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