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.
Filmography · 96
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Robert Morten
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
Mad Men
2007 · Lane Pryce
Fringe
2008 · David Robert Jones
Without a Trace
2002 · Father Walker
The Crown
2016 · King George VI
The Expanse
2015 · Anderson Dawes
Foundation
2021 · Hari Seldon
Robot Chicken
2005 · Mr. Weatherbee (voice)
Chernobyl
2019 · Valery Legasov
New Looney Tunes
2015 · Asteroid (voice)
The Terror
2018 · Captain Francis Crozie...
Carnival Row
2019 · Absalom Breakspear
New York Undercover
1994 · Seth Baines
Morbius
2022 · Dr. Emil Nicholas
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Captain Mike
Mr. Deeds
2002 · Mac McGrath
Ocean's Twelve
2004 · Basher's Engineer
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2015 · Bigfoot (voice)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · Professor James Moriar...
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015 · Sanders
A House of Dynamite
2025 · Secretary of Defense R...
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 · British Lieutenant
The Sea Beast
2022 · Captain Crow (voice)
Natural Born Killers
1994 · London Boy
The Men in Blazers Show
2014 · Self
Lincoln
2012 · Ulysses S. Grant
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
— · Self
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004 · Dr. Ashford
The Riches
2007
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 · Hodge Starkweather
Allied
2016 · Frank Heslop
Dead Man
1995 · Benmont Tench
Pompeii
2014 · Severus
Poltergeist
2015 · Carrigan Burke
The Boxtrolls
2014 · Lord Portley-Rind (voi...
Far and Away
1992 · Paddy Donnelly
Cashback
2007 · Alex Proud
Lost in Space
1998 · Older Will Robinson
The Ward
2010 · Dr. Stringer
Happiness
1998 · Vlad
The Brink of War
2026 · Mikhail Gorbachev
Extraordinary Measures
2010 · Docteur Kent Webber
Lady in the Water
2006 · Goatee Smoker
To the Ends of the Earth
2005 · Captain Anderson
The Beast Must Die
2021 · George Rattery
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006 · John Willie
Fathers' Day
1997 · Lee
Robert the Bruce
2019 · John Comyn
Violent Night 2
2026
Tales of the Black Freighter
2009 · Ridley (voice)
Smoke
1995 · Jimmy Rose
Angela's Christmas Wish
2020 · The Vet
Certain Women
2016 · Fuller
Perfume
2001 · Anthony
Reawakening
2024 · John
The Devil's Violinist
2013 · Urbani
Igby Goes Down
2002 · Russel
Sylvia
2003 · Al Alvarez
The Eternal
1998 · Jim
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003 · Henry VIII
The Last Face
2017 · Dr. Farber
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
2002 · False Peter
What Happens at Night
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Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
Nadja
1995 · Edgar
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995 · Head Thug Pug
Blue in the Face
1995 · Jimmy Rose
The Quiet Ones
2014 · Professor Coupland
The Weekend
1999 · John Kerr
Two of Us
2000 · John Lennon
Shadow Magic
2000 · Raymond
Brave the Dark
2025 · Stan Deen
From Within
2008 · Bernard
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996 · Andy Warhol
Royal Kill List
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice...
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022 · Self
The Shadow in the North
2007 · Axel Bellmann
B. Monkey
1999 · Alan Furnace
Dummy
2002 · Michael Foulicker
I Love Your Work
2003 · Yehud
The Public Eye
1992 · Danny the Doorman
The Rachel Papers
1989 · Geoff
Chinese Box
1997 · William
32A
2007 · Ruth's Father
I Don't Want to Be Your Love
2019 · Ill Man
Coup!
2006 · Simon Mann
The Clockmaker's Dream
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991 · Joey Patrick
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
2007 · Self
Gold In The Streets
1997 · Owen
White Lies
1997 · Jacob Reese
Bullfighter
2000 · Jones
Lush
1999 · W. Firmin Carter
Sunday
1997 · Ray
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
2012 · Himself - Professor Ja...