Jared Harris
Acting
Born: August 24, 1961 (age 65) · London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
Chernobyl
2019
Ocean's Twelve
2004
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
Morbius
2022
Allied
2016
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Lincoln
2012
Natural Born Killers
1994
Photos (6)
Movies (69)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Captain Mike
Morbius
Dr. Emil Nicholas
Ocean's Twelve
Basher's Engineer
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sanders
The Last of the Mohicans
British Lieutenant
A House of Dynamite
Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
Natural Born Killers
London Boy
The Boxtrolls
Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
The Sea Beast
Captain Crow (voice)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Professor James Moriarty
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Hodge Starkweather
Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Allied
Frank Heslop
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Dr. Ashford
The Brink of War
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mr. Deeds
Mac McGrath
Lost in Space
Older Will Robinson
Pompeii
Severus
Poltergeist
Carrigan Burke
Dead Man
Benmont Tench
Far and Away
Paddy Donnelly
Cashback
Alex Proud
Extraordinary Measures
Docteur Kent Webber
Lady in the Water
Goatee Smoker
Smoke
Jimmy Rose
Certain Women
Fuller
Happiness
Vlad
The Notorious Bettie Page
John Willie
Fathers' Day
Lee
The Ward
Dr. Stringer
Robert the Bruce
John Comyn
The Last Face
Dr. Farber
Tales of the Black Freighter
Ridley (voice)
The Devil's Violinist
Urbani
Blue in the Face
Jimmy Rose
Perfume
Anthony
Angela's Christmas Wish
The Vet
Chinese Box
William
The Quiet Ones
Professor Coupland
The Eternal
Jim
The Public Eye
Danny the Doorman
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Head Thug Pug
Reawakening
John
Igby Goes Down
Russel
The Other Boleyn Girl
Henry VIII
Sylvia
Al Alvarez
From Within
Bernard
Dummy
Michael Foulicker
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Joey Patrick
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
Brave the Dark
Stan Deen
The Shadow in the North
Axel Bellmann
I Shot Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
The Rachel Papers
Geoff
Nadja
Edgar
The Weekend
John Kerr
B. Monkey
Alan Furnace
White Lies
Jacob Reese
I Love Your Work
Yehud
Shadow Magic
Raymond
Bullfighter
Jones
Two of Us
John Lennon
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
False Peter
The Clockmaker's Dream
Narrator (voice)
32A
Ruth's Father
Coup!
Simon Mann
Lush
W. Firmin Carter
Gold In The Streets
Owen
Sunday
Ray
TV Shows (17)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Robert Morten · 1 eps
Mad Men
Lane Pryce · 35 eps
Fringe
David Robert Jones · 9 eps
Without a Trace
Father Walker · 2 eps
The Crown
King George VI · 6 eps
Robot Chicken
Mr. Weatherbee (voice) · 1 eps
The Expanse
Anderson Dawes · 6 eps
New Looney Tunes
Asteroid (voice) · 4 eps
Foundation
Hari Seldon · 30 eps
Chernobyl
Valery Legasov · 5 eps
New York Undercover
Seth Baines · 1 eps
The Terror
Captain Francis Crozier · 10 eps
Carnival Row
Absalom Breakspear · 8 eps
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Bigfoot (voice) · 1 eps
The Riches
4 eps
To the Ends of the Earth
Captain Anderson · 3 eps
The Beast Must Die
George Rattery · 5 eps
Self / Appearances (6)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Men in Blazers Show
Self · 1 eps
Royal Kill List
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
Self
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
Himself - Professor James Moriarty
