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Jared Harris
Known for: ActingJared 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 62
Foundation
as Hari Seldon 
The Sea Beast
as Captain Crow (voice) 
Chernobyl
as Valery Legasov 
Allied
as Frank Heslop 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Captain Mike 
Lincoln
as Ulysses S. Grant 
Dead Man
as Benmont Tench 
The Boxtrolls
as Lord Portley-Rind (voice) 
A House of Dynamite
as Secretary of Defense Reid Baker 
The Brink of War
as Mikhail Gorbachev 
Natural Born Killers
as London Boy 
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
as Dr. Ashford 
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Sanders 
Far and Away
as Paddy Donnelly 
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Professor James Moriarty 
Morbius
as Dr. Emil Nicholas 
Lost in Space
as Older Will Robinson 
Sylvia
as Al Alvarez 
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Hodge Starkweather 
The Public Eye
as Danny the Doorman 
Mr. Deeds
as Mac McGrath 
The Ward
as Dr. Stringer 
Poltergeist
as Carrigan Burke 
Lady in the Water
as Goatee Smoker 
Pompeii
as Severus 
The Last Face
as Dr. Farber 
The Quiet Ones
as Professor Coupland 
Certain Women
as Fuller 
Smoke
as Jimmy Rose 
Cashback
as Alex Proud 
The Beast Must Die
as George Rattery 
To the Ends of the Earth
as Captain Anderson 
The Devil's Violinist
as Urbani 
Extraordinary Measures
as Docteur Kent Webber 
Fathers' Day
as Lee 
Robert the Bruce
as John Comyn 
Happiness
as Vlad 
Blue in the Face
as Jimmy Rose 
Angela's Christmas Wish
as The Vet 
Brave the Dark
as Stan Deen 
The Notorious Bettie Page
as John Willie 
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Henry VIII 
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
as Head Thug Pug 
Nadja
as Edgar 
Igby Goes Down
as Russel 
The Rachel Papers
as Geoff 
The Eternal
as Jim 
Tales of the Black Freighter
as Ridley (voice) 
Reawakening
as John 
From Within
as Bernard 
I Love Your Work
as Yehud 
Bullfighter
as Jones 
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
as False Peter 
Dummy
as Michael Foulicker 
The Shadow in the North
as Axel Bellmann 
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self 
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
as Joey Patrick (segment 'Return to Kansas City') 
B. Monkey
as Alan Furnace 
The Weekend
as John Kerr 
Shadow Magic
as Raymond 
White Lies
as Jacob Reese