William Jackson Harper, who headlines the new season of HBO Max's "Love Life," in the backyard of his Brooklyn home. (Michele Eyenga / For The Times) Harper was raised in the Dallas suburbs.

William Jackson Harper, who headlines the new season of HBO Max’s “Love Life,” in the backyard of his Brooklyn home.

Jackson Harper: I didn’t, because he was a brand new creation. I took that as a clue perhaps they just wanted to build out this weird world and sort of take the freedom that comes with that.

William Jackson Harper on his new rom-com ‘We Broke Up,' Barry Jenkins’ ‘The Underground Railroad,’ plus producing ‘Love Life’ season 2.

When William Jackson Harper turns on his warm, steady charm, he proves an impossible actor to resist. Even when portraying a neurotic breakdown, as he did frequently as an ethics professor on ...

William Jackson Harper has scored an industry hat trick. The veteran stage and screen actor co-stars in Oscar winner Barry Jenkins’ Amazon series “The Underground Railroad” and headlines ...

Marcus (William Jackson Harper) is a book editor in “Love Life” Season 2. Marcus is about a decade older than Darby, but that made his struggle even more appealing, Harper said.

William Jackson Harper will star in Love Life Season 2 on HBO Max. Harper will replace Season 1 star Anna Kendrick in Love Life Season 2.

William Jackson Harper is a man of many talents. The 40-year-old actor whose TV work recently earned him an Emmy nomination is also a star of the stage and big screen and it turns out, he’s a ...

How Harper approached filming the final moment of Chidi's existence Chidi (William Jackson Harper) and Janet (D'arcy Carden) in the series finale of "The Good Place." ...

William Jackson Harper shares where he was (physically and emotionally) when he was cast on 'The Good Place.' Then NYT ethics columnist Kwame Anthony Appiah joins him in a game about everyday ethics.

WILLIAM JACKSON HARPER: Yes. I feel like if there’s any moment where people should be watching something and really engaging in some sort of self-reflection about what they’re doing in the ...