Jared Harris
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 24, 1961 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 97
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
2008Movie
Captain Mike
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011Movie
Professor James Moriarty
Chernobyl
2019TV
Valery Legasov
Ocean's Twelve
2004Movie
Basher's Engineer
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015Movie
Sanders
Morbius
2022Movie
Dr. Emil Nicholas
Filmography
Violent Night 2
2026Movie
The Brink of War
2026Movie
Mikhail Gorbachev
A House of Dynamite
2025Movie
Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
Brave the Dark
2025Movie
Stan Deen
Reawakening
2024Movie
John
Royal Kill List
2024TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022Movie
Self
The Sea Beast
2022Movie
Captain Crow (voice)
Morbius
2022Movie
Dr. Emil Nicholas
Foundation
2021TV
Hari Seldon
The Beast Must Die
2021TV
George Rattery
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020Movie
The Vet
Carnival Row
2019TV
Absalom Breakspear
Robert the Bruce
2019Movie
John Comyn
Chernobyl
2019TV
Valery Legasov
The Terror
2018TV
Captain Francis Crozier
The Last Face
2017Movie
Dr. Farber
Allied
2016Movie
Frank Heslop
The Crown
2016TV
King George VI
Certain Women
2016Movie
Fuller
The Expanse
2015TV
Anderson Dawes
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015Movie
The Clockmaker's Dream
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2015TV
Bigfoot (voice)
New Looney Tunes
2015TV
Asteroid (voice)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015Movie
Sanders
Poltergeist
2015Movie
Carrigan Burke
The Men in Blazers Show
2014TV
Self
The Boxtrolls
2014Movie
Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
The Quiet Ones
2014Movie
Professor Coupland
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
Pompeii
2014Movie
Severus
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013Movie
Hodge Starkweather
The Devil's Violinist
2013Movie
Urbani
Lincoln
2012Movie
Ulysses S. Grant
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
2012Movie
Himself - Professor James Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011Movie
Professor James Moriarty
The Ward
2010Movie
Dr. Stringer
Extraordinary Measures
2010Movie
Docteur Kent Webber
Tales of the Black Freighter
2009Movie
Ridley (voice)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008Movie
Captain Mike
Fringe
2008TV
David Robert Jones
From Within
2008Movie
Bernard
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
2007Movie
Self
The Shadow in the North
2007Movie
Axel Bellmann
Mad Men
2007TV
Lane Pryce
32A
2007Movie
Ruth's Father
The Riches
2007TV
Cashback
2007Movie
Alex Proud
Lady in the Water
2006Movie
Goatee Smoker
Coup!
2006Movie
Simon Mann
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006Movie
John Willie
To the Ends of the Earth
2005TV
Captain Anderson
Robot Chicken
2005TV
Mr. Weatherbee (voice)
Ocean's Twelve
2004Movie
Basher's Engineer
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004Movie
Dr. Ashford
Sylvia
2003Movie
Al Alvarez
I Love Your Work
2003Movie
Yehud
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003Movie
Henry VIII
Without a Trace
2002TV
Father Walker
Igby Goes Down
2002Movie
Russel
Dummy
2002Movie
Michael Foulicker
Mr. Deeds
2002Movie
Mac McGrath
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
2002Movie
False Peter
Perfume
2001Movie
Anthony
Bullfighter
2000Movie
Jones
Shadow Magic
2000Movie
Raymond
Two of Us
2000Movie
John Lennon
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Robert Morten
B. Monkey
1999Movie
Alan Furnace
The Weekend
1999Movie
John Kerr
Fuzzy Logic
1999Movie
Fuzzy
Lush
1999Movie
W. Firmin Carter
Happiness
1998Movie
Vlad
The Eternal
1998Movie
Jim
Lost in Space
1998Movie
Older Will Robinson
Chinese Box
1997Movie
William
Fathers' Day
1997Movie
Lee
Sunday
1997Movie
Ray
White Lies
1997Movie
Jacob Reese
Gold In The Streets
1997Movie
Owen
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996Movie
Andy Warhol
Dead Man
1995Movie
Benmont Tench
Blue in the Face
1995Movie
Jimmy Rose
Nadja
1995Movie
Edgar
Smoke
1995Movie
Jimmy Rose
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995Movie
Head Thug Pug
New York Undercover
1994TV
Seth Baines
Natural Born Killers
1994Movie
London Boy
The Public Eye
1992Movie
Danny the Doorman
The Last of the Mohicans
1992Movie
British Lieutenant
Far and Away
1992Movie
Paddy Donnelly
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991Movie
Joey Patrick (segment 'Return to Kansas City')
The Rachel Papers
1989Movie
Geoff
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
TV
Self
What Happens at Night
Movie
The Price of Peace
Movie
Prime Minister Winston Churchill