Devin Harjes, who had roles in TV series including HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Fox’s Gotham and NBC’s Manifest, has died. He was 41.
According to Harjes’ official website, he died May 27 in New York City. The Hollywood Reporter said he had been battling cancer.
Born in Lubbock, Texas, on July 29, 1983, Harjes studied acting in college and eventually moved to New York City, where he appeared in Off Broadway productions and in student films.
Harjes, who also practiced martial arts, was best known for playing boxer Jack Dempsey on Boardwalk Empire in a two-episode arc on the Prohibition-era gangster series. His other small-screen credits included Gotham, Orange is the New Black, Daredevil, Elementary, Blue Bloods, FBI and Manifest.
His film credits include the 2012 indie The Forest Is Red and most recently Danny Strong’s 2017 J.D. Salinger biopic Rebel In the Rye starring Nicholas Hoult.
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Harjes is survived by his parents, Randy and Rosanne Harjes; his sister Trish Harjes and her husband Justin Kelley; nephews Tristin and Sawyer Kelley; nieces Rory and Charly Kelley; and his former wife Shiva Shobitha.
In lieu of flowers, Harjes’ site says donations can be made to TKC Blessings in Harjes’ name. The nonprofit provides academic and social emotional support to children in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.