Actor Harris Yulin, known for his roles in “Scarface,” “Ghostbusters II” and “Training Day,” as well as appearing on Broadway, has died at age 87.
The acclaimed star of stage and screen died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday in New York City, his manager confirmed to Deadline.
Movie fans know Yulin for his work as a crooked cop in both “Scarface” and “Training Day.” He also appeared as The Judge in “Ghostbusters II” and as a national security advisor in “Clear and Present Danger.”
His television credits include “How the West Was Won,” “WIOU,” “24” and “Frasier,” the latter of which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. More recently, he appeared in “Veep,” “Ozark” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
Yulin made his Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of Lillian Hellman’s “Watch on the Rhine,” immediately followed by “A Lesson from Aloes” alongside James Earl Jones. He returned to the Great White Way on four more occasions, including a 1997 run of “The Diary of Anne Frank” starring Linda Lavin and a teenage Natalie Portman.
Yulin also taught and directed at Juilliard, and at The Graduate School of the Arts at Columbia University.
At the time of his death, Yulin was about to start production on a television series titled “American Classic,” starring Kevin Kline and Laura Linney.
In November, Yulin told Long Island media that he was preparing to do a single-performance live show in Wainscott with his friend Mercedes Ruehl, whom he worked with on several occasions.
Yulin is survived by his wife, Kristen Lowman. His stepdaughter, actor Claire Lucido, died in 2022.
