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.
1999 • TV
2014 • TV
2007 • TV
2008 • TV
2013 • Movie
2015 • Movie
as Hodge Starkweather
as Sanders
as Mac McGrath
as Ulysses S. Grant
as London Boy
as Docteur Kent Webber
as Professor James Moriarty
as Russel
as John Kerr
as Severus
as Dr. Ashford
as Jimmy Rose
as Carrigan Burke
as John Lennon
as Older Will Robinson
as Henry VIII
as Jimmy Rose
as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
as Captain Crow (voice)
as William
Executive Producer
as Robert Morten
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Lane Pryce
35 episodes
as David Robert Jones
9 episodes
as King George VI
6 episodes
as Anderson Dawes
6 episodes
as Valery Legasov
5 episodes
as Hari Seldon
30 episodes
as Mr. Weatherbee (voice)
1 episodes
as Father Walker
2 episodes
as Asteroid (voice)
4 episodes
as Absalom Breakspear
8 episodes
as Captain Francis Crozier
10 episodes
as Seth Baines
1 episodes
as Bigfoot (voice)
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
4 episodes
as Captain Anderson
3 episodes
as George Rattery
5 episodes
as Narrator
3 episodes
Director
