Harris Yulin, the stage and display screen actor who was finest recognized for his roles within the movies “Scarface” and “Ghostbusters II,” has died. He was 87.
Yulin died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday in New York Metropolis, his household and his supervisor, Sue Leibman, confirmed to The Publish.
“Yulin was part of the vanguard of a generation who cared passionately about the craft of acting,” the assertion learn. “This deep, lifelong dedication led to extraordinary, resonant performances that were a gift to audiences, the actors he worked with, and the art of acting itself.”
Yulin was born on November 5, 1937 in Los Angeles. He made his New York stage debut in 1963 in “Next Time I’ll Sing to You,” earlier than making his Broadway debut in 1980 within the revival of “Watch on the Rhine.”
His subsequent Broadway reveals included “The Price,” “The Visit,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “Hedda Gabler” and extra. He additionally directed many performs resembling “The Glass Menagerie,” “The Trip to Bountiful” and ” The Man Who Got here to Dinner.”
Yulin’s first film was the 1970 satirical black comedy drama “End of the Road” starring James Earl Jones and Stacy Keach.
He went on to look in “Scarface” (1983), “Ghostbusters II” (1989), “Clear and Present Danger” (1994), “Bean” (1997), “Rush Hour 2” (2001), “Training Day” (2001), “The Place Beyond the Pines” (2012) and extra.
On tv, Yulin was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his visitor position on “Frasier” in 1996. He had a serious arc on Netflix’s “Ozark,” in addition to stints on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “24,” “Veep,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Billions.”
In a 2010 interview with The Irish Instances, Yulin described himself as “not that high-profile.”
“I just do the next thing that comes along,” he mentioned of his profession. “Whatever comes along that I want to do or that I feel I need to do. Oftentimes the things one does you don’t think of doing or you have no idea that you’re going to do.”
Based on his household, Yulin was engaged on the Michael Hoffman-directed MGM+ collection “American Classic” co-starring Kevin Kline, Laura Linney and Jon Tenney earlier than his dying. Yulin and Hoffman, 68, beforehand collaborated on the 2005 movie “Game 6.”
“Harris Yulin was very simply one of the greatest artists I have ever encountered,” Hoffman mentioned in a press release. “His marriage of immense technique with an always fresh sense of discovery, gave his work an immediacy and vitality and purity I’ve experienced no where else.”
“And what he was as an actor, he was as a man, the grace, the humility, the generosity,” the director continued. “All of us at ‘American Classic’ have been blessed by our experience with him. He will always remain the beating heart of our show.”
Yulin notably dated Faye Dunaway from 1971 to 1972. They had been co-stars within the 1971 Western movie “Doc.”
He was married to actress Gwen Welles from 1975 till her dying in 1993.
Yulin is survived by his second spouse, actress Kristen Lowman, son-in-law Ted Mineo, nephew Martin Crane, and godchildren Marco and Lara Greenberg. He was predeceased by his daughter, actress Claire Lucido.
