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