Harry Waters Jr.
Encyclopedia
Harry Waters, Jr. is an American stage and film actor. He created the role of Belize in the first production of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes in 1991. He is best known for his portrayal of Marvin Berry in Back to the Future
(1985), which earned him a gold record for his rendition of "Earth Angel."
and the University of Wisconsin. He worked as an actor in New York City on and off Broadway for more than a decade as well as at theatres around the country. Venues include the Mark Taper Forum, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, TheatreWorks, and the San Jose Repertory Theatre.
He was a member of the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop in Harlem, which has developed the work of new, African American playwrights, directors, designers, and actors since 1973.
He is working in collaboration with novelist/playwright Jewelle Gomez
on a play about James Baldwin, titled "Waiting for Giovanni" and scheduled for the 2011-12 (San Francisco) New Conservatory Theater season. The project's development is being sponsored by Intersection for the Arts.
Waters has taught acting, script development and has directed numerous productions around the country. He is currently a tenured professor in the Theatre Department at Macalester College
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Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science-fiction adventure film. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson. The film tells the story of...
(1985), which earned him a gold record for his rendition of "Earth Angel."
Career
Born in Denver, Waters is a graduate of Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and the University of Wisconsin. He worked as an actor in New York City on and off Broadway for more than a decade as well as at theatres around the country. Venues include the Mark Taper Forum, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, TheatreWorks, and the San Jose Repertory Theatre.
He was a member of the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop in Harlem, which has developed the work of new, African American playwrights, directors, designers, and actors since 1973.
He is working in collaboration with novelist/playwright Jewelle Gomez
Jewelle Gomez
Jewelle Gomez is an American author, poet, critic and playwright. She lived and worked in New York City for twenty-two years working in public television, theatre as well as philanthropy before relocating to the West Coast...
on a play about James Baldwin, titled "Waiting for Giovanni" and scheduled for the 2011-12 (San Francisco) New Conservatory Theater season. The project's development is being sponsored by Intersection for the Arts.
Waters has taught acting, script development and has directed numerous productions around the country. He is currently a tenured professor in the Theatre Department at Macalester College
Macalester College
Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a campus in a historic residential neighborhood...
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