Table of Biography
Evan Handler is an actor and writer who recently acted as the Eastern District US Attorney, Jacob Warner in “Power”. Evan Handler is popular for the role of Harry Goldenblatt, on “Sex and the City” and its revival series, “And Just Like That…”.
Early Life
The actor’s birthdate is 10th January 1961 and his birthplace is New York City, United States. Evan holds an American nationality, his zodiac sign is Capricorn, and his present age is sixty-two years. His parents seem to be secular Jewish whose names are mother, Enid Irene, and father, Murry Raymond. So, he has also been following Judaism since his birth. By profession, his mother is a mental health administrator whereas his father is an agency owner and advertising designer.
Evan was raised with his siblings, Lowell and Lilian in the Town of Cortlandt, New York, near Croton-on-Hudson, New York. His brother is an amazing writer and photographer. “Twitch & Shout: A Touretter’s Tale” is one of his books. He is also the cast, speaker, and associate producer of the Emmy-nominated PBS TV documentary, “Twitch & Shout”, in which Handler was also present. As for his education, Handler joined Hendrick Hudson High School, located in Montrose, New York.
After graduating a year early, he went to New York City and started working as an intern at the Chelsea Theater Center. As an intern, the male artist was present in the Off-Broadway shows “Biography: A Game and Strider: The Story of a Horse”. The actor went to the Juilliard School as a part of the Drama Division’s Group 12 (1979–1983). Moreover, he left the 4-year program after less than 2 years to get a role in the 1981 movie, “Taps”.
Caption: Evan Handler years ago (Source: Instagram)
Career and Professional Life
Handler has worked in numerous TV films and sitcoms since 1981 to present. Some of them include “Six Feet Under”, “The West Wing”, “Lost”, “24”, “Miami Vice”, “Friends”, “Law & Order”, “Sex and the City”, “Ed”, and “Power”.
In “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”, he showed his work as co-executive producer, Ricky Tahoe. Likewise, the American actor was present in the ABC sitcoms “It’s Like”, “You Know..”. and “Hot Properties” and also in the ill-fated FOX sitcom, “Whoops!”.
As for his film works, he appeared in 1996’s “Ransom”, 1981’s “The Chosen”, 1987’s “Sweet Lorraine”, and 1981’s “Taps”. In the year 2000, he acted as Larry Fine in the made-for-TV biopic, “The Three Stooges”.
He also got the role of Goldman Sachs CEO, Lloyd Blankfein in the HBO film, “Too Big to Fail”. It was based on Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book of the same name. From 2007 to 2014, the actor was cast as Charlie Runkle, the best friend, and agent to David Duchovny’s role, Hank Moody on “Californication”.
In 2016, he got a recurring character of Alan Dershowitz to play in “American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson”. The role was of an attorney-adviser for the defense in the O. J. Simpson murder case in the year 1995.
In 1991, he notably got off stage in the 1st act of a performance of the Broadway drama, “I Hate Hamlet” after co-star, Nicol Williamson ruined the composition during a sword-fighting part and struck Evan on the behind. Handler’s alternate resumed the act, for which Gregory Peck and Elaine Stritch were in presence.
Some more
In 2020, the actor got a guest role on the Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip marathon fundraiser episode of “The George Lucas Talk Show”. Evan is also an author and his 1st book is “Time On Fire: My Comedy of Terrors”. The book tells the story of his improbable recovery from acute myeloid leukemia in his mid-20s.
Likewise, the author came up with his 2nd book, “It’s Only Temporary…The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive” in May 2008. This book is about his lengthy journey toward gratefulness in the years after his sickness.
The author has written for numerous nationwide distributed magazines such as ELLE, O, Oprah Magazine, and Mirabella. Other than this, Handler has been donating frequently to The Huffington Post.
He showed his presence in a public service announcement supporting DC Statehood in 2014. In December 2015, he appeared at the Creative Coalition’s “DC Statehood Dinner” and joined in DC Shadow Senator Paul Strauss’ “51 Stars” campaign which targets to enlist fifty-one famous figures to endorse building Washington, DC the 51st state.
Caption: Evan Handler attending an event (Source: Instagram)
Evan Handler – Net Worth 2024
Being an active and hardworking entertaining personality, Handler is regarded as one of the richest American actors. The net worth of Evan Handler is estimated to be around $8 million US Dollars.
His primary source of income is from his profession as a famous actor and writer. In 2015, the male actor bought a ranch-style home worth $1.8 million in the Westchester area of Los Angeles. At present, he is living a happy and healthy life with his small family in The United States.
Relationship Status
Talking about his relationship status, Evan is a happily married personality. The name of his wife is Elisa Atti who is an Italian-born chemist. The beautiful couple tied the knot in the year 2003.
Together, they have a beautiful daughter whose name is Sofia Clementina Handler. Elisa gave birth to their daughter on 17th January 2007. However, there is no further information about the American author’s other past relationships. The actor still is very happy with his small family and simple life. Other than this, Handler does not seem to be involved in any unwanted rumors and controversies.
Caption: Evan Handler with his wife (Source: Instagram)
Body Measurements
As for his body measurements, Handler has been a very attractive and handsome personality since a young age. He has a large body type with an impressive height of 5 feet 8 inches or 1.73 m. Likewise, he has huge muscles with a suitable body weight of 70 kg or 154 lbs.
The American actor is bald and the colour of his eyes is dark brown. Before, the male artist used to have dark brown curly hair. Unfortunately, it was due to acute myeloid leukemia that he had to take cancer treatments which caused him to lose hair. Evan has been wearing a shoe size of 10 US.
Evan Handler – Social Media
Coming to the social media part, Handler has been quite active on there for some time now. The American actor has an Instagram account, a Twitter account, and a Facebook page too. On Instagram, he has gained over 40.6 thousand followers.
Likewise, he joined Twitter in April 2009 where he now has 43.1 thousand followers. As for his Facebook page, he does not seem to be active there, resulting in less number of followers.