Jared Harris

Known for ActingBorn 1961-08-24 (age 64)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Chernobyl

The Crown

Royal Kill List

The Expanse

Mad Men

Fringe

Fuzzy Logic

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Foundation

Carnival Row

The Ghost of Richard Harris

Robot Chicken

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Terror

The Sea Beast

Happiness

The Last of the Mohicans

Without a Trace

Dead Man

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

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

New Looney Tunes

New York Undercover

The Other Boleyn Girl

Smoke

Cashback

Natural Born Killers

The Riches

Lincoln

Allied

Brave the Dark

The Boxtrolls

Tales of the Black Freighter

The Devil's Violinist

Far and Away

The Shadow in the North

A House of Dynamite

The Beast Must Die

The Men in Blazers Show

Igby Goes Down

Ocean's Twelve

Angela's Christmas Wish

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Reawakening

Blue in the Face

Extraordinary Measures

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

The Notorious Bettie Page