Jared Harris
Jared Harris
Biography
Jared Francis Harris 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 AMC television series Mad Men. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance. Harris has also had notable roles in television series such as Fringe, The Crown, and The Expanse. In 2019, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance as Valery Legasov in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. 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.
Known For
Actor
as Professor James Moriarty
as Mikhail Gorbachev
as Mikhail Gorbachev
as Stan Deen
as John
as Narrator
as Self
as Captain Crow (voice)
as Dr. Emil Nicholas
as Hari Seldon
as George Rattery
as The Vet
as John Comyn
as Ill Man
as Absalom Breakspear
as Valery Legasov
as Captain Francis Crozier
as Dr. Farber
as Fuller
as Frank Heslop
as King George VI
as Narrator (voice)
as Sanders
as Carrigan Burke
as Anderson Dawes
as Bigfoot (voice)
as Asteroid (voice)
as Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
as Professor Coupland
as Severus
as Self
as Self
as Hodge Starkweather
as Urbani
as Ulysses S. Grant
as Himself - Professor James Moriarty
as Professor James Moriarty
as Dr. Stringer
as Docteur Kent Webber
as Ridley (voice)
as Captain Mike
as Bernard
as David Robert Jones
as Axel Bellmann
as Ruth's Father
as Alex Proud
as Lane Pryce
as Goatee Smoker
as Simon Mann
as John Willie
as Captain Anderson
as Mr. Weatherbee (voice)
as Basher's Engineer
as Dr. Ashford
as Al Alvarez
as Yehud
as Henry VIII
as Russel
as Michael Foulicker
as Mac McGrath
as False Peter
as Father Walker
as Anthony
as Jones
as Raymond
as John Lennon
as Alan Furnace
as John Kerr
as Fuzzy
as W. Firmin Carter
as Robert Morten
as Vlad
as Jim
as Older Will Robinson
as William
as Lee
as Ray
as Jacob Reese
as Owen
as Andy Warhol
as Benmont Tench
as Jimmy Rose
as Jimmy Rose
as Head Thug Pug
as Edgar
as London Boy
as Seth Baines
as Danny the Doorman
as British Lieutenant
as Paddy Donnelly
as Joey Patrick
as Geoff
Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director