Evan Handler (born
January 10,
1961) is an
American actor and leukemia survivor who is perhaps best known for playing Harry Goldenblatt, Charlotte's divorce attorney and later husband, on
Sex and the City and Charlie Runkle, Hank's friend and agent, on
Californication.
Acting
Handler has appeared in television dramas and
sitcoms including
Six Feet Under,
Law & Order,
The West Wing,
Miami Vice,
Sex and the City,
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (as staff writer
Ricky Tahoe) ,
Ed,
Friends,
Lost and
24. He was a co-star in the
ABC sitcoms
It's Like, You Know... and
Hot Properties and starred in the ill-fated FOX sitcom
Woops!. In 2000, Handler portrayed
Larry Fine in a made-for-TV biopic of
The Three Stooges. Handler can currently be seen on
Californication where he plays Charlie Runkle, the best friend and agent to
David Duchovny's character, Hank Moody.
Writing
Handler is also an author. His first book,
Time On Fire: My Comedy of Terrors, told the story of his unlikely recovery from
Acute Myeloid Leukemia in his mid-twenties. His second,
It's Only Temporary...The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive was released in May, 2008.