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Jared Harris

Actor, Director, ProducerBorn August 24, 1961 (63 years)
Jared Francis Harris 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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Ward
  • The Quiet Ones
  • Certain Women
  • Dummy
  • The Last Face
  • Robert the Bruce
  • The Devil's Violinist
  • Bullfighter
  • White Lies
Known For
  • Chernobyl
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
  • Foundation (2021)
  • Allied
  • The Terror
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Morbius
  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse
  • Mr. Deeds
  • Mad Men
  • The Quiet Ones
  • The Sea Beast
  • The Ward
  • Poltergeist
  • The Boxtrolls
  • Lost in Space
  • Igby Goes Down
  • The Crown
  • Smoke
  • The Notorious Bettie Page

Filmography

2024
Reawakening · as John
2024
Royal Kill List (TV Series) · as Narrator
2023
Brave the Dark · as Stan Deen
2022
The Sea Beast · as Captain Crow (voice)
2022
Morbius · as Dr. Emil Nicholas
2021
Foundation (2021) (TV Series) · as Hari Seldon
2020
2020
The Beast Must Die (TV Series) · as George Rattery
2019
Carnival Row (TV Series) · as Absalom Breakspear
2019
Robert the Bruce · as John Comyn
2019
Chernobyl (TV Series) · as Valery Legasov
2018
The Terror (TV Series) · as Captain Francis Crozier
2016
2016
Allied · as Frank Heslop
2016
The Crown (TV Series) · as King George Vi
2016
2016
The Last Face · as Dr. Farber
2016
Animals (2016) (TV Series) · as Mr. Budmeizner
2015
2015
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (TV Series) · as Bigfoot ​(voice)
2015
New Looney Tunes (TV Series) · as Asteroid (voice)
2015
The Expanse (TV Series) · as Anderson Dawes
2015
2015
Poltergeist · as Carrigan Burke
2014
The Boxtrolls · as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
2014
The Quiet Ones · as Professor Coupland
2014
Pompeii · as Severus
2013
2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones · as Hodge Starkweather
2012
Lincoln · as Ulysses S. Grant
2012
Axe Cop (TV Series) · as King Of England
2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows · as Professor James Moriarty
2010
The Ward · as Dr. Stringer
2010
Extraordinary Measures · as Docteur Kent Webber
2009
Tales of the Black Freighter · as Ridley (voice)
2008
2008
Fringe (TV Series) · as David Robert Jones
2008
From Within · as Bernard
2007
The Shadow in the North · as Axel Bellmann
2007
Mad Men (TV Series) · as Lane Pryce
2007
32A · as Ruth's Father
2007
The Riches (TV Series)
2006
Cashback · as Alex Proud
2006
Lady in the Water · as Goatee Smoker
2006
Coup! · as Simon Mann
2005
The Notorious Bettie Page · as John Willie
2005
To The Ends Of The Earth (TV Series) · as Captain Anderson
2005
American Dad! (TV Series) · as Merlin
2004
Ocean's Twelve · as Basher's Engineer
2004
Resident Evil: Apocalypse · as Dr. Ashford
2003
Sylvia · as Al Alvarez
2003
I Love Your Work · as Yehud
2003
The Other Boleyn Girl · as Henry Viii
2002
Igby Goes Down · as Russel
2002
Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Father Walker
2002
Dummy · as Michael Foulicker
2002
Mr. Deeds · as Mac Mcgrath
2002
Four Reasons · as Filmmaker
2001
Perfume · as Anthony
2001
Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Mr. Weatherbee (voice)
2000
2000
2000
Shadow Magic · as Raymond
2000
Two of Us · as John Lennon
2000
Lush · as W. Firmin Carter
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Robert Morten
1999
The Weekend · as John Kerr
1998
B. Monkey · as Alan Furnace
1998
Happiness · as Vlad
1998
The Eternal · as Jim
1998
Lulu on the Bridge · as Alvin Shine (dvd Deleted Scene)
1998
Lost in Space · as Older Will Robinson
1997
Chinese Box · as William
1997
Sunday · as Ray
1997
White Lies · as Jacob Reese
1997
Fathers' Day · as Lee
1997
1996
I Shot Andy Warhol · as Andy Warhol
1995
Dead Man · as Benmont Tench
1995
Blue in the Face · as Jimmy Rose
1995
Smoke · as Jimmy Rose
1995
Tall Tale · as Head Thug Pug
1994
Nadja · as Edgar
1994
New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Seth Baines
1994
Natural Born Killers · as London Boy
1992
The Public Eye · as Danny The Doorman
1992
The Last of the Mohicans · as British Lieutenant
1992
Far and Away · as Paddy Donnelly
1991
1989
The Rachel Papers · as Geoff

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