Harry attended The Hill School, a private boarding school in Pennsylvania, where he played soccer and lacrosse and acted in the school's musicals and plays. Hamlin is married to actress and television host Lisa Rinna. Between 1991 and 1993 he was married to actress Nicollette Sheridan, and to actress Laura Johnson from 1985 to 1989. 1981, he had a son, Dimitri, with Swiss actress Ursula Andress, his costar in the film Clash of the Titans.

Hamlin appeared in "Movie, Movie" with George C. Scott in 1978, but his big-screen break was a starring role in the 1981 Greek mythology epic Clash of the Titans.

It was then that Hamlin starred on the NBC TV drama L.A. Law from 1986 to 1991. In 1987, he was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.

In 2004, Hamlin began a recurring role on the television series Veronica Mars. He plays fading action hero Aaron Echolls, father to central show character Logan Echolls. Aaron's wife, Lynn, was played by Hamlin's real-life wife, Lisa Rinna.

On August 14, 2006, Rinna announced that Hamlin would be performing on the third season of Dancing with the Stars , the same series she was on in its second season.

Public Name: Harry Hamlin
Date of Birth: October 30, 1951
Place of Birth: Pasadena, California

Filmography

• Strange Wilderness (2007)
• "Veronica Mars" (12 episodes, 2004-2006)
• "Hot Properties" (1 episode, 2005)
• "1-800-Missing" (1 episode, 2003)
• L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
• Disappearance (2002)
• Shoot or Be Shot (2002)
• Sex, Lies & Obsession (2001)
• "Touched by an Angel" (1 episode, 2001)
• Perfume (2001)
• Strange Hearts (2001)
• Oh, Baby (2001)
• "Movie Stars" (10 episodes, 1999-2000)
• Silent Predators (1999)
• Quarantine (1999)
• Like Father, Like Santa (1998)
• Stranger in Town (1998)
• "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 1998)
• Frogs for Snakes (1998)
• The Hunted (1998)
• "The Nanny" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Remember WENN" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Ink" (4 episodes, 1997)
• Night Sins (1997)
• Badge of Betrayal (1997)
• Allie & Me (1997)
• One Clean Move (1996)
• Her Deadly Rival (1995)
• OP Center (1995)
• In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994)
• Ebbtide (1994)
• Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders (1993)
• Save Me (1993)
• Under Investigation (1993)
• "Batman" (2 episodes, 1992)
• Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (1992)
• "L.A. Law" (105 episodes, 1986-1991)
• Deadly Intentions... Again? (1991)
• Deceptions (1990)
• Dinner at Eight (1989)
• "Favorite Son" (1988)
• Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)
• Laguna Heat (1987)
• L.A. Law (1986)
• "The Hitchhiker" (1 episode, 1986)
• "Space" (1985)
• "Master of the Game" (1984)
• Blue Skies Again (1983)
• Making Love (1982)
• Clash of the Titans (1981)
• King of the Mountain (1981)
• "Studs Lonigan" (1979)
• Movie Movie (1978)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1976)