Desmond Harrington (born October 19, 1976) is an American actor, who gained fame through movies like The Hole, Wrong Turn and Ghost Ship. He joined the cast of the Showtime series Dexter in its third season, which started September 2008.

Biography

Early life

Harrington was born in Savannah, GeorgiaDesmond Harrington is Detective Jimmy McCarron on L.A. Dragnet and moved with his family from Savannah to The Bronx at the age of 3, where his mother's side of the family originates. He attended a Catholic school and eventually graduated from Fordham Preparatory School, a Jesuit high school. After high school, he attended Manhattan College, but left after only 6 weeks. Afterwards, he worked in various other occupations before pursuing acting which included working at a brokerage firm, a deli, in construction, landscaping and as a bartender, mostly to pay for acting classes with John Strasberg.