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Jared Harris
Harris in December 2014
Born
Jared Francis Harris

(1961-08-24) 24 August 1961 (age 63)
Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
EducationDownside School
Duke University
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present
Spouse(s)
Jacqueline Goldenberg
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(m. 1989; div. 1990)​

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(m. 2005; div. 2010)​

Allegra Riggio
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(m. 2013)​
Parent(s)Richard Harris
Elizabeth Rees-Williams
RelativesDamian Harris (brother)
Jamie Harris (brother)
Annabelle Wallis (cousin)

Jared Francis Harris (born 24 August 1961) is a British actor, best known for his roles as Lane Pryce in the television drama series Mad Men, David Robert Jones in the science fiction series Fringe, King George VI in the historical series The Crown, Anderson Dawes on the science fiction series The Expanse and captain Francis Crozier in the AMC series The Terror. He has also had significant supporting roles in films such as Mr Deeds (2002), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Lincoln (2012), and Allied (2016).

Early life

Harris was born in Hammersmith, London, one of three sons of the Irish actor Richard Harris and his first wife, Welsh actress Elizabeth Rees-Williams.[1] His younger brother is actor Jamie Harris, his older brother is director Damian Harris,[2] and his maternal grandfather was politician David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore.

Education

Harris was educated at Ladycross, a former preparatory boarding independent school in the coastal town of Seaford in East Sussex, as were his brothers Jamie and Damian. He says, "They were famous for discipline, with cold showers every morning", and that "You were never known by your first name there. You were either called by your number, or your last name. Since there were three of us, Damian was 'Harris Ma' for major. I was 'Harris Mi' for minor, and Jamie was 'Harris Minimus,' being the youngest and the smallest".[3] He then went to Downside School, a Catholic boarding independent school in the village of Stratton-on-the-Fosse (near the market town of Shepton Mallet) in Somerset, in South West England,[3] followed by Duke University in the city of Durham, North Carolina, in the United States, where he earned a BFA degree in 1983.[citation needed]

Career

Harris began his film career as director of named Darkmoor (1983), an unfinished feature-length film for Duke University's Freewater Films. His first film appearance as an actor was in The Rachel Papers (1989). He played the role of the aged Will Robinson in the movie adaptation of the television series Lost in Space. Harris played Dr. Charles Ashford in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Benmont Tench in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man, and Kenneth Branagh's character's doppelgänger in How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog.

Other notable roles include King Henry VIII in the 2003 film adaptation of the novel The Other Boleyn Girl. He also portrayed Andy Warhol in I Shot Andy Warhol and John Lennon in the television movie Two of Us (2000). He played Vladimir in the black comedy drama film Happiness (1998), written and directed by Todd Solondz. He played the gruff Captain Anderson in the BBC2 adaptation of To the Ends of the Earth; Mac McGrath in the movie Mr. Deeds; Eamon Quinn on the FX series The Riches; and David Robert Jones on Fringe. One of his more recent film roles was Ulysses S. Grant in the Steven Spielberg-directed Lincoln.[4] He played Lane Pryce in Mad Men from 2009 until 2012 and returned to the series to direct the 11th episode of season 7, which aired in 2015. He also portrayed King George VI in the first season of The Crown. He played Captain Francis Crozier in the 2018 series The Terror, based on the Dan Simmons novel of the same name that provided a fictional account of the fate of Franklin's lost expedition. In November 2018, Harris was one of the first recipients of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's Louie Kamookak Medal, awarded "for making Canada's geography better known to Canadians and to the world", for his portrayal of Captain Crozier. Harris said that he was "gratified" that the series inspired curiosity about the real expedition, remarking, "It’s sort of fitting that history will recall that it was the RCGS that first recognized The Terror, and that we as the recipients walked in the footsteps of Louie Kamookak."[5]

In March 2019, Harris joined Jared Leto in Sony’s ‘Spider-Man’ spinoff ‘Morbius’.[6]

Personal life

Harris married Jacqueline Goldenberg in 1989; they divorced in the early 1990s.[7][8] On 16 July 2005, Harris married actress Emilia Fox,[9] daughter of actors Edward Fox and Joanna David, and filed for divorce in January 2009;[10] the divorce was finalised in June 2010. Harris married Allegra Riggio, a lighting designer and TV host, on 9 November 2013.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 The Rachel Papers Geoff
1992 Far and Away Paddy
1992 The Last of the Mohicans British Lieutenant
1992 The Public Eye Danny the Doorman
1994 Natural Born Killers London Boy
1994 Nadja Edgar
1995 Smoke Jimmy Rose
1995 Dead Man Benmont Tench
1995 Blue in the Face Jimmy Rose
1995 Tall Tale Head Thug Pug
1996 I Shot Andy Warhol Andy Warhol
1996 Gold in the Streets Owen
1997 Fathers' Day Lee
1997 Sunday Ray
1997 Chinese Box William
1997 White Lies Jacob Reese
1998 Happiness Vlad
1998 B. Monkey Alan Furnace
1998 Lost in Space Older Will Robinson
1998 Lulu on the Bridge Alvin Shine uncredited
1998 Trance Jim
1999 Lush W. Firmin Carter
1999 The Weekend John Kerr
2000 Bullfighter Jones
2000 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog False Peter
2000 Shadow Magic Raymond Wallace
2001 Perfume Michael
2002 Four Reasons Filmmaker
2002 Mr. Deeds Mac McGrath
2002 Igby Goes Down Russel
2002 Dummy Michael Foulicker
2003 Sylvia Al Alvarez
2003 I Love Your Work Yehud
2004 Ocean's Twelve Basher's Engineer
2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse Dr. Charles Ashford
2005 The Notorious Bettie Page John Willie
2006 Lady in the Water Goatee Smoker
2006 Cashback Alex Proud uncredited
2006 Cracked Eggs Joe Short film
2007 32A Ruth's Father
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Captain Mike Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2008 From Within Bernard Wilburn
2009 Tales of the Black Freighter Ridley Voice
2010 Extraordinary Measures Dr. Kent Webber
2010 The Ward Dr. Gerald Stringer
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Professor James Moriarty
2012 Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant
2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Hodge Starkweather
2013 The Devil's Violinist Urbani
2014 Pompeii Severus
2014 The Quiet Ones Professor Joseph Coupland
2014 The Boxtrolls Lord Charles Portley-Rind Voice
2015 Poltergeist Carrigan Burke[12]
2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Adrian Sanders
2016 Certain Women William Fuller
2016 The Last Face Dr. John Farber
2016 Allied Frank Heslop
2020 Morbius Morbius's mentor Filming
TBA Robert the Bruce John Comyn Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 New York Undercover Seth Baines Episode: "The Highest Bidder"
2000 Two of Us John Lennon Television movie
2003 Without a Trace Father Walker 2 episodes
2003 The Other Boleyn Girl King Henry VIII Television movie
2005 To the Ends of the Earth Captain Anderson 3 episodes
2006 Coup! Simon Mann Television movie
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Robert Morten Episode: "Svengali"
2007 The Shadow in the North Axel Bellmann Television movie
2008 The Riches Eamon Quinn 5 episodes
2008–2012 Fringe Dr. David Robert Jones 9 episodes
2009–2012 Mad Men Lane Pryce 26 episodes
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2011, 2013)
Directed episode "Time & Life"
2013 Axe Cop King of England Voice
Episode: "An American Story"
2015–2017 The Expanse Anderson Dawes 7 episodes
2016 Robot Chicken James Bond Villain Voice
Episode: "Joel Hurwitz Returns"
2016–2017 The Crown King George VI 6 episodes
Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series[13]
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2018 The Terror Francis Crozier[14] Miniseries; 10 episodes
2018 Animals. Mr. Budmeizner Voice
Episode: "Horses"
2019 Chernobyl Valery Legasov Miniseries
2019 Carnival Row Absalom Breakspear[15] Recurring

Plays

Year Production Role Venue Notes
1991 Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 Henry "Hotspur" Percy The Public Theater
1992 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Soranzo The Public Theater
1995 Ecstasy Len John Houseman Theater
1996 King Lear Edmund The Public Theater
2001 More Lies About Jerzy Jerzy Kosiński Vineyard Theatre
Hamlet Prince Hamlet Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
2003 Humble Boy Felix Humble Manhattan Theatre Club
2005 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Vicomte de Valmont Playhouse Theatre, London
2006 Period of Adjustment Ralph Bates Almeida Theatre

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. ^ Gilbert, Gerard (11 March 2012). "Mad about the boy: Jared Harris divulges a few secrets from the set of Mad Men". Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Tight genes: Richard Harris's son finds his theatrical 'Voice'". The Irish Echo. 1 July 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  4. ^ Boedeker, Hal (17 November 2012). "'Lincoln': Look at all those TV actors; did you love the surprise?". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Pope, Alexander (5 November 2018). "Actor Jared Harris awarded RCGS' Louie Kamookak Medal". Canadian Geographic. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (5 November 2018). "Jared Harris Joins Jared Leto In Sony's 'Spider-Man' Spinoff 'Morbius'". Canadian Geographic. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Person Page".
  8. ^ Maureen Paton (22 November 2003). "'Dad loved the anarchy that children bring'". Telegraph.co.uk.
  9. ^ "The Fox Club". Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  10. ^ The Curious Benjamin Button Divorce, TMZ.com, 13 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Jared Harris Marries Allegra Riggio". PEOPLE.com.
  12. ^ Jen Yamato. "Jared Harris Joins 'Poltergeist' Reboot". Deadline.
  13. ^ "Critics' Choice Television Awards: HBO Leads 22 Nominations". Indie Wire. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  14. ^ Stanhope, Kate (29 September 2016). "Jared Harris to Star in AMC Anthology Series 'The Terror'". THR. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  15. ^ Petski, Denise (12 October 2017). "'Carnival Row': Alice Krige & Jared Harris Set To Recur On Amazon's Fantasy Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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