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Jared Harris

Acting 64 years old London, England, UK ★ 2.2
Born: August 24, 1961

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.

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Known For

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Sanders 2015
White Lies
White Lies Jacob Reese 1997
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure Head Thug Pug 1995
From Within
From Within Bernard 2008
Poltergeist
Poltergeist Carrigan Burke 2015

Filmography

Acting Credits (97)

Violent Night 2
Violent Night 2 2026
A House of Dynamite
A House of Dynamite Secretary of Defense Reid Baker 2025
Brave the Dark
Brave the Dark Stan Deen 2025
Reawakening
Reawakening John 2024
Royal Kill List
Royal Kill List Self - Narrator (voice) 2024
The Ghost of Richard Harris
The Ghost of Richard Harris Self 2022
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast Captain Crow (voice) 2022
Morbius
Morbius Dr. Emil Nicholas 2022
Foundation
Foundation Hari Seldon 2021
The Beast Must Die
The Beast Must Die George Rattery 2021
Angela's Christmas Wish
Angela's Christmas Wish The Vet 2020
Carnival Row
Carnival Row Absalom Breakspear 2019
Robert the Bruce
Robert the Bruce John Comyn 2019
Chernobyl
Chernobyl Valery Legasov 2019
I Don't Want to Be Your Love
I Don't Want to Be Your Love Ill Man 2019
The Terror
The Terror Captain Francis Crozier 2018
The Last Face
The Last Face Dr. Farber 2017
Allied
Allied Frank Heslop 2016
The Crown
The Crown King George VI 2016
Certain Women
Certain Women Fuller 2016
The Expanse
The Expanse Anderson Dawes 2015
Baby, Baby, Baby
Baby, Baby, Baby 2015
The Clockmaker's Dream
The Clockmaker's Dream Narrator (voice) 2015
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show Bigfoot ​(voice) 2015
New Looney Tunes
New Looney Tunes Asteroid (voice) 2015
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Sanders 2015
Poltergeist
Poltergeist Carrigan Burke 2015
The Men in Blazers Show
The Men in Blazers Show Self 2014
The Boxtrolls
The Boxtrolls Lord Portley-Rind (voice) 2014
The Quiet Ones
The Quiet Ones Professor Coupland 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
Pompeii
Pompeii Severus 2014
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Hodge Starkweather 2013
The Devil's Violinist
The Devil's Violinist Urbani 2013
Lincoln
Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant 2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed Himself - Professor James Moriarty 2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Professor James Moriarty 2011
The Ward
The Ward Dr. Stringer 2010
Extraordinary Measures
Extraordinary Measures Docteur Kent Webber 2010
Tales of the Black Freighter
Tales of the Black Freighter Ridley (voice) 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Captain Mike 2008
Fringe
Fringe David Robert Jones 2008
From Within
From Within Bernard 2008
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse Self 2007
The Shadow in the North
The Shadow in the North Axel Bellmann 2007
Mad Men
Mad Men Lane Pryce 2007
32A
32A Ruth's Father 2007
The Riches
The Riches 2007
Cashback
Cashback Alex Proud 2007
Lady in the Water
Lady in the Water Goatee Smoker 2006
Coup!
Coup! Simon Mann 2006
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Notorious Bettie Page John Willie 2006
To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earth Captain Anderson 2005
Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken Mr. Weatherbee (voice) 2005
Ocean's Twelve
Ocean's Twelve Basher's Engineer 2004
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse Dr. Ashford 2004
Sylvia
Sylvia Al Alvarez 2003
I Love Your Work
I Love Your Work Yehud 2003
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl Henry VIII 2003
Without a Trace
Without a Trace Father Walker 2002
Igby Goes Down
Igby Goes Down Russel 2002
Dummy
Dummy Michael Foulicker 2002
Mr. Deeds
Mr. Deeds Mac McGrath 2002
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog False Peter 2002
Perfume
Perfume Anthony 2001
Bullfighter
Bullfighter Jones 2000
Shadow Magic
Shadow Magic Raymond 2000
Two of Us
Two of Us John Lennon 2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Robert Morten 1999
B. Monkey
B. Monkey Alan Furnace 1999
The Weekend
The Weekend John Kerr 1999
Fuzzy Logic
Fuzzy Logic Fuzzy 1999
Lush
Lush W. Firmin Carter 1999
Happiness
Happiness Vlad 1998
The Eternal
The Eternal Jim 1998
Lost in Space
Lost in Space Older Will Robinson 1998
Chinese Box
Chinese Box William 1997
Fathers' Day
Fathers' Day Lee 1997
Sunday
Sunday Ray 1997
White Lies
White Lies Jacob Reese 1997
Gold In The Streets
Gold In The Streets Owen 1997
I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol Andy Warhol 1996
Dead Man
Dead Man Benmont Tench 1995
Blue in the Face
Blue in the Face Jimmy Rose 1995
Nadja
Nadja Edgar 1995
Smoke
Smoke Jimmy Rose 1995
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure Head Thug Pug 1995
New York Undercover
New York Undercover Seth Baines 1994
Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers London Boy 1994
The Public Eye
The Public Eye Danny the Doorman 1992
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans British Lieutenant 1992
Far and Away
Far and Away Paddy Donnelly 1992
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules Joey Patrick 1991
The Rachel Papers
The Rachel Papers Geoff 1989
Reykjavik
Reykjavik Mikhail Gorbachev
The Price of Peace
The Price of Peace Prime Minister Winston Churchill
What Happens at Night
What Happens at Night

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