Jared Harris
Acting
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.
TV Shows(20)
Royal Kill List
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Foundation
Hari Seldon
2021
The Beast Must Die
George Rattery
2021
Carnival Row
Absalom Breakspear
2019
Chernobyl
Valery Legasov
2019
The Terror
Captain Francis Crozier
2018
The Crown
King George VI
2016
The Expanse
Anderson Dawes
2015
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Bigfoot (voice)
2015
New Looney Tunes
Asteroid (voice)
2015
The Men in Blazers Show
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Fringe
David Robert Jones
2008
Mad Men
Lane Pryce
2007
The Riches
2007
To the Ends of the Earth
Captain Anderson
2005
Robot Chicken
Mr. Weatherbee (voice)
2005
Without a Trace
Father Walker
2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Robert Morten
1999
New York Undercover
Seth Baines
1994
Movies(77)
Violent Night 2
2026
The Brink of War
Mikhail Gorbachev
2026
A House of Dynamite
Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
2025
Brave the Dark
Stan Deen
2025
Reawakening
John
2024
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
2022
The Sea Beast
Captain Crow (voice)
2022
Morbius
Dr. Emil Nicholas
2022
Angela's Christmas Wish
The Vet
2020
Robert the Bruce
John Comyn
2019
I Don't Want to Be Your Love
Ill Man
2019
The Last Face
Dr. Farber
2017
Allied
Frank Heslop
2016
Certain Women
Fuller
2016
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
The Clockmaker's Dream
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sanders
2015
Poltergeist
Carrigan Burke
2015
The Boxtrolls
Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
2014
The Quiet Ones
Professor Coupland
2014
Pompeii
Severus
2014
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Hodge Starkweather
2013
The Devil's Violinist
Urbani
2013
Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
Himself - Professor James Moriarty
2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Professor James Moriarty
2011
The Ward
Dr. Stringer
2010
Extraordinary Measures
Docteur Kent Webber
2010
Tales of the Black Freighter
Ridley (voice)
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Captain Mike
2008
From Within
Bernard
2008
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
Self
2007
The Shadow in the North
Axel Bellmann
2007
32A
Ruth's Father
2007
Cashback
Alex Proud
2007
Lady in the Water
Goatee Smoker
2006
Coup!
Simon Mann
2006
The Notorious Bettie Page
John Willie
2006
Ocean's Twelve
Basher's Engineer
2004
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Dr. Ashford
2004
Sylvia
Al Alvarez
2003
I Love Your Work
Yehud
2003
The Other Boleyn Girl
Henry VIII
2003
Igby Goes Down
Russel
2002
Dummy
Michael Foulicker
2002
Mr. Deeds
Mac McGrath
2002
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
False Peter
2002
Perfume
Anthony
2001
Bullfighter
Jones
2000
Shadow Magic
Raymond
2000
Two of Us
John Lennon
2000
B. Monkey
Alan Furnace
1999
The Weekend
John Kerr
1999
Fuzzy Logic
Fuzzy
1999
Lush
W. Firmin Carter
1999
Happiness
Vlad
1998
The Eternal
Jim
1998
Lost in Space
Older Will Robinson
1998
Chinese Box
William
1997
Fathers' Day
Lee
1997
Sunday
Ray
1997
White Lies
Jacob Reese
1997
Gold In The Streets
Owen
1997
I Shot Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
1996
Dead Man
Benmont Tench
1995
Blue in the Face
Jimmy Rose
1995
Nadja
Edgar
1995
Smoke
Jimmy Rose
1995
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Head Thug Pug
1995
Natural Born Killers
London Boy
1994
The Public Eye
Danny the Doorman
1992
The Last of the Mohicans
British Lieutenant
1992
Far and Away
Paddy Donnelly
1992
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Joey Patrick
1991
The Rachel Papers
Geoff
1989
The Price of Peace
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
What Happens at Night