Jared Harris
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
as Captain Mike
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
as Basher's Engineer
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
as Sanders
Morbius (2022)
as Dr. Emil Nicholas
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
as British Lieutenant
The Sea Beast (2022)
as Captain Crow (voice)
The Boxtrolls (2014)
as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
as Professor James Moriarty
Natural Born Killers (1994)
as London Boy
A House of Dynamite (2025)
as Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
Lincoln (2012)
as Ulysses S. Grant
Allied (2016)
as Frank Heslop
Mr. Deeds (2002)
as Mac McGrath
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
as Hodge Starkweather
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
as Dr. Ashford
Pompeii (2014)
as Severus
Poltergeist (2015)
as Carrigan Burke
Lost in Space (1998)
as Older Will Robinson
Far and Away (1992)
as Paddy Donnelly
Cashback (2007)
as Alex Proud
The Ward (2010)
as Dr. Stringer
Happiness (1998)
as Vlad
The Brink of War (2026)
as Mikhail Gorbachev
Dead Man (1995)
as Benmont Tench
Lady in the Water (2006)
as Goatee Smoker
Smoke (1995)
as Jimmy Rose
Fathers' Day (1997)
as Lee
Certain Women (2016)
as Fuller
Robert the Bruce (2019)
as John Comyn
Sylvia (2003)
as Al Alvarez
Extraordinary Measures (2010)
as Docteur Kent Webber
B. Monkey (1999)
as Alan Furnace
Chinese Box (1997)
as William
The Quiet Ones (2014)
as Professor Coupland
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
as Andy Warhol
Tales of the Black Freighter (2009)
as Ridley (voice)
Perfume (2001)
as Anthony
The Last Face (2017)
as Dr. Farber
Igby Goes Down (2002)
as Russel
Violent Night 2 (2026)
Actor
The Eternal (1998)
as Jim
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
as John Willie
From Within (2008)
as Bernard
Two of Us (2000)
as John Lennon
White Lies (1997)
as Jacob Reese
The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)
as Henry VIII
The Public Eye (1992)
as Danny the Doorman
Baby, Baby, Baby (2015)
Actor
The Shadow in the North (2007)
as Axel Bellmann
The Devil's Violinist (2013)
as Urbani
Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)
as The Vet
Blue in the Face (1995)
as Jimmy Rose
What Happens at Night (—)
Actor
The Weekend (1999)
as John Kerr
Brave the Dark (2025)
as Stan Deen
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)
as Head Thug Pug
The Rachel Papers (1989)
as Geoff
I Love Your Work (2003)
as Yehud
Dummy (2002)
as Michael Foulicker
Reawakening (2024)
as John
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2002)
as False Peter
Bullfighter (2000)
as Jones
Nadja (1995)
as Edgar
Shadow Magic (2000)
as Raymond
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)
as Joey Patrick
Fuzzy Logic (1999)
as Fuzzy
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse (2007)
as Self
The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022)
as Self
Gold In The Streets (1997)
as Owen
Coup! (2006)
as Simon Mann
Lush (1999)
as W. Firmin Carter
Sunday (1997)
as Ray
The Price of Peace (—)
as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
32A (2007)
as Ruth's Father
I Don't Want to Be Your Love (2019)
as Ill Man
The Clockmaker's Dream (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed (2012)
as Himself - Professor James Moriarty