Jared Harris
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Jared Harris

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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.

Films Featuring Jared Harris

Dead Man

19957.3

Smoke

19957.2

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

20046.4

Lost in Space

19985.4

White Lies

19973.8

Mr. Deeds

20025.9

B. Monkey

19995.8

Chinese Box

19975.8

Blue in the Face

19956.5

Far and Away

19926.8

I Love Your Work

20034.6

I Shot Andy Warhol

19966.2

Extraordinary Measures

20106.3

Igby Goes Down

20026.6

Lady in the Water

20065.6

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

20025.9

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

19956.2

The Rachel Papers

19895.2

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

19914.1

The Notorious Bettie Page

20066.3

From Within

20085.6

Bullfighter

20003.0

The Ward

20105.7

The Shadow in the North

20076.6

Dummy

20025.9

Shadow Magic

20005.9

Sunday

19975.2

The Eternal

19984.8

Lincoln

20126.8

Two of Us

20005.8

Pompeii

20145.5

The Other Boleyn Girl

20037.1

Baby, Baby, Baby

20155.6

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

20136.4

Lush

19995.0

The Sea Beast

20227.3

The Devil's Violinist

20136.6

The Quiet Ones

20145.1

The Boxtrolls

20146.7

The Weekend

19992.7

Coup!

2006

Poltergeist

20155.2

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

20117.1

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

20157.1

The Ghost of Richard Harris

20227.5

Nadja

19955.7

Natural Born Killers

19947.1

Reawakening

20246.3

I Don't Want to Be Your Love

2019

Fathers' Day

19975.5

Sylvia

20035.7

Certain Women

20166.0

The Clockmaker's Dream

2015

The Last Face

20175.5

Allied

20166.8

A House of Dynamite

20256.4

Happiness

19987.4

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

20087.6

32A

20076.1

Tales of the Black Freighter

20096.6

Gold In The Streets

19975.0

Cashback

20077.0

Ocean's Twelve

20046.6

Robert the Bruce

20195.5

Morbius

20225.9

Brave the Dark

20256.6

The Public Eye

19926.2

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed

20126.0

The Last of the Mohicans

19927.4

Perfume

20014.8

Angela's Christmas Wish

20206.4

Fuzzy Logic

Fuzzy Logic

19998.0

The Brink of War

20265.0

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse

20074.5

Violent Night 2

2026

The Price of Peace

The Price of Peace

What Happens at Night