Jared Harris
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 24, 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Biography
Jared Francis Harris (born August 24, 1961) is a British actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is the son of the late Irish actor Richard Harris and the Welsh actress Elizabeth Rees-Williams. Harris was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1961. He studied drama and literature at Duke University in North Carolina, and then went on to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Harris made his film debut in 1989 with a small role in the film The Rachel Papers. He went on to appear in a number of films, including The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), Smoke (1995), Happiness (1998), and How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000). In 2007, Harris began a recurring role as Lane Pryce in the 2007 AMC television series Mad Men and was received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for his performance. In 2019, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance as Valery Legasov in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. Harris has also had notable roles in television series such as Fringe (2008), The Crown (2016), The Expanse (2015) and Foundation (2021). On stage, Harris has appeared in productions of The Crucible, The Cherry Orchard, and The Homecoming. He has also directed several stage productions, including The Glass Menagerie and The Birthday Party.
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Filmography
The Price of Peace
Movie · as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
What Happens at Night
Movie · as Henk Bosma
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Brink of War
Movie · as Mikhail Gorbachev
Violent Night 2
Movie
A House of Dynamite
Movie · as Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
Brave the Dark
Movie · as Stan Deen
Reawakening
Movie · as John
Royal Kill List
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
The Sea Beast
Movie · as Captain Crow (voice)
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Movie · as Self
Morbius
Movie · as Dr. Emil Nicholas
Foundation
TV · as Hari Seldon · 30 eps
The Beast Must Die
TV · as George Rattery · 5 eps
Angela's Christmas Wish
Movie · as The Vet
Robert the Bruce
Movie · as John Comyn
Carnival Row
TV · as Absalom Breakspear · 8 eps
Chernobyl
TV · as Valery Legasov · 5 eps
The Terror
TV · as Captain Francis Crozier · 10 eps
The Last Face
Movie · as Dr. Farber
Certain Women
Movie · as Fuller
Allied
Movie · as Frank Heslop
The Crown
TV · as King George VI · 6 eps
Baby, Baby, Baby
Movie
Poltergeist
Movie · as Carrigan Burke
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Movie · as Sanders
The Clockmaker's Dream
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
New Looney Tunes
TV · as Asteroid (voice) · 4 eps
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
TV · as Bigfoot (voice) · 1 ep
The Expanse
TV · as Anderson Dawes · 6 eps
Pompeii
Movie · as Severus
The Quiet Ones
Movie · as Professor Coupland
The Boxtrolls
Movie · as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Men in Blazers Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Movie · as Hodge Starkweather
The Devil's Violinist
Movie · as Urbani
Lincoln
Movie · as Ulysses S. Grant
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
Movie · as Himself - Professor James Moriarty
The Ward
Movie · as Dr. Stringer
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Movie · as Professor James Moriarty
Extraordinary Measures
Movie · as Docteur Kent Webber
Tales of the Black Freighter
Movie · as Ridley (voice)
From Within
Movie · as Bernard
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie · as Captain Mike
Fringe
TV · as David Robert Jones · 9 eps
The Shadow in the North
Movie · as Axel Bellmann
32A
Movie · as Ruth's Father
Cashback
Movie · as Alex Proud
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
Movie · as Self
Mad Men
TV · as Lane Pryce · 35 eps
The Riches
TV · 4 eps
Lady in the Water
Movie · as Goatee Smoker
The Notorious Bettie Page
Movie · as John Willie
Coup!
Movie · as Simon Mann
To the Ends of the Earth
TV · as Captain Anderson · 3 eps
Robot Chicken
TV · as Mr. Weatherbee (voice) · 1 ep
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Movie · as Dr. Ashford
Ocean's Twelve
Movie · as Basher's Engineer
I Love Your Work
Movie · as Yehud
The Other Boleyn Girl
Movie · as Henry VIII
Sylvia
Movie · as Al Alvarez
Mr. Deeds
Movie · as Mac McGrath
Igby Goes Down
Movie · as Russel
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
Movie · as False Peter
Dummy
Movie · as Michael Foulicker
Without a Trace
TV · as Father Walker · 2 eps
Perfume
Movie · as Anthony
Bullfighter
Movie · as Jones
Shadow Magic
Movie · as Raymond
Two of Us
Movie · as John Lennon
B. Monkey
Movie · as Alan Furnace
Lush
Movie · as W. Firmin Carter
The Weekend
Movie · as John Kerr
Fuzzy Logic
Movie · as Fuzzy
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Robert Morten · 1 ep
Lost in Space
Movie · as Older Will Robinson
The Eternal
Movie · as Jim
Happiness
Movie · as Vlad
White Lies
Movie · as Jacob Reese
Chinese Box
Movie · as William
Sunday
Movie · as Ray
Fathers' Day
Movie · as Lee
Gold In The Streets
Movie · as Owen
I Shot Andy Warhol
Movie · as Andy Warhol
Dead Man
Movie · as Benmont Tench
Smoke
Movie · as Jimmy Rose
Blue in the Face
Movie · as Jimmy Rose
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Movie · as Head Thug Pug
Nadja
Movie · as Edgar
Natural Born Killers
Movie · as London Boy
New York Undercover
TV · as Seth Baines · 1 ep
Far and Away
Movie · as Paddy Donnelly
The Public Eye
Movie · as Danny the Doorman
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie · as British Lieutenant
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Movie · as Joey Patrick (segment 'Return to Kansas City')
The Rachel Papers
Movie · as Geoff