Acting · London, England, UK · Born August 24, 1961
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.
MovieViolent Night 2
2026
MovieThe Brink of War
2026
as Mikhail Gorbachev
MovieA House of Dynamite
2025
as Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
MovieBrave the Dark
2025
as Stan Deen
MovieReawakening
2024
as John
TVRoyal Kill List
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
as Self
MovieThe Sea Beast
2022
as Captain Crow (voice)
MovieMorbius
2022
as Dr. Emil Nicholas
TVFoundation
2021
as Hari Seldon
TVThe Beast Must Die
2021
as George Rattery
MovieAngela's Christmas Wish
2020
as The Vet
TVCarnival Row
2019
as Absalom Breakspear
MovieRobert the Bruce
2019
as John Comyn
TVChernobyl
2019
as Valery Legasov
MovieI Don't Want to Be Your Love
2019
as Ill Man
TVThe Terror
2018
as Captain Francis Crozier
MovieThe Last Face
2017
as Dr. Farber
MovieAllied
2016
as Frank Heslop
TVThe Crown
2016
as King George VI
MovieCertain Women
2016
as Fuller
TVThe Expanse
2015
as Anderson Dawes
MovieBaby, Baby, Baby
2015
MovieThe Clockmaker's Dream
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2015
as Bigfoot (voice)
TVNew Looney Tunes
2015
as Asteroid (voice)
MovieThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
as Sanders
MoviePoltergeist
2015
as Carrigan Burke
TVThe Men in Blazers Show
2014
as Self
MovieThe Boxtrolls
2014
as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
MovieThe Quiet Ones
2014
as Professor Coupland
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
MoviePompeii
2014
as Severus
MovieThe Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
as Hodge Starkweather
MovieThe Devil's Violinist
2013
as Urbani
MovieLincoln
2012
as Ulysses S. Grant
MovieSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
2012
as Himself - Professor James Moriarty
MovieSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
as Professor James Moriarty
MovieThe Ward
2010
as Dr. Stringer
MovieExtraordinary Measures
2010
as Docteur Kent Webber
MovieTales of the Black Freighter
2009
as Ridley (voice)
MovieThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
as Captain Mike
TVFringe
2008
as David Robert Jones
MovieFrom Within
2008
as Bernard
MovieResident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
2007
as Self
MovieThe Shadow in the North
2007
as Axel Bellmann
TVMad Men
2007
as Lane Pryce
Movie32A
2007
as Ruth's Father
TVThe Riches
2007
MovieCashback
2007
as Alex Proud
MovieLady in the Water
2006
as Goatee Smoker
MovieCoup!
2006
as Simon Mann
MovieThe Notorious Bettie Page
2006
as John Willie
TVTo the Ends of the Earth
2005
as Captain Anderson
TVRobot Chicken
2005
as Mr. Weatherbee (voice)
MovieOcean's Twelve
2004
as Basher's Engineer
MovieResident Evil: Apocalypse
2004
as Dr. Ashford
MovieSylvia
2003
as Al Alvarez
MovieI Love Your Work
2003
as Yehud
MovieThe Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as Henry VIII
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Father Walker
MovieIgby Goes Down
2002
as Russel
MovieDummy
2002
as Michael Foulicker
MovieMr. Deeds
2002
as Mac McGrath
MovieHow to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
2002
as False Peter
MoviePerfume
2001
as Anthony
MovieBullfighter
2000
as Jones
MovieShadow Magic
2000
as Raymond
MovieTwo of Us
2000
as John Lennon
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Robert Morten
MovieB. Monkey
1999
as Alan Furnace
MovieThe Weekend
1999
as John Kerr
Fuzzy Logic
1999
as Fuzzy
MovieLush
1999
as W. Firmin Carter
MovieHappiness
1998
as Vlad
MovieThe Eternal
1998
as Jim
MovieLost in Space
1998
as Older Will Robinson
MovieChinese Box
1997
as William
MovieFathers' Day
1997
as Lee
MovieSunday
1997
as Ray
MovieWhite Lies
1997
as Jacob Reese
MovieGold In The Streets
1997
as Owen
MovieI Shot Andy Warhol
1996
as Andy Warhol
MovieDead Man
1995
as Benmont Tench
MovieBlue in the Face
1995
as Jimmy Rose
MovieNadja
1995
as Edgar
MovieSmoke
1995
as Jimmy Rose
MovieTall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
as Head Thug Pug
TVNew York Undercover
1994
as Seth Baines
MovieNatural Born Killers
1994
as London Boy
MovieThe Public Eye
1992
as Danny the Doorman
MovieThe Last of the Mohicans
1992
as British Lieutenant
MovieFar and Away
1992
as Paddy Donnelly
MovieWomen & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991
as Joey Patrick
MovieThe Rachel Papers
1989
as Geoff
The Price of Peace
as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
MovieWhat Happens at Night
TVThe George Lucas Talk Show: Live
as Self
