Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersIndependent Spirit AwardsWomen's History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Jared Harris(I)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Additional Crew
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,00055
Jared Harris
Take a closer look at the various roles Jared Harris has played throughout his acting career.
Play clip1:19
Jared Harris | Career Retrospective
99+ Videos
99+ Photos
Jared Francis Harris was born in London, England. He is the son of Irish actor Richard Harris and Welsh actress Elizabeth Harris (Elizabeth Rees), and brother of Damian Harris and Jamie Harris. Despite his lineage, Jared showed little interest in becoming an actor, until he was cast in a college production while attending North Carolina's Duke University (USA), where he studied drama and literature, in the early 1980s.

After graduation, Jared returned to the UK where he attended Central School of Speech and Drama and then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in Mark Rylance's "Hamlet", "Romeo & Juliet", "The Silent Woman" and "A Clockwork Orange". In 1989, he had his screen debut in The Rachel Papers (1989).

In 1990, while on vacation in New York, Jared auditioned for the role of Hotspur in "Henry IV, Part 1", which he played at the New York Shakespeare Festival following his brilliant course as an excellent theater artist in the off-Broadway play "Ecstasy", for which he was honored with an Obie Award in 1992.

Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, from his breakthrough role as Andy Warhol in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) and VH1's Two of Us (2000) where he portrayed John Lennon to Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and Lincoln (2012), Jared Harris expressed his unparalleled qualities as a sublime "chameleon" in a wide range of roles full of profoundness, intelligence and insights through his praised performances, among others, in The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), Smoke (1995), Happiness (1998), How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000), Igby Goes Down (2002), B. Monkey (1998), Shadow Magic (2000), Mr. Deeds (2002), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).

His tour-de-force mesmerizing, staggering and fascinating interpretations of substantial mastery, subtlety, charisma and generosity also include some of his finest precious gems on TV such as in The Other Boleyn Girl (2003), The Riches (2007), Fringe (2008), Mad Men (2007), The Crown (2016), The Terror (2018) and Chernobyl (2019).

Jared is married to Allegra Riggio, lauded intelligent lighting designer and accidental comedian.
BornAugust 24
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
BornAugust 24
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,00055
  • Unlock contact info on IMDbPro
  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
    • 14 wins & 27 nominations total

Jared Harris Admits He Cried During 'Legally Blonde 2'

Jared Harris Admits He Cried During 'Legally Blonde 2'

"Chernobyl" star Jared Harris takes our "Take 5" challenge, revealing the movie he thinks is basically perfect, the '80s hit he still hasn't seen, and more.
Watch now
Image caption not available
3:17

Photos229

Jared Harris in Chernobyl (2019)
Jared Harris in The Terror (2018)
Jared Harris and Claire Foy in The Crown (2016)
January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Jon Hamm, Jared Harris, Christina Hendricks, Vincent Kartheiser, Robert Morse, John Slattery, Rich Sommer, and Aaron Staton in Mad Men (2007)
Jared Harris at an event for The IMDb Show (2017)
Jared Harris and Allegra Riggio at an event for The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019)
Jared Harris in Foundation (2021)
Jared Harris and Lou Llobell in Foundation (2021)
Jared Harris in Foundation (2021)
Carrie-Anne Moss and Jared Harris in Pompeii (2014)
Jared Harris in Pompeii (2014)
Kiefer Sutherland and Jared Harris in Pompeii (2014)

Known for

Chernobyl (2019)
Chernobyl
9.4
TV Mini Series
  • Valery Legasov
The Terror (2018)
The Terror
7.9
TV Series
  • Francis Crozier
Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, and Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown (2016)
The Crown
8.6
TV Series
  • King George VI
Mad Men (2007)
Mad Men
8.7
TV Series
  • Lane Pryce

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actor

  • Brave the Dark
    • Stan Deen
    • Post-production
  • Rothko
    • Pre-production
  • Sherlock Holmes 3
    • Professor James Moriarty
    • Pre-production
  • Reawakening
    • Post-production
  • American Dad! (2005)
    American Dad!
    • Merlin (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Karl Urban and Zaris-Angel Hator in The Sea Beast (2022)
    The Sea Beast
    • Captain Crow (voice)
    • 2022
  • Jared Leto, Jared Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Matt Smith, and Adria Arjona in Morbius (2022)
    Morbius
    • Dr. Emil Nicholas
    • 2022
  • Leah Harvey in Foundation (2021)
    Foundation
    • Hari Seldon
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • The Beast Must Die (2021)
    The Beast Must Die
    • George Rattery
    • TV Series
    • 2020–2021
  • Robot Chicken (2001)
    Robot Chicken
    • Bond Villain
    • Father Blackwood
    • Mr. Weatherbee (voice) ...
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2021
  • Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)
    Angela's Christmas Wish
    • The Vet (voice)
    • 2020
  • New Looney Tunes (2015)
    New Looney Tunes
    • Asteroid (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Chloe Bale in Outside (2019)
    Outside
    • Max
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Carnival Row (2019)
    Carnival Row
    • Absalom Breakspear
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Angus Macfadyen in Robert the Bruce (2019)
    Robert the Bruce
    • John Comyn
    • 2019
  • Chernobyl (2019)
    Chernobyl
    • Valery Legasov
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Kelli Garner and Andrew Allan in I Don't Want to Be Your Love (2019)
    I Don't Want to Be Your Love
    • Man
    • Video
    • 2019
  • Animals. (2016)
    Animals.
    • Mr. Budmeizner (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • The Terror (2018)
    The Terror
    • Francis Crozier
    • TV Series
    • 2018

Director

  • Mad Men (2007)
    Mad Men
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2015

Additional Crew

  • Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001)
    Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
    • reader: book excerpts
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2001
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Star Siblings

Star Siblings

Take a look at some of our favorite celebrity siblings, including Kate and Rooney Mara, and Halle and Chloe Bailey.
See the gallery
[object Object]
Photos

Videos110

Cracked Eggs
Full Movie 12:34
Cracked Eggs
The Emmy-Nominated Jared Harris Takes Us Behind the Scenes of "Chernobyl"
Full Episode 2:57
The Emmy-Nominated Jared Harris Takes Us Behind the Scenes of "Chernobyl"
"Chernobyl" Star Jared Harris Has Never Seen 'Dirty Dancing'
Full Episode 3:17
"Chernobyl" Star Jared Harris Has Never Seen 'Dirty Dancing'
Jared Harris | Career Retrospective
Clip 1:19
Jared Harris | Career Retrospective
How "Carnival Row" Gets Lovecraft Right
Clip 3:47
How "Carnival Row" Gets Lovecraft Right
How "Chernobyl" Splits Atomic Facts from Fiction
Clip 3:38
How "Chernobyl" Splits Atomic Facts from Fiction
After Devastation of "Chernobyl," What to Watch Next
Clip 3:54
After Devastation of "Chernobyl," What to Watch Next
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clip 0:40
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clip 1:03
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clip 1:33
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clip 0:43
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clip 1:02
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Personal details

Edit
  • Official sites
    • Facebook Fan Page
    • Instagram Page
  • Height
    • 5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • August 24
    • London, England, UK
  • Spouses
      Allegra RiggioNovember 9, 2013 - present
  • Parents
      Elizabeth Rees
  • Relatives
      Jamie Harris(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Played "Jerzy Lesnewski" in the play "More Lies About Jerzy" by Davey Holmes.

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    When asked what he was most proud of in his career, he answered with Mad Men (2007), The Crown (2016) and The Terror (2018) (in later interviews Harris also includes Chernobyl (2019)), saying he might give the edge to Mad Men (2007). Conversely, he has disavowed his involvement in Lost in Space (1998) because his voice was dubbed by another actor.
  • Quotes
    I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.
  • Trademark
      Raspy voice
  • Nickname
    • Hot Buns

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.