a true story. He was also in the movie Locked Up: A Mother's Rage, also starring Cheryl Ladd, and is also based on a true story.
At the age of 15, Harris decided to pursue his love of baseball and continued playing through high school, and college. After graduating from the University of San Diego with his Bachelor's Degree in Business, he continued playing baseball at the professional ranks. He played professionally in the Chicago Cubs organization. He played for one of their minor league affiliates, the Lansing Lugnuts. He played for the Lugnuts only one season, and decided to move back to entertainment. He then moved on to work as a producer for the production company New Wave Entertainment. He produced/directed many documentaries for them, but in 2006, ventured off on his own starting a production company and Directing and Producing his own projects under the 4th Wall Entertainment banner. They specialize in television development, documentaries, commercials, feature films and digital platforms.
