Ed Harris
Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and director. His performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), Pollock (2000), and The Hours (2002) earned him critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations.
Harris has appeared in numerous leading and supporting roles, including in Creepshow (1982), The Right Stuff (1983), Under Fire (1983), Places in the Heart (1984), The Abyss (1989), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Firm (1993), Nixon (1995), The Rock (1996), Stepmom (1998), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Radio (2003), A History of Violence (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), Snowpiercer (2013), Mother! (2017), The Lost Daughter (2021), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). In addition to directing Pollock, Harris directed the Western film Appaloosa (2008).
In television, Harris is notable for his roles as Miles Roby in the miniseries Empire Falls (2005) and as United States Senator John McCain in the television movie Game Change (2012); the latter earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He starred as the Man in Black in the HBO science fiction-Western series Westworld (2016–2022), for which he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Acting
Movie
The Truman Show
as Christof
1998
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Gravity
as Mission Control (voice)
2013
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A Beautiful Mind
as William Parcher
2001
Movie
Top Gun: Maverick
as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain
2022
Movie
Snowpiercer
as Wilford
2013
Movie
mother!
as Man
2017
TV
Westworld
as Man in Black
2016
Movie
Apollo 13
as Gene Kranz
1995
Movie
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Mitch Wilkinson
2007
Movie
The Rock
as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
1996
Movie
Geostorm
as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom
2017
Movie
Pain & Gain
as Ed DuBois
2013
Movie
Gone Baby Gone
as Remy Bressant
2007
Movie
Enemy at the Gates
as Major König
2001
Movie
A History of Violence
as Carl Fogarty
2005
Movie
The Abyss
as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
1989
Movie
Run All Night
as Shawn Maguire
2015
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Man on a Ledge
as David Englander
2012
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The Firm
as Wayne Tarrance
1993
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The Hours
as Richard Brown
2002
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The Way Back
as Mr. Smith
2010
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Glengarry Glen Ross
as Dave Moss
1992
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Stepmom
as Luke Harrison
1998
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Absolute Power
as Seth Frank
1997
