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
The Sea Beast (2022)
as Captain Crow (voice)
Cashback (2007)
as Alex Proud
The Boxtrolls (2014)
as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
A House of Dynamite (2025)
as Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
The Brink of War (2026)
as Mikhail Gorbachev
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
as Basher's Engineer
Morbius (2022)
as Dr. Emil Nicholas
Lincoln (2012)
as Ulysses S. Grant
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
as Sanders
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
as Professor James Moriarty
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
as Dr. Ashford
Natural Born Killers (1994)
as London Boy
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
as Hodge Starkweather
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
as British Lieutenant
Allied (2016)
as Frank Heslop
Poltergeist (2015)
as Carrigan Burke
Mr. Deeds (2002)
as Mac McGrath
Pompeii (2014)
as Severus
Lost in Space (1998)
as Older Will Robinson
Far and Away (1992)
as Paddy Donnelly
Extraordinary Measures (2010)
as Docteur Kent Webber
Perfume (2001)
as Anthony
Lady in the Water (2006)
as Goatee Smoker
Dead Man (1995)
as Benmont Tench
Violent Night 2 (2026)
Actor
Nadja (1995)
as Edgar
Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)
as The Vet
Smoke (1995)
as Jimmy Rose
Happiness (1998)
as Vlad
The Weekend (1999)
as John Kerr
The Eternal (1998)
as Jim
Reawakening (2024)
as John
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)
as Head Thug Pug
The Ward (2011)
as Dr. Stringer
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
as John Willie
The Quiet Ones (2014)
as Professor Coupland
Certain Women (2016)
as Fuller
The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)
as Henry VIII
The Last Face (2017)
as Dr. Farber
Tales of the Black Freighter (2009)
as Ridley (voice)
32A (2007)
as Ruth's Father
Robert the Bruce (2019)
as John Comyn
Coup! (2006)
as Simon Mann
Blue in the Face (1995)
as Jimmy Rose
Chinese Box (1997)
as William
Fathers' Day (1997)
as Lee
The Devil's Violinist (2013)
as Urbani
Baby, Baby, Baby (2015)
Actor
The Public Eye (1992)
as Danny the Doorman
Shadow Magic (2000)
as Raymond
What Happens at Night (—)
Actor
Sylvia (2003)
as Al Alvarez
Two of Us (2000)
as John Lennon
Igby Goes Down (2002)
as Russel
The Rachel Papers (1989)
as Geoff
Dummy (2002)
as Michael Foulicker
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
as Andy Warhol
From Within (2008)
as Bernard
Brave the Dark (2025)
as Stan Deen
The Price of Peace (—)
as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
B. Monkey (1999)
as Alan Furnace
The Shadow in the North (2007)
as Axel Bellmann
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse (2007)
as Self
I Love Your Work (2003)
as Yehud
Bullfighter (2000)
as Jones
White Lies (1997)
as Jacob Reese
The Clockmaker's Dream (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Gold In The Streets (1997)
as Owen
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2002)
as False Peter
The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022)
as Self
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)
as Joey Patrick (segment 'Return to Kansas City')
Sunday (1997)
as Ray
Lush (1999)
as W. Firmin Carter
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed (2012)
as Himself - Professor James Moriarty
Fuzzy Logic (1999)
as Fuzzy