Jared Harris
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 24, 1961
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
- What Happens at Night
What Happens at Night TBA
Actor
- The Price of Peace
The Price of Peace TBA
as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Violent Night 2 2026
Actor
The Brink of War 2026
as Mikhail Gorbachev
A House of Dynamite 2025
as Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
Brave the Dark 2025
as Stan Deen
Reawakening 2024
as John, Executive Producer
The Ghost of Richard Harris 2022
as Self
The Sea Beast 2022
as Captain Crow (voice)
Morbius 2022
as Dr. Emil Nicholas
Angela's Christmas Wish 2020
as The Vet
Robert the Bruce 2019
as John Comyn
The Last Face 2017
as Dr. Farber
Allied 2016
as Frank Heslop
Certain Women 2016
as Fuller
Baby, Baby, Baby 2015
Actor
The Clockmaker's Dream 2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 2015
as Sanders
Poltergeist 2015
as Carrigan Burke
The Boxtrolls 2014
as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
The Quiet Ones 2014
as Professor Coupland
Pompeii 2014
as Severus
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones 2013
as Hodge Starkweather
The Devil's Violinist 2013
as Urbani
Lincoln 2012
as Ulysses S. Grant
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed 2012
as Himself - Professor James Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011
as Professor James Moriarty
The Ward 2011
as Dr. Stringer
Extraordinary Measures 2010
as Docteur Kent Webber
Tales of the Black Freighter 2009
as Ridley (voice)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008
as Captain Mike
From Within 2008
as Bernard
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse 2007
as Self
The Shadow in the North 2007
as Axel Bellmann
32A 2007
as Ruth's Father
Cashback 2007
as Alex Proud
Lady in the Water 2006
as Goatee Smoker
Coup! 2006
as Simon Mann
The Notorious Bettie Page 2006
as John Willie
Ocean's Twelve 2004
as Basher's Engineer
Resident Evil: Apocalypse 2004
as Dr. Ashford
Sylvia 2003
as Al Alvarez
I Love Your Work 2003
as Yehud
The Other Boleyn Girl 2003
as Henry VIII
Igby Goes Down 2002
as Russel
Dummy 2002
as Michael Foulicker
Mr. Deeds 2002
as Mac McGrath
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog 2002
as False Peter
Perfume 2001
as Anthony
Bullfighter 2000
as Jones
Shadow Magic 2000
as Raymond
Two of Us 2000
as John Lennon
B. Monkey 1999
as Alan Furnace
The Weekend 1999
as John Kerr
- Fuzzy Logic
Fuzzy Logic 1999
as Fuzzy
Lush 1999
as W. Firmin Carter
Happiness 1998
as Vlad
The Eternal 1998
as Jim
Lost in Space 1998
as Older Will Robinson
Chinese Box 1997
as William
Fathers' Day 1997
as Lee
Sunday 1997
as Ray
White Lies 1997
as Jacob Reese
Gold In The Streets 1997
as Owen
I Shot Andy Warhol 1996
as Andy Warhol
Dead Man 1995
as Benmont Tench
Blue in the Face 1995
as Jimmy Rose
Nadja 1995
as Edgar
Smoke 1995
as Jimmy Rose
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure 1995
as Head Thug Pug
Natural Born Killers 1994
as London Boy
The Public Eye 1992
as Danny the Doorman
The Last of the Mohicans 1992
as British Lieutenant
Far and Away 1992
as Paddy Donnelly
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules 1991
as Joey Patrick (segment 'Return to Kansas City')
The Rachel Papers 1989
as Geoff
Credits from TMDB.