Daryl Anthony Harper

A Native of Berkeley California, Daryl "stumbled" into his passion for the arts while taking a basic Acting fundamentals course and while earning a degree in Radio, Television and Film production at Chapman University. (1986) That passion was placed on hold while Daryl relocated himself back to the Bay Area for a position as an officer in a bank.(1990). After a 15 year stint in the Financial Services, Luxury Retail, and Hgh Tech industries, which included a brief 4 year marriage, Daryl secured his first agency representation with Stars, the Agency, San Francisco, California in March of 2004 with the help of James Brooks, who was directing him in his second community theatre show. It only took 3 attempts before the agency "heard" something in Daryl. Daryl was quickly blessed with numerous opportunities in the Commercial market. Cultivating a relationship with Carol H. Williams Advertising in Oakland California, Daryl had recurring Voice Over roles for the GMC brand.(2005) Continuing with his love of theatre and a thirst to learn more about the craft, Daryl received his first non-community theatre opportunity.(2003) A role in a Broadway-style musical production with Theatreworks called "Memphis", music composed by David Bryan, keyboardist and co-founder of the rock band Bonjovi! Although the role was only as an understudy chorus dancer, the experience of being involved in a show with seasoned vets was transformative as Daryl, approached it as a learning experience first. Daryl has gone on to be a part of over 30 full length live theatre shows, most of which took place from 2003-2008. Some highlights of his artistic journey include recent Voice Over work as the narrator for multiple ongoing commercials on Radio, TV, and Internet for the Honda campaign, "Ask", Northern California Honda Dealers, (2019/2020), principal work as the husband on national Google Assist commercial, (2019), looping opportunities on a national Capital One commercial and the feature film, "Zodiac", directed by David Fincher,(2007). Theatre highlights include the lead in James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" a short story adapted into a full length play by Word For Word Theatre Company in San Francisco, California and directed by Margo Hall, (2008). A principal role in "Short Eyes, written by Miguel Pinero and directed by Julian Acosta, performed for the first time anywhere since 1972 at the Los Angeles Theatre Centre in Los Angeles, California. This production received rave reviews in an extended run and represented the city of Los Angeles in the International Hispanic Theatre Festival held in South Beach Miami by opening the festival with two sold out performances at the Adrienne Arsht Center!, Miami, Florida! (2012) The most challenging highlight was provided by the afore mentioned lead role in Sonny's Blues, a short story written by James Baldwin. This was Daryl's first touring opportunity and first overseas visit to France where it was performed in 4 cities to packed and delighted audiences! (2008) Shortly after, Daryl transplanted himself to Los Angeles where he has appeared as a principal in festival award winning feature films, "Meipporul", directed by Natty Kumar and "Everyday Black Man", directed by Carmen Madden. He has been seen in numerous TV shows including hits like "Private Practice", "Medium", "Community", "True Blood", "Greek", "Big Time Rush" and "Grey's Anatomy". (2008-2014) In September, 2013, Daryl began working on an animation project, "The Power Of Persuasion" as the voice of Barack Obama Sr., chronicling part of President Obama's childhood. Despite great popularity in the early stages of the project via Youtube, the project stalled. After relocating back to the Bay Area and surviving a life threatening illness, Streptocauccus Pneumonia, (2014) Daryl has turned his focus to entrenching himself into the Voice Over world and learning as much as possible in that arena while cultivating other acting opportunities primarily in Northern California. Look for Daryl as the "Disheveled Man", in episode 2 of the psychological thriller, 'Chance', starring Hugh Laurie and set in San Francisco. It premiered October 19th, 2016 on the Hulu channel. You can also see and hear Daryl in currently running commercials for Honda, Comcast/Xfinity, Cliff Bar, MacDonald's, Bay Area News Group featuring Golden State Warriors basketball great, Klay Thompson and Allen Edmonds Shoes featuring Cleveland Browns quarterback, Baker Mayfieled. 2018. As of August of 2018, Daryl is now a proud member of the Playround-SF, the playground center for new plays.