Jared Harris
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.
97 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 97
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Without a Trace
2002
Fringe
2008
Mad Men
2007
The Expanse
2015
The Crown
2016
Foundation
2021
Robot Chicken
2005
New Looney Tunes
2015
Chernobyl
2019
The Terror
2018
New York Undercover
1994
Carnival Row
2019
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2015
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
Ocean's Twelve
2004
Morbius
2022
The Men in Blazers Show
2014
The Riches
2007
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
The Sea Beast
2022
A House of Dynamite
2025
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
Natural Born Killers
1994
Lincoln
2012
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004
Mr. Deeds
2002
Pompeii
2014
Allied
2016
The Boxtrolls
2014
Far and Away
1992
Cashback
2007
Lost in Space
1998
Poltergeist
2015
Happiness
1998
Dead Man
1995
To the Ends of the Earth
2005
Lady in the Water
2006
The Ward
2010
Smoke
1995
The Beast Must Die
2021
Extraordinary Measures
2010
The Quiet Ones
2014
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
Robert the Bruce
2019
Certain Women
2016
Royal Kill List
2024
The Last Face
2017
Perfume
2001
Fathers' Day
1997
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
Tales of the Black Freighter
2009
Sylvia
2003
Blue in the Face
1995
Shadow Magic
2000
Dummy
2002
B. Monkey
1999
Igby Goes Down
2002
Violent Night 2
2026
The Devil's Violinist
2013
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996
I Love Your Work
2003
Chinese Box
1997
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
2002
The Brink of War
2026
From Within
2008
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991
The Rachel Papers
1989
Brave the Dark
2025
The Eternal
1998
The Public Eye
1992
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
What Happens at Night
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Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
2007
White Lies
1997
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020
Nadja
1995
The Shadow in the North
2007
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
Reawakening
2024
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
The Weekend
1999
Coup!
2006
Sunday
1997
32A
2007
Two of Us
2000
Bullfighter
2000
Lush
1999
Gold In The Streets
1997
Fuzzy Logic
1999
The Price of Peace
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
2012
The Clockmaker's Dream
2015
I Don't Want to Be Your Love
2019