Evan Handler

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Biography

But instead of succumbing to the disease, Handler drew upon his youthful exuberance and stubbornness to combat his cancer, though he faced myriad challenges that included shoddy care from health professionals in addition to an already low chance of survival. After four years of his life spent beating the disease with chemotherapy and a risky bone marrow transplant, Handler emerged with renewed vigor, establishing himself as a key performer on …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

January 10, 1961

Career Milestones

2010

Reprised his role of Harry Goldenblatt for "Sex and the City 2"

2008

Reprised role as Harry Goldenblatt for "Sex and the City: The Movie"

2008

Wrote second book, It's Only Temporary...The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive

2007

Cast as Charlie Runkle, Hank Moody's (David Duchovny) agent in Showtime's "Californication"

2006

Played a disgruntled writer on NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"

2002

Joined the cast of HBO's "Sex and the City" as Harry Goldenblatt, Charlotte's (Kristin Davis) divorce lawyer-turned love interest

2001

Had a recurring role on NBC's political drama, "The West Wing" as campaign strategists, Douglas Wegland

2000

Offered a critically-acclaimed performance as Larry Fine in the ABC movie, "The Three Stooges"

1999

Cast as an angst-ridden multi-millionaire on ABC's "It's Like, You Know..."

Wrote the screenplay adaptation of "Time on Fire" that garnered an invitation to Robert Redford's Sundance Institute Screenwriter's Lab

1996

Wrote first book, Time On Fire: My Comedy of Terrors, about his unlikely recovery from Acute myeloid leukemia

1996

Played one of the kidnappers in Ron Howard's "Ransom"

1994

Featured in Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers"

1993

Performed (also wrote) the critically acclaimed one-man off-Broadway show, "Time On Fire" detailing his fight with leukemia

1991

Made a dramatic exit from the Broadway play, "I Hate Hamlet" when he quit mid-performance after being struck by a sword-wielding Nicol Williamson

1990

Original cast member in John Guare's off-Broadway and Broadway productions of "Six Degrees of Separation"

After a successful recovery, returned to acting in the New York Shakespeare festival production of "The Winter's Tale"

Returned to treatment at John Hopkins Hospital and received a bone marrow transplant

1986

Cast in Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," but was forced to withdrawal from the play when his illness recurred

1987

Went on to star in "Sweet Lorraine" after successful treatments sent his cancer into remission

1985

Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at age 24

1985

Was Matthew Broderick's understudy in Broadway's "Biloxi Blues"; had to drop out after he was diagnosed with cancer

1983

Played Eugene in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"

1981

Made feature film debut in the military school drama, "Taps"

First professional leading role in the off-Broadway production, "Strider: The Story of a Horse"; left the show before it moved to Broadway in order to accept a spot in the actor training program at The Juilliard School

Began career as an intern at the now defunct, Chelsea Theatre Center in NYC