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name: "Erik LaRay Harvey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erik-laray-harvey"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T09:05:35.454773+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Erik LaRay Harvey

Actor. Born 1 January 1972 in Bainbridge.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1972, Bainbridge
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_LaRay_Harvey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22811322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0367510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1392775

## Biography

Erik LaRay Harvey is an American actor. He graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 1991.

Harvey is known for his roles as Dunn Purnsley in the HBO series *Boardwalk Empire* (2011–2013) and Willis Stryker / Diamondback in the Netflix series *Marvel's Luke Cage* (2016). Other credits include *Twister* (1996), *Rounders* (1998), *K-PAX* (2001) and *Can You Ever Forgive Me?* (2018) as Agent Solanas. He has appeared in multiple episodes of the *Law & Order* franchise and as Del Chance in *Godfather of Harlem* (2019–). He received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for *Boardwalk Empire*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Can You Ever Forgive Me?* (2018), Fi1m 84, as Agent Solanas — [page](https://film.one/film/can-you-ever-forgive-me.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The United States vs. Billie Holiday* (2021), as James Monroe
- *The Public's Much Ado About Nothing* (2019), as Antonio/Verges
- *Miss Virginia* (2019), as Mayor Anthony Carver
- *Godfather of Harlem* (2019), series, as Delbert C. 'Del' Chance
- *Bolden* (2019), as Bartley
- *Can You Ever Forgive Me?* (2018), as Agent Solanas — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/can-you-ever-forgive-me.md)
- *Heartlock* (2018), as Continental
- *Proud Mary* (2018), as Reggie
- *Godless* (2017), series, as Elias — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/godless.md)
- *The Charnel House* (2016), as Devin Pyles
- *Marvel's Luke Cage* (2016), series, as Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, as Ray Chapman
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Lewis Atwater
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Agent Brandon Graves
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, as Dunn Purnsley — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Crazy for Love* (2005), as Orderly
- *Everyday People* (2004), as Bartender
- *Marci X* (2003), as Stage Manager
- *K-PAX* (2001), as Security Guard
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Deputy Warden
- *The Caveman's Valentine* (2001), as Young Rom
- *Now and Again* (1999), series, as Cyrus Jones
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Redd
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Sam Randall, Jax Bell, Randy Fowler
- *Rounders* (1998), as Roy
- *Twister* (1996), as Eric
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Marty Pine, Anthony Loomis

## Gallery

- ![Ator Erik LaRay Harvey com fã (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/690138/gallery-1988fb1fb17d.jpg) Ator Erik LaRay Harvey com fã (2019) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/ErikLaRayHarvey-withFan_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ator Erik LaRay Harvey com fã (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/690138/gallery-c381e9e5bbcc.jpg) Ator Erik LaRay Harvey com fã (2019) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/ErikLaRayHarvey-withFan.jpg/1280px-ErikLaRayHarvey-withFan.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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