Devin Harjes, 'Boardwalk Empire' star, dead at 41

Devin Lee Harjes, who portrayed Jack Dempsey successful "Boardwalk Empire," died Tuesday, May 27, successful New York, his typical confirmed to Fox News Digital. He was 41.

Harjes died owed to complications from crab astatine Mount Sinai West Hospital successful New York City. He was diagnosed with cancer successful the winter.

The award-winning histrion made his tv debut successful 2011 with the acclaimed HBO series. He starred alongside Steve Buscemi, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Pitt and Richard Harrow.

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"Boardwalk Empire" and "Manifest" histrion Devin Harjes died Tuesday successful New York. He was 41. (Getty Images)

"He was an creator of large condemnation who ne'er gave little than 1 100 percent to immoderate relation helium undertook," his representative, David Williams, told Fox News Digital.  

"As a person, helium was generous, kind, knowing and devoted to his household and friends, a large horseback rider and had a magic mode with each animals. He was astatine location successful the backmost state of the Rocky Mountains, the plains of westbound Texas oregon the mediate of Hell's Kitchen. He volition beryllium missed."

Harjes astir precocious portrayed Pete Baylor connected the tv series, "Manifest."

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Harjes starred arsenic Jack Dempsey connected "Boardwalk Empire." (Bobby Bank)

Born successful Lubbock, Texas, Harjes studied acting successful assemblage and launched his vocation successful the Dallas-Fort Worth theatre earlier pursuing acting successful New York City.

With a fewer abbreviated films nether his belt, Harjes starred successful "The Forest is Red," wherever helium earned champion histrion astatine the Tolentino International Film Festival successful Italy. 

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He earned acclaim for his relation successful the 2012 coming-of-age flick, "Boyz of Summer," and past worked connected "Blue Bloods" earlier returning to abbreviated films.

Harjes worked alongside Steve Buscemi connected the HBO series. (Bobby Bank)

Harjes appeared successful the "Gotham" tv series, successful summation to "Daredevil" and "Elementary." 

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The histrion worked alongside Nicholas Hoult and Kevin Spacey successful the 2017 movie, "Rebel successful the Rye," which was based connected the beingness of "The Catcher successful the Rye" writer J.D. Salinger.

"Outside of acting, Devin was a dedicated pupil of martial arts and a regular astatine the gym — helium often joked it was safer than getting kicked successful the look by a horse," his obituary said.

His past relation was portraying Pete Baylor connected 9 episodes of "Manifest" successful 2021. (NBC)

"Devin is survived by his loving parents, Randy and Rosanne Harjes; his sister Trish Harjes and her hubby Justin Kelley; nephews Tristin and Sawyer Kelley; nieces Rory and Charly Kelley; his erstwhile woman Shiva Shobitha; his beloved cat, Maude; and countless friends whose lives were brighter … oregon astatine slightest much entertaining … due to the fact that of him."

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