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.
Acting
Movie
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Captain Mike
2008
Movie
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Professor James Moriarty
2011
TV
Chernobyl
as Valery Legasov
2019
Movie
Ocean's Twelve
as Basher's Engineer
2004
Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Sanders
2015
Movie
Morbius
as Dr. Emil Nicholas
2022
Movie
Allied
as Frank Heslop
2016
Movie
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
as Dr. Ashford
2004
Movie
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Hodge Starkweather
2013
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Robert Morten
1999
Movie
Lincoln
as Ulysses S. Grant
2012
Movie
Natural Born Killers
as London Boy
1994
Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
as British Lieutenant
1992
Movie
Pompeii
as Severus
2014
TV
The Expanse
as Anderson Dawes
2015
TV
Fringe
as David Robert Jones
2008
Movie
Mr. Deeds
as Mac McGrath
2002
Movie
Poltergeist
as Carrigan Burke
2015
TV
The Crown
as King George VI
2016
Movie
The Boxtrolls
as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
2014
Movie
Dead Man
as Benmont Tench
1995
Movie
The Sea Beast
as Captain Crow (voice)
2022
TV
Foundation
as Hari Seldon
2021
TV
Mad Men
as Lane Pryce
2007
