Hunt Block is an American

United States

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 actor. He graduated from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

His first big break was selling Buick Centuries at the Chicago Auto show. He made a number of short films and experimental theater pieces.

Subsequently, amongst other things, he became a familiar face in the world of soap operas, having appeared as Room Service "(Another World)" (1981), Cowboy "(Texas)" (1981), Errol the gym guy (One life To Live) (1981), Cowboy "(One Life To Live)" (1981), Peter Hollister (Knots Landing) (1985–1987), Ben Warren on Guiding Light

Guiding Light

Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...

(1997–1999), Guy Donahue on All My Children

All My Children

All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...

(2000), Craig Montgomery

Craig Montgomery

Craig Bryant Montgomery is a fictional character on the soap opera As The World Turns.-Actor history:Since the character of Craig Montgomery was introduced in January 1982, he has been portrayed by four actors in total...

 on As the World Turns

As the World Turns

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...

(2000–2005), and Lee Ramsey on One Life to Live

One Life to Live

One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

2007-2008. He also portrayed U.S. Olympian

Olympian

- Magic and mythology :* One of the Twelve Olympians* One of the seven spirits described in Arbatel de magia veterum- Technology :* Leyland Olympian, double decker bus* Volvo Olympian, double decker bus* Volvo Olympian , also known as Volvo B9TL...

, Robert Garrett

Robert Garrett

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 in the 1984 NBC

NBC

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 miniseries

Miniseries

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, The First Olympics: Athens, 1896. He has also appeared in a number of Norwegian historical recreations and Korean crime documentaries. He is a valued expert witness in the Louisiana Court system but has also made contributions to cases in Nebraska, Oregon, and Rhode Island.

Block has also appeared on stage As You Like It, Forever After, A Loss Of Memory, "Provicante di Saliva", "Bald Soprano", "Make Mine Kafka!" among others. He played the President of the United States in the 2010 movie Salt

Salt

In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...

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