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