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 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
A House of Dynamite
2025
Brave the Dark
Stan Deen
2025
Reawakening
John
2024
Royal Kill List
Narrator · (3 episodes)
2024
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
2022
The Sea Beast
Captain Crow (voice)
2022
Morbius
Dr. Emil Nicholas
2022
Foundation
Hari Seldon · (30 episodes)
2021
The Beast Must Die
George Rattery · (5 episodes)
2021
Angela's Christmas Wish
The Vet
2020
Carnival Row
Absalom Breakspear · (8 episodes)
2019
Robert the Bruce
John Comyn
2019
Chernobyl
Valery Legasov · (5 episodes)
2019
I Don't Want to Be Your Love
Ill Man
2019
The Terror
Captain Francis Crozier · (10 episodes)
2018
The Last Face
Dr. Farber
2017
The Crown
King George VI · (6 episodes)
2016
Certain Women
Fuller
2016
Allied
Frank Heslop
2016
The Expanse
Anderson Dawes · (6 episodes)
2015
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
The Clockmaker's Dream
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Bigfoot (voice) · (1 episode)
2015
Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production
Asteroid (voice) · (4 episodes)
2015
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sanders
2015
Poltergeist
Carrigan Burke
2015
The Men In Blazers Show
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Boxtrolls
Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
2014
The Quiet Ones
Professor Coupland
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Pompeii
Severus
2014
El violinista del diablo
Urbani
2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Hodge Starkweather
2013
The Devil's Violinist
Urbani
2013
Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Moriarty's Master Plan Unleashed
Himself - Professor James Moriarty
2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Professor James Moriarty
2011
The Ward
Dr. Stringer
2010
Extraordinary Measures
Docteur Kent Webber
2010
Tales of the Black Freighter
Ridley (voice)
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Captain Mike
2008
Fringe
David Robert Jones · (9 episodes)
2008
From Within
Bernard
2008
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
Self
2007
The Shadow in the North
Axel Bellmann
2007
Mad Men
Lane Pryce · (35 episodes)
2007
32A
Ruth's Father
2007
The Riches
(4 episodes)
2007
Cashback
Alex Proud
2007
Lady in the Water
Goatee Smoker
2006
Coup!
Simon Mann
2006
The Notorious Bettie Page
John Willie
2005
To the Ends of the Earth
Captain Anderson · (3 episodes)
2005
Robot Chicken
Mr. Weatherbee (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
Ocean's Twelve
Basher's Engineer
2004
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Dr. Ashford
2004
Sylvia
Al Alvarez
2003
I Love Your Work
Yehud
2003
The Other Boleyn Girl
Henry VIII
2003
Without a Trace
Father Walker · (2 episodes)
2002
Igby Goes Down
Russel
2002
Dummy
Michael Foulicker
2002
Mr. Deeds
Mac McGrath
2002
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
False Peter
2002
Perfume
Anthony
2001
Bullfighter
Jones
2000
Shadow Magic
Raymond
2000
Two of Us
John Lennon
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Robert Morten · (1 episode)
1999
B. Monkey
Alan Furnace
1999
The Weekend
John Kerr
1999
Fuzzy Logic
Fuzzy
1999
Lush
W. Firmin Carter
1999
Happiness
Vlad
1998
The Eternal
Jim
1998
Lost in Space
Older Will Robinson
1998
Chinese Box
William
1997
Fathers' Day
Lee
1997
Sunday
Ray
1997
White Lies
Jacob Reese
1997
Gold In The Streets
Owen
1997
I Shot Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
1996
Dead Man
Benmont Tench
1995
Blue in the Face
Jimmy Rose
1995
Nadja
Edgar
1995
Smoke
Jimmy Rose
1995
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Head Thug Pug
1995
Natural Born Killers
London Boy
1994
The Public Eye
Danny the Doorman
1992
The Last of the Mohicans
British Lieutenant
1992
Far and Away
Paddy Donnelly
1992
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Joey Patrick
1991
Reykjavik
Mikhail Gorbachev
Sherlock Holmes 3
Professor James Moriarty
New York Undercover
Seth Baines · (1 episode)
1994
The Rachel Papers
Geoff
1989