Biografía

Harry started his film education by populating the 24 hour 16mm film rooms at shows around the country that his mom and dad sold vintage posters and comics at. By age 3 he had his own table selling movie and superhero gum cards alongside his parents, soaking up untold hours of fan's conversations along the way. By 5 he had added stacks of 8x10 stills to his stock and had begun visiting with show guests like the Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid, Buck Rogers, Fu Man Chu, Billy Batson, Capt. Midnight, Red Ryder, the original Superman, most of the Tarzans, and comic artists like Jack Kirby, Al Williamson, Jim Steranko, and Will Eisner as well as other celebs like 4E Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen and Harlan Ellison. By the beginning of middle school Harry was selling the vintage posters, comics, autographs, and animation cels alongside his dad and had turned his cards and stills business over to his younger sister Dannie. He continued the collectibles business while taking college film and creative writing classes until AICN begin to make money in 1997.

His grandfather, Jay W. Knowles, sang in the early to mid 1940s with the "Big" bands of Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, and Jimmy Dorsey on various USO and "War Bond" tours and at appearances on many military bases.

Originally Jorge Garcia was attached to play Harry Knowles in 2007's upcoming "Fan Boys", but several scheduling conflicts with _"Lost" (2005)_ caused him to turn down the role. Then, Kevin Smith stepped in and was very enthusiastic about playing Harry, but some last-minute editing for Clerks 2(2006) forced him to step down. Fathergeek is played in the flick, as are Harry's sister and nephew although the latter 2 are combined into a single non-existant(in reality)niece role. Harry's 1953 Chevy "Geek-mobile" also has a stand-in for the film.

Harry Jay Knowles was trying to come up with a name for his newly formed movie news web site and had seen Broken Arrow earlier that day. He had been repeating a line of Travolta's all day. Jokingly his father J. Jay Knowles said "Why not call it Aint It Cool News?" They looked at each other for a split second then Harry exclaimed, "That's it! We'll call it 'Aint It Cool'"and an Internet institution was born in Feb. 1996. That's a true story... Aint it Cool?

Weighs approximately 320 lbs (2003)