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