Robert Harrell

Known for On Halloween (2020). Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Robert began his acting career in 1994 by accident. He was a martial arts instructor at the Boston Kung Fu Tai Chi Institute and decided to audition for The Next Karate Kid (1994), which was shooting in Boston. He got a role in the film which qualified him to join the Screen Actor's Guild. While on set he discovered his true calling as an actor. Over the next few years, he studied acting, took dance lessons, and continued his training in martial arts. During that time Robert appeared in several films shot within a 100-mile radius of Boston (Good Will Hunting (1997), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), In Dreams (1999) and Amistad (1997)), was featured as "The Rat King" in the Boston City Ballet's production of the Nutcracker Suite and competed in Wu Shu/Kung Fu tournaments and won several medals in weapons & forms. In 1998, Robert relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career full time. He began studying the Stanislavski Method with John Sarno (a protégé of Lee Strasberg). Robert booked a co-starring role as Antron on the award-winning show The Shield (2002) and starred in the indie film The Gun (From 6 to 7:30 p.m.) (2003) while supporting himself as the kickboxing coach & cardio kickboxing instructor at Hollywood Boxing Gym. In 2005, he switched to the Meisner Method at the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studios and completed an intensive 2 1/2 year program. While a student at JB/DWB Studios, he co-wrote, produced, and starred in the short film The Pact (2005). In 2007, Robert decided to expand his knowledge of martial arts and enrolled in Chute Boxe LA under coach Roberto Piccinini & Jorge Van Damme Oliveria to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Muay Thai. That same year Robert booked a role on the longest-running US soap General Hospital (1963), before relocating to Australia. Between 2008 and the present Robert became an Australian Citizen, appeared in various commercials (Centrum, Sharesies, Telstra, Aldi, Foxtel, KFC, Woolworths, iSelect and Burger King), and co-starred in the Australian Horror film On Halloween (2020) and Sci-fi Action film Shadow Wars in post-production, as well as guest-starring roles on ABC's Reef Break (2019) and Playmaker's Reckoning (2019). Robert has also completed his first screenplay entitled The Art of Seduction, a comedy based on a true story, that tells how he was conned into becoming an exotic dancer and almost ended up in federal prison.