Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 24, 1961
Place of Birth:
London, England, UK
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Jared Harris
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 AMC television series Mad Men. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance.
Harris has also had notable roles in television series such as Fringe, The Crown, and The Expanse. In 2019, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance as Valery Legasov in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl.
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Brave the Dark | Stan Deen |
| 2024 | Reawakening | John |
| 2022 | The Sea Beast | Captain Crow (voice) |
| 2022 | The Ghost of Richard Harris | Self |
| 2022 | Morbius | Dr. Emil Nicholas |
| 2020 | Angela's Christmas Wish | The Vet |
| 2019 | I Don't Want to Be Your Love | Ill Man |
| 2019 | Robert the Bruce | John Comyn |
| 2017 | The Last Face | Dr. Farber |
| 2016 | Certain Women | Fuller |
| 2016 | Allied | Frank Heslop |
| 2015 | Baby, Baby, Baby | |
| 2015 | Poltergeist | Carrigan Burke |
| 2015 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Sanders |
| 2015 | The Clockmaker's Dream | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Pompeii | Severus |
| 2014 | The Quiet Ones | Professor Coupland |
| 2014 | The Boxtrolls | Lord Portley-Rind (voice) |
| 2013 | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Hodge Starkweather |
| 2013 | The Devil's Violinist | Urbani |
| 2013 | El violinista del diablo | Urbani |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 2012 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed | Himself - Professor James Moriarty |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Professor James Moriarty |
| 2010 | Extraordinary Measures | Docteur Kent Webber |
| 2010 | The Ward | Dr. Stringer |
| 2009 | Tales of the Black Freighter | Ridley (voice) |
| 2008 | From Within | Bernard |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Captain Mike |
| 2007 | The Shadow in the North | Axel Bellmann |
| 2007 | 32A | Ruth's Father |
| 2007 | Cashback | Alex Proud |
| 2007 | Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse | Self |
| 2006 | Lady in the Water | Goatee Smoker |
| 2006 | Coup! | Simon Mann |
| 2005 | The Notorious Bettie Page | John Willie |
| 2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Dr. Ashford |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Basher's Engineer |
| 2003 | I Love Your Work | Yehud |
| 2003 | The Other Boleyn Girl | Henry VIII |
| 2003 | Sylvia | Al Alvarez |
| 2002 | Mr. Deeds | Mac McGrath |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Russel |
| 2002 | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | False Peter |
| 2002 | Dummy | Michael Foulicker |
| 2001 | Perfume | Anthony |
| 2000 | Bullfighter | Jones |
| 2000 | Shadow Magic | Raymond |
| 2000 | Two of Us | John Lennon |
| 1999 | B. Monkey | Alan Furnace |
| 1999 | Lush | W. Firmin Carter |
| 1999 | The Weekend | John Kerr |
| 1999 | Fuzzy Logic | Fuzzy |
| 1998 | Lost in Space | Older Will Robinson |
| 1998 | The Eternal | Jim |
| 1998 | Happiness | Vlad |
| 1997 | White Lies | Jacob Reese |
| 1997 | Chinese Box | William |
| 1997 | Sunday | Ray |
| 1997 | Fathers' Day | Lee |
| 1997 | Gold In The Streets | Owen |
| 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | Andy Warhol |
| 1995 | Dead Man | Benmont Tench |
| 1995 | Smoke | Jimmy Rose |
| 1995 | Blue in the Face | Jimmy Rose |
| 1995 | Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure | Head Thug Pug |
| 1995 | Nadja | Edgar |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | London Boy |
| 1992 | Far and Away | Paddy Donnelly |
| 1992 | The Public Eye | Danny the Doorman |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | British Lieutenant |
| 1991 | Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules | Joey Patrick |
| 1989 | The Rachel Papers | Geoff |
| Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Political Thriller | ||
| Reykjavik | Mikhail Gorbachev | |
| Sherlock Holmes 3 | Professor James Moriarty |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Royal Kill List | Narrator |
| 2021 | Foundation | Hari Seldon |
| 2021 | The Beast Must Die | George Rattery |
| 2019 | Carnival Row | Absalom Breakspear |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Valery Legasov |
| 2018 | The Terror | Captain Francis Crozier |
| 2016 | The Crown | King George VI |
| 2015 | New Looney Tunes | Asteroid (voice) |
| 2015 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | Bigfoot (voice) |
| 2015 | The Expanse | Anderson Dawes |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | The Men In Blazers Show | Self |
| 2008 | Fringe | David Robert Jones |
| 2007 | Mad Men | Lane Pryce |
| 2007 | The Riches | |
| 2005 | To the Ends of the Earth | Captain Anderson |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken | Mr. Weatherbee (voice) |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Father Walker |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Robert Morten |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | Seth Baines |