“ Boardwalk Empire ”, “Daredevil” actor dead at 41

The actor Devin Harjes, better known to have appeared in “Boardwalk Empire”, “Daredevil” and “Gotham”, died. He was 41 years old.

Harjes died last Tuesday (May 27) at Mount Sinai West Hospital in New York of a disease after receiving a cancer diagnosis in February, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

He leaves to mourn his parents, Randy and Rosanne Harjes, his sister, Trish Harjes, his two nieces, his former wife, Shiva Shobitha, and more parents, by its necrology.

Harjes was born in Lubbock, Texas, and led horses when he was a child. He studied theater at the university and began his career on the Off-Broadway scene and in independent film productions.

In 2011, Harjes made his television debut in “Boardwalk Empire”. He played Jack Dempsey in two episodes of the criminal dramatic series.

Harjes then represented Clyde, a bankkeeper, in “Gotham” in 2015 and Oscar, a nurse who worked in Rikers Island, in “Daredevil” in 2015.

He also appeared in episodes of “Blue Bloods”, “Orange is the New Black”, “Elementary” and “FBI” and the films “Surprise surprise, Mr. Conovy”, “Rebel in the Reye”, “Boyz of Summer” and “The Forest Is Red”.

For his role in “Boyz of Summer”, Harjes received an honorable mention for the best actor of support for the Long International Film Expo. In addition, he obtained the best actor at the Tolentino International Film Festival in Italy for his role in “La Forêt is red”.

More recently, Harjes played the recurring character Pete Baylor in the NBC series “Manifest.”

The director and writer of “Boyz of Summer” Antonio Diffonzo Honoré Harjes in A Facebook publication Friday.

“A terribly sad news when we lost Devin Harjes, an incredible actor and friend,” Diffonzo wrote. “He was constantly trying to be better and put his heart and soul in everything he did!”

“We will never forget you and your incredible role in the summer boyz and our lives,” added Diffonzo. “Rest in peace, lion’s heart!”

Harjes’ necrology read: “Apart from the theater, Devin was a dedicated student in martial arts and a regular at the gymnasium – he often joked that it was safer than being fired in the face by a horse.”

Instead of flowers, the Harjes family asked that donations be made TKC blessings in his name. All profits will support scholarships for children who continue the arts.