Biography
Frank Eugene "Hill" Harper is an American actor and political candidate. He is known for his roles as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes in CSI: NY, Agent Spelman Boyle in Limitless, and Dr. Marcus Andrews in The Good Doctor. He is the son of two medical doctors, Harry D. Harper, a psychiatrist, and Marilyn Harper (née Hill), who was one of the first black practicing anesthesiologists in the United States and co-authored a book called Wearing Purple. Born Frank Eugene Harper, he adopted the name "Hill" as a tr...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Why Trump?
2024
as Narrator
Filmmaker Brian Schodorf travels through the heartland of a divided nation, capturing Americans' intimate thoughts about one question: Why Trump?
Junction
2024
as Ablees
Junction addresses the modern day opioid crisis in America, and asks how did this happen, from three different points of view. The CEO of a pharmaceut...
Love by Drowning
2020
as Perry
A man reunites with a mysterious woman who has dangerous ties to a boating accident that tore his family apart 17 years ago.
Alberto and the Concrete Jungle
2020
Executive Producer
Al B. is a modern nomad. He's a photojournalist who lives alone on the road and idolizes Indiana Jones, spending his free time searching for fun adven...
The Prison Within
2020
as Narrator
Survivors of violent crimes and prisoners incarcerated for murder connect to undergo astonishing transformations, liberating themselves from the debil...
The Sun Is Also a Star
2019
as Lester Barnes
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads -...
An Interview with God
2018
as Gary
An up-and-coming journalist finds his world and faith increasingly challenged when he's granted the interview of a lifetime – with someone who claims ...
Destined
2017
as Mayor Jones
A man navigates parallel realities: one as a hardened criminal who has spent years building his drug empire; the other as an ambitious architect who h...
Concussion
2015
as Christopher Jones
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologi...
Pearly Gates
2015
as Dave
Pearly Gates is a story about wanting to be remembered, and knowing that long after death, a person can live on through the memories of family, friend...
The Boy Next Door
2015
as Principal Edward Warren
A recently cheated on married woman falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love, conscious...
Parts Per Billion
2014
as Rick
The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blind...
1982
2013
as Tim Brown
1982, a film inspired by true events at the onset of the crack epidemic in Philadelphia, tells the story of a father and his efforts to protect his gi...
The Volunteer
2013
as Phil
After quitting her stable but soul-crushing job, Leigh passes her days in an apathetic fog until she decides to volunteer at a soup kitchen. There she...
Miss Dial
2013
as Political Nutcase
A consumer affair rep who works from her apartment decides to play hooky one day, and spends her time calling random people, looking for new connectio...
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011
as Jeff Andrews
Preacher's daughter Amara Winter sings in the church choir before being discovered by a well-established musician. She soon rises to international fam...
For Colored Girls
2010
as Donald
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of tw...
Stonehenge Apocalypse
2010
as Joseph Leshem
When a group of archaeologists dig up a human skeleton near Stonehenge, an ancient piece of machinery hidden beneath the bedrock is discovered. Not kn...
The Black List: Volume Three
2010
as Self
Documentary film interviews leading African Americans on race, identity, and achievement.
This Is Not a Test
2009
as Carl
This Is Not A Test is a comedy/drama directed by Christopher Angel. The film is based around a man called Carl (Hill Harper) who's living his everyday...
This Is Not a Test
2009
Producer
This Is Not A Test is a comedy/drama directed by Christopher Angel. The film is based around a man called Carl (Hill Harper) who's living his everyday...
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2008
as Damion Marshall
An examination of the romantic lives of three contemporary Black women: shrewd Rachel, upright Charlene, and independent Monica. As the trio grapples ...
Constellation
2007
as Errol Hickman
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous pas...
30 Days
2006
as Donnell
Two star basketball players, Donnell, a black kid from the inner city high school, and Jason, a white kid from the affluent suburbs, are sentenced to ...
The Breed
2006
as Noah
Brothers John and Matt have inherited an island cabin from their recently deceased uncle. Along with Matt's girlfriend, Nicki, and other mutual friend...
Max and Josh
2006
as Max
Two best friends have inane arguments, until fate intervenes.
Max and Josh
2006
Writer
Two best friends have inane arguments, until fate intervenes.
Premium
2006
as Ed
Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate ...
Whitepaddy
2006
as Marshall Evans
During changing times a White family find themsleves falling in-love with their Black next door neighbors.
America Brown
2005
as John Cross
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Ruben Jr. (Adult)
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv...
Love, Sex, and Eating the Bones
2003
as Michael Joseph
A sexy urban comedy about how a guy who is addicted to watching pornography discovers love is stronger than fantasy when he meets and falls in love wi...
The Badge
2002
as Gizmo
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although h...
Higher Ed
2001
as Craig
Ed (Pras from the Fugees) enters college on a track scholarship to escape some thugs from his past. Campus life, however, is filled with hurdles, and ...
The Visit
2001
as Alex
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
The Skulls
2000
as Will Beckford
A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it ...
In Too Deep
1999
as Breezy T.
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold o...
Loving Jezebel
1999
as Theodorous
A man is cursed with falling in love with other men's women.
Slaves of Hollywood
1998
as Fisher Lovelace
Slaves of Hollywood follows the lives of a group of recent college graduates at their first jobs in corporate Hollywood. Thomas, Pink, Fisher, Dean, a...
Beloved
1998
as Halle
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Belov...
The Nephew
1998
as Chad Egan-Washington
Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the message of her death arrives in her town of birth. ...
Park Day
1998
as Steve Johnson
Residents of a black Missouri community experience a long and eventful day of reckoning.
He Got Game
1998
as Coleman "Booger" Sykes
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Hav Plenty
1997
as Michael Simmons
Lee Plenty is an almost broke would-be novelist and Havilland Savage is a rich and very beautiful woman and his friend. When she invites him to her ho...
Steel
1997
as Slats
When a renegade military reject puts new superweapons in dangerous hands, John Henry Irons becomes Steel. Wearing body armor, wielding a fearsome elec...
Get on the Bus
1996
as Xavier
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of character...
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
1995
as Peter
Thrill-seeking teenagers resurrect a demon from his grave and a bloody rampage for revenge begins.
Zooman
1995
as Victor
Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though doze...
Drifting School
1995
as Sam
A spy satellite has malfunctioned and is going to crash into the Earth. The US government bring on line a power laser. When the laser strikes the sate...
Breach of Conduct
1994
as MP Officer
Helen attracts the unwanted attention of the commander of her husband's new army base. Colonel Andrew Case arranges to have Helen's husband travel on ...
Shadow Hill
N/A
as Darris Donelly
In the small, rural town of Shadow Hill, South Dakota, Malin Vorona lives a life of fear as day by day she awaits the inevitable. Though her long-time...