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Jared Harris
London, England, UK
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 Wels…
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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.
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2026
Violent Night 2
Movie
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2026
The Brink of War
Movie Mikhail Gorbachev
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2025
A House of Dynamite
Movie Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
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2025
Brave the Dark
Movie Stan Deen
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2024
Reawakening
Movie John
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2024
Royal Kill List
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Movie Self
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2022
The Sea Beast
Movie Captain Crow (voice)
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2022
Morbius
Movie Dr. Emil Nicholas
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2021
Foundation
TV show Hari Seldon
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2021
The Beast Must Die
TV show George Rattery
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2020
Angela's Christmas Wish
Movie The Vet
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2019
Carnival Row
TV show Absalom Breakspear
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2019
Robert the Bruce
Movie John Comyn
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2019
Chernobyl
TV show Valery Legasov
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2018
The Terror
TV show Captain Francis Crozier
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2017
The Last Face
Movie Dr. Farber
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2016
Allied
Movie Frank Heslop
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2016
The Crown
TV show King George VI
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2016
Certain Women
Movie Fuller
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2015
The Expanse
TV show Anderson Dawes
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2015
Baby, Baby, Baby
Movie
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2015
The Clockmaker's Dream
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2015
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
TV show Bigfoot (voice)
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2015
New Looney Tunes
TV show Asteroid (voice)
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2015
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Movie Sanders
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2015
Poltergeist
Movie Carrigan Burke
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2014
The Men in Blazers Show
TV show Self
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2014
The Boxtrolls
Movie Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
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2014
The Quiet Ones
Movie Professor Coupland
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Pompeii
Movie Severus
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2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Movie Hodge Starkweather
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2013
The Devil's Violinist
Movie Urbani
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2012
Lincoln
Movie Ulysses S. Grant
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2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
Movie Himself - Professor James Moriarty
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2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Movie Professor James Moriarty
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2010
The Ward
Movie Dr. Stringer
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2010
Extraordinary Measures
Movie Docteur Kent Webber
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2009
Tales of the Black Freighter
Movie Ridley (voice)
