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Allen Garfield Biography
Birth Name:Allen Goorwitz
Birth Place:Newark, New Jersey, United States
Profession Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Fast Facts
- Won the Best Actor award in the Short Film category at Method Fest in 2000 for his work on 2000's "Men Named Milo, Women Named Greta․"
- Attended acting studies with director-writer Elia Kazan and actor-director Lee Strasberg
- Attended acting studies at The Beverly Hills Playhouse
- Worked as a journalist for "The Newark Star Ledger" to pay the bills
- Worked as a staff writer for Australia's "Sunday Morning Herald․"
- Former Golden Gloves boxing fighter
- Made guest appearances on both of the longest-running primetime drama TV shows in United States history: 1955's "Gunsmoke" and 1990's "Law & Order․"