Began acting at the age of 28.

Avid reader of The Nation magazine.

Has an older sister and a younger brother.

Attended South West Dekalb High School and The Lovett School.

Past influences were Jack London, Gandalf & David Bowie.

Worked as a carpenter and motorcycle mechanic before being cast in "Queer as Folk" (2000).

In 2007, two years after Queer as Folk went off the air, Harold and Randy Harrison's characters Brian and Justin won an only poll sponsored by the website Gay.com to choose TV's "Favorite Gay Couple." They won in a landslide, with 35% of the on-line vote.

Was raised in a Pentecostal household.

Calls the city of Toronto his home.