<P> Following graduation from The Lovett School, Harold attended American University in Washington, DC, on a soccer scholarship . He began a Liberal Arts degree in romance literature, departing after a few months and moved to San Francisco, California to study photography at the San Francisco Art Institute . He worked a variety of jobs including construction, bartender, waiter, and apprentice motorcycle mechanic and restorer . </P> <P> In 1997, a friend, Susan Landau, daughter of actor Martin Landau, suggested Harold try acting . He relocated to Los Angeles and began a 3 - year period of intensive drama study . At 28, he was accepted into the Actors Conservatory Program with the classical theater company A Noise Within . In his theatrical debut, Harold appeared as "Bunny" in Gillian Plowman's Me and My Friends . </P> <P> In 2000, Harold was cast as Brian Kinney, a central character on Showtime's popular gay drama Queer as Folk . </P> <P> During the summer - hiatus from Queer as Folk (between seasons one and two) Harold made his New York theatrical debut playing Josh in Uncle Bob along with George Morfogen . The role of Josh was difficult and very different from the one he was playing in Queer as Folk . The play received mostly positive reviews and Harold made an auspicious debut on New York theatrical stage . </P>

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