Noah Harpster

Noah Harpster is an American actor, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his role of Remy on Tig Notaro's One Mississippi, and writing, producing and acting on Transparent, for which he won a Peabody Award, and was nominated for an Emmy Award, Writers Guild Award, Golden Globe Award, and GLAAD Award.

Early life and education Harpster grew up in Salinas, California. He attended Salinas High School, where he wasn't selected for the baseball team and took up acting before graduating in 1994.

Career He and his writing partner Micah Fitzerman-Blue wrote the script for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood about Fred Rogers which landed on the Black List in 2013. After a nearly 10-year process, it was released in 2019, starring Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper, Matthew Rhys, and Harpster himself in a small role. For their screenplay, Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster were nominated for also winners of the prestigious PEN Award and the Humanities Prize.

He and Fitzerman-Blue also co-wrote Maleficent: Mistress of Evil alongside Linda Woolverton.

In 2017, they opened their production company, Blue Harp., and in 2018, he and Fitzerman-Blue were listed on Varietys 10 Screenwriters to Watch.

Since 2019 he has played NASA Mission Controller Bill Strausser in the Apple TV+ alternate history series For All Mankind, created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi.

In 2021, Harpster and Fitzerman-Blue created the limited series Painkiller for Netflix. Painkiller is a dramatization of the birth of the opioid crisis and stars Matthew Broderick, Uzo Aduba, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi, and West Duchovony. It is based on the reporting work done by Barry Meier for the New York Times and Patrick Radden Keefe for the New Yorker. Harpster also has an acting role in the limited series. It was released August 10, 2023.

Along with Fitzerman-Blue, he will be co-directing the film adaptation of Dash Shaw's Bottomless Belly Button.

Filmography + Year Title Credited as Notes Writer Executive Producer Actor 2010 Takedowns and Falls 2012 The Motel Life co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue 2013 Afternoon Delight 2014–2019 Transparent co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue 2015–2017 One Mississippi 2017 Legend of Master Legend created and co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue 2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue 2019 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue 2019–2023 For All Mankind Recurring role 2020 Magic Camp co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue 2023 Painkiller created and co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue 2024 Bottomless Belly Button directed and co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue 2024 The USA vs. Vince McMahon co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue 2025 Unt. Fernando Valenzuela series co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue Cancelled Bambi co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue

Additional literary material Christopher Robin (film) (2018) Cruella (2021) Haunted Mansion (2023)