葛尔·哈罗德1969年出生在美国佐治亚州迪凯特镇（Decatur），母亲是位房地产代理商，父亲是工程师，家中还有一位姐姐和一位弟弟。成名后的哈罗德低调到不近人情，对自己的过去很少提及，但是人们还是听说他是在一种“古怪的圣灵降临教派”环境下...
95年的时候因为在四季喜剧电视剧《Cybill》里主演Maryann Thorpe而走红，这个角色让她获得2个金球奖提名，三个艾美奖提名一个艾美奖喜剧类最佳女配角奖，获得96年的美国喜剧奖，获得95年的屏幕演员工会奖最佳喜剧女演员奖。《Cybill》这部电视剧有点类似于当年的宋飞正传，女主角是由Cybill Shepherd自己演自己。
Like a number of British actors of the same generation (John Hurt and Alan Rickman, to name two), Roger Rees originally trained for the visual arts. He was born on May 5 1944 in Aberystwyth, Wales, and acted in church and Boy Scouts stage productions while growing up in South London, but studied painting and lithography at the Slade School of Art. He had to quit his studies, however, when his father died and he had to help support the family. His first paying jobs in show business were as a scenery painter. He was painting scenery, in fact, when he was asked to sub in for a part and made his acting debut. He put away his brushes for good after this.
