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Harold Atkins Hunter (April 2, 1974 – February 17, 2006) was an American

United States

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 professional skateboarder and actor

Actor

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. He was best known on screen for his part in Larry Clark

Larry Clark

Lawrence Donald "Larry" Clark is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for the movie Kids and his photography book Tulsa...

's 1995 film Kids

Kids (film)

Kids is a 1995 drama film written by Harmony Korine and directed by Larry Clark.The film features Chloë Sevigny, Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Harold Hunter, and Rosario Dawson, all of them in their debut performances...

, playing the role of Harold.

Hunter was born in New York City

New York City

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 and grew up in the East Village

East Village, Manhattan

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. He became associated with a local skate crew that hung out near Tompkins Square Park

Tompkins Square Park

Tompkins Square Park is a 10.5 acre public park in the Alphabet City section of the East Village neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is square in shape, and is bounded on the north by East 10th Street, on the east by Avenue B, on the south by East 7th Street, and on the...

 and was first sponsored by local skate shop "Skate NYC".