Jared Harris

Biography

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Crown

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Without a Trace

Fringe

Mad Men

The Expanse

Foundation

All Movies (77)

• Violent Night 22026
• The Brink of War2026 · as Mikhail Gorbachev
• A House of Dynamite2025 · as Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
• Brave the Dark2025 · as Stan Deen
• Reawakening2024 · as John
• The Ghost of Richard Harris2022 · as Self
• The Sea Beast2022 · as Captain Crow (voice)
• Morbius2022 · as Dr. Emil Nicholas
• Angela's Christmas Wish2020 · as The Vet
• Robert the Bruce2019 · as John Comyn
• I Don't Want to Be Your Love2019 · as Ill Man
• The Last Face2017 · as Dr. Farber
• Allied2016 · as Frank Heslop
• Certain Women2016 · as Fuller
• Baby, Baby, Baby2015
• The Clockmaker's Dream2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015 · as Sanders
• Poltergeist2015 · as Carrigan Burke
• The Boxtrolls2014 · as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
• The Quiet Ones2014 · as Professor Coupland
• Pompeii2014 · as Severus
• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones2013 · as Hodge Starkweather
• The Devil's Violinist2013 · as Urbani
• Lincoln2012 · as Ulysses S. Grant
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed2012 · as Himself - Professor James Moriarty
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows2011 · as Professor James Moriarty
• The Ward2010 · as Dr. Stringer
• Extraordinary Measures2010 · as Docteur Kent Webber
• Tales of the Black Freighter2009 · as Ridley (voice)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008 · as Captain Mike
• From Within2008 · as Bernard
• Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse2007 · as Self
• The Shadow in the North2007 · as Axel Bellmann
• 32A2007 · as Ruth's Father
• Cashback2007 · as Alex Proud
• Lady in the Water2006 · as Goatee Smoker
• Coup!2006 · as Simon Mann
• The Notorious Bettie Page2006 · as John Willie
• Ocean's Twelve2004 · as Basher's Engineer
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse2004 · as Dr. Ashford
• Sylvia2003 · as Al Alvarez
• I Love Your Work2003 · as Yehud
• The Other Boleyn Girl2003 · as Henry VIII
• Igby Goes Down2002 · as Russel
• Dummy2002 · as Michael Foulicker
• Mr. Deeds2002 · as Mac McGrath
• How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog2002 · as False Peter
• Perfume2001 · as Anthony
• Bullfighter2000 · as Jones
• Shadow Magic2000 · as Raymond
• Two of Us2000 · as John Lennon
• B. Monkey1999 · as Alan Furnace
• The Weekend1999 · as John Kerr
• Fuzzy Logic1999 · as Fuzzy
• Lush1999 · as W. Firmin Carter
• Happiness1998 · as Vlad
• The Eternal1998 · as Jim
• Lost in Space1998 · as Older Will Robinson
• Chinese Box1997 · as William
• Fathers' Day1997 · as Lee
• Sunday1997 · as Ray
• White Lies1997 · as Jacob Reese
• Gold In The Streets1997 · as Owen
• I Shot Andy Warhol1996 · as Andy Warhol
• Dead Man1995 · as Benmont Tench
• Blue in the Face1995 · as Jimmy Rose
• Nadja1995 · as Edgar
• Smoke1995 · as Jimmy Rose
• Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure1995 · as Head Thug Pug
• Natural Born Killers1994 · as London Boy
• The Public Eye1992 · as Danny the Doorman
• The Last of the Mohicans1992 · as British Lieutenant
• Far and Away1992 · as Paddy Donnelly
• Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules1991 · as Joey Patrick
• The Rachel Papers1989 · as Geoff
• The Price of Peace— · as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
• What Happens at Night—

All TV Shows (21)

• Royal Kill List2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Foundation2021 · as Hari Seldon
• The Beast Must Die2021 · as George Rattery
• Carnival Row2019 · as Absalom Breakspear
• Chernobyl2019 · as Valery Legasov
• The Terror2018 · as Captain Francis Crozier
• The Crown2016 · as King George VI
• The Expanse2015 · as Anderson Dawes
• The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show2015 · as Bigfoot ​(voice)
• New Looney Tunes2015 · as Asteroid (voice)
• The Men in Blazers Show2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Fringe2008 · as David Robert Jones
• Mad Men2007 · as Lane Pryce
• The Riches2007
• To the Ends of the Earth2005 · as Captain Anderson
• Robot Chicken2005 · as Mr. Weatherbee (voice)
• Without a Trace2002 · as Father Walker
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Robert Morten
• New York Undercover1994 · as Seth Baines
• The George Lucas Talk Show: Live— · as Self