---
name: "Steve Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-harris-2202"
fi1m_id: "steve-harris-2202"
imdb_id: "nm0004996"
tmdb_id: 2202
wikidata_id: "Q975919"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 December 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T22:46:06.527718+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."
---

# Steve Harris

## Identity

Steve Harris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-harris-2202
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-harris-2202
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004996
- **TMDB ID:** 2202
- **Wikidata ID:** Q975919
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Harris_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q975919, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004996/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2202

Actor. Born 3 December 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 December 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1996–2006
- **Also known as:** استیو هریس, Steve J. Harris
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Science Fiction 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $693m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Harris_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q975919, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004996/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2202

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Minority Report*](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md) (81)

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## Biography

Steve Harris is an American actor born on 3 December 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his role as Eugene Young on the legal drama series *The Practice* (1997–2004), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He has also appeared in recurring or guest roles on series including *Grey's Anatomy*, *NCIS*, *Justified* and *Chicago P.D.*.

Harris's film credits include Private McCoy in *The Rock* (1996), Jad in *Minority Report* (2002), a supporting role in *Bringing Down the House* (2003), Charles McCarter in *Diary of a Mad Black Woman* (2005), and Freddy in *The First Purge* (2018). He is the older brother of actor Wood Harris. He studied drama at Northern Illinois University and holds an MFA in theatre from the University of Delaware.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, as Vernon Merriweather — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Minority Report* (2002), Fi1m 81, as Jad — [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md)
- *The Rock* (1996), Fi1m 78, as Private McCoy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *Marlon Wayans Presents: The Headliners* (2022), Executive Producer
- *BMF* (2021), series, as Detective Bryant
- *Marlon Wayans: You Know What It Is* (2021), Producer
- *Law & Order: Organized Crime* (2021), series, as Ellsworth Lee
- *Filthy Rich* (2020), series, as Franklin Lee
- *The Twilight Zone* (2019), series, as Uncle Neil
- *All American* (2018), series, as Frank Jeremy — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)
- *The First Purge* (2018), as Freddy
- *The Crossing* (2018), series, as Beaumont
- *Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television* (2017), series, as Captain Jackson #2
- *Tales* (2017), series, as McBride
- *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017), series, as Bill Ramirez
- *Burning Sands* (2017), as Dean Richardson
- *Chi-Raq* (2015), as Ole Duke
- *Legends* (2014), series, as Nelson Gates
- *In Your Eyes* (2014), as Giddons
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Frank Rochester
- *Let the Church Say Amen* (2013), as Simon Jackson
- *Awake* (2012), series, as Detective Isaiah 'Bird' Freeman
- *Harry's Law* (2011), series, as Jeffrey Rollins
- *Takers* (2010), as Lt. Carver
- *Justified* (2010), series, as Roscoe — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *12 Rounds* (2009), as George Aiken
- *Quarantine* (2008), as Scott Percival
- *Eli Stone* (2008), series, as Jayson Turk
- *Good Behavior* (2008), as Will Stone
- *Protect and Serve* (2007), as Dennis Harvey
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, as Vernon Merriweather — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Heist* (2006), series, as James Johnson
- *The Unseen* (2005), as Roy
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Omar Toussant — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Diary of a Mad Black Woman* (2005), as Charles McCarter
- *Higglytown Heroes* (2004), series, Actor
- *The Batman* (2004), series, as Detective Ethan Bennett (voice), Clayface (voice), Ethan Bennett / Clayface (voice)
- *Celebrity Blackjack* (2004), series, Actor
- *Death and Texas* (2004), as Barefoot Bobby Briggs
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Gerald Tanner — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Bringing Down the House* (2003), as Widow
- *Minority Report* (2002), as Jad — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md)
- *Beyond the City Limits* (2001), as Troy
- *The Skulls* (2000), as Detective Sparrow
- *Muhammad Ali: King of the World* (2000), as Sonny Liston
- *The Mod Squad* (1999), as Det. Briggs
- *Lovers and Liars* (1998), as FBI Agent
- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, as Makai (voice)
- *Nightmare Street* (1998), as Detective Miller
- *Lesser Prophets* (1997), as Giant Black man who throws brick
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Eugene Young — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *George Wallace* (1997), as Neal
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Eugene Young
- *The Rock* (1996), as Private McCoy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Murder One* (1995), series, as Darryl Jackson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Charles Lamb
- *New York Undercover* (1994), series, Actor
- *Against the Wall* (1994), as Cecil
- *Sugar Hill* (1994), as Ricky Goggles
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Bernard — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *The Good Policeman* (1991), as Big Blue
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Calvin Tiller, Joey "Dogs" Lang — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- 35th NAACP Image Awards 2004: 35th NAACP Image Awards (won)
- Viewers for Quality Television 1998: Viewers for Quality Television (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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