Cast & creator
Jared Harris
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Fringe
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.
Also known as: Jared Francis Harris
77
film credits
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television credits
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1989–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (99)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Robert Morten
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Fringe
David Robert Jones
2008
Mad Men
Lane Pryce
2007Mad Men
Director
2007
Without a Trace
Father Walker
2002
The Expanse
Anderson Dawes
2015
New Looney Tunes
Asteroid (voice)
2015
Robot Chicken
Mr. Weatherbee (voice)
2005
The Crown
King George VI
2016
Foundation
Hari Seldon
2021
Chernobyl
Valery Legasov
2019
New York Undercover
Seth Baines
1994
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Bigfoot (voice)
2015
Carnival Row
Absalom Breakspear
2019
The Terror
Captain Francis Crozier
2018
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Captain Mike
2008
Ocean's Twelve
Basher's Engineer
2004
The Sea Beast
Captain Crow (voice)
2022
The Boxtrolls
Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
2014
A House of Dynamite
Secretary of Defense Reid Baker
2025
The Men in Blazers Show
Self
2014
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Dr. Ashford
2004
The Riches
2007
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sanders
2015
Far and Away
Paddy Donnelly
1992
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Hodge Starkweather
2013
Natural Born Killers
London Boy
1994
Allied
Frank Heslop
2016
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Professor James Moriarty
2011
The Last of the Mohicans
British Lieutenant
1992
Lost in Space
Older Will Robinson
1998
Mr. Deeds
Mac McGrath
2002
Morbius
Dr. Emil Nicholas
2022
Poltergeist
Carrigan Burke
2015
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
Self
The Brink of War
Mikhail Gorbachev
2026
Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
2012
Lady in the Water
Goatee Smoker
2006
Pompeii
Severus
2014
Violent Night 2
2026
Cashback
Alex Proud
2007
To the Ends of the Earth
Captain Anderson
2005
The Last Face
Dr. Farber
2017
The Beast Must Die
George Rattery
2021
Extraordinary Measures
Docteur Kent Webber
2010
Dead Man
Benmont Tench
1995
Certain Women
Fuller
2016
Robert the Bruce
John Comyn
2019
Happiness
Vlad
1998
The Quiet Ones
Professor Coupland
2014
The Notorious Bettie Page
John Willie
2006
Smoke
Jimmy Rose
1995
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Head Thug Pug
1995
Fathers' Day
Lee
1997
The Ward
Dr. Stringer
2010
Blue in the Face
Jimmy Rose
1995
The Public Eye
Danny the Doorman
1992
The Rachel Papers
Geoff
1989
The Other Boleyn Girl
Henry VIII
2003
Tales of the Black Freighter
Ridley (voice)
2009
Chinese Box
William
1997
I Shot Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
1996
Angela's Christmas Wish
The Vet
2020
From Within
Bernard
2008
Igby Goes Down
Russel
2002
Brave the Dark
Stan Deen
2025
B. Monkey
Alan Furnace
1999
The Eternal
Jim
1998
I Love Your Work
Yehud
2003
Reawakening
John
2024Reawakening
Executive Producer
2024
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
2022
The Devil's Violinist
Urbani
2013
What Happens at Night
Perfume
Anthony
2001
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
False Peter
2002
Sylvia
Al Alvarez
2003
The Weekend
John Kerr
1999
Nadja
Edgar
1995
Royal Kill List
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Two of Us
John Lennon
2000
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Joey Patrick (segment 'Return to Kansas City')
1991
The Shadow in the North
Axel Bellmann
2007
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
Self
2007
Coup!
Simon Mann
2006
Dummy
Michael Foulicker
2002
Bullfighter
Jones
2000The Price of Peace
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
The Clockmaker's Dream
Narrator (voice)
2015
Gold In The Streets
Owen
1997
White Lies
Jacob Reese
1997
Lush
W. Firmin Carter
1999
32A
Ruth's Father
2007
Shadow Magic
Raymond
2000
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
Himself - Professor James Moriarty
2012
Sunday
Ray
1997Fuzzy Logic
Fuzzy
1999