Evan Handler - Actor
Age: 65
Country: United States Occupations:
Actor
## 🎠Evan Handler: Actor and Author
Evan Handler is an American actor, author, screenwriter, and journalist born on January 10, 1961, in New York City.
He is best known for his roles as:
* Harry Goldenblatt, a divorce attorney and later husband of Charlotte York, on the television series Sex and the City (2002–2004) and its revival series And Just Like That... (2021–present).
* Charlie Runkle, Hank Moody's friend and agent, on the Showtime comedy Californication (2007–2014).
Eastern District US Attorney *Jacob Warner** in the Starz drama Power.
Key Aspects of his Career and Life:
* Early Career: Prior to his work in film and television, he played leading roles in seven Broadway productions before his thirtieth birthday, including Six Degrees of Separation, I Hate Hamlet, and Brighton Beach Memoirs.
* Author: Handler is an accomplished author of two memoirs:
* ***Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors*** (1996), which details his recovery from acute myeloid leukemia, which he was diagnosed with at age 24.
* ***It's Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive*** (2008), which covers the years following his illness.
* Other Roles: His other film and TV credits include roles in Ransom, Taps, Natural Born Killers, Too Big to Fail (where he played Lloyd Blankfein), The West Wing, Friends, Law & Order, and American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson (where he played Alan Dershowitz).
* Family: He was born to secular Jewish parents. His mother, Enid Irene, was a mental health administrator, and his father, Murry Raymond Handler, was an agency owner and advertising designer. Evan Handler married Elisa Atti, an Italian-born chemist, in 2003, and they have a daughter, Sofia Clementina Handler.
* Health Advocacy: Following his recovery from leukemia, he became an outspoken advocate on health care issues.