Jared Harris

Jared Harris Biography

Jared Francis Harris (born 24 August 1961) is a British actor, best known for his roles as Lane Pryce on the AMC series Mad Men and David Robert Jones on the Fox science-fiction series Fringe, besides his work in films like The Rachel Papers, Lost in Space, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog, Happiness, Mr. Deeds, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and Lincoln.

Personal life

Harris was born in London, one of three sons of late Irish actor Richard Harris and his first wife, Welsh actress Elizabeth Rees-Williams. His younger brother is actor Jamie Harris, and his older one director Damian Harris. His maternal grandfather was politician David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore. From 1971 to 1975, actor Rex Harrison was married to his mother. His stepmother was actress Ann Turkel. He earned a BFA from Duke University in 1983.

On 16 July 2005, Harris married actress Emilia Fox, daughter of actors Edward Fox and Joanna David. He filed for divorce from Fox in January 2009. The divorce was finalised in June 2010. Harris is engaged to Allegra Riggio, a lighting designer and TV host.

Career

Harris began his film career as director of an unfinished feature length film for Duke University's Freewater Films named Darkmoor in 1983. His first film appearance as an actor was in The Rachel Papers in 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 first 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. In 1998 he played Vladimir in the black comedy drama film Happiness 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. His most recent film role is Ulysses S. Grant in the Steven Spielberg-directed Lincoln. He played Lane Pryce in Mad Men from 2009 until 2012.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	The Rachel Papers	Geoff
1992	Far and Away	Paddy
	The Last of the Mohicans	British Lieutenant
	The Public Eye	Danny the Doorman
1994	Natural Born Killers	London Boy
1994	Nadja	Edgar
1995	Smoke	Jimmy Rose
	Dead Man	Benmont Tench
	Blue in the Face	Jimmy Rose
	Tall Tale	Head Thug Pug
1996	I Shot Andy Warhol	Andy Warhol
1996	Gold in the Streets	Owen
1997	Fathers' Day	Lee
	Sunday	Ray
	Chinese Box	William
	White Lies	Jacob Reese
1998	Happiness	Vlad
	B. Monkey	Alan Furnace
	Lost in Space	Older Will Robinson
	Lulu on the Bridge	Alvin Shine	Uncredited
	Trance	Jim	Won " Sitges Film Festival: Best Actor Award
1999	Lush	W. Firmin Carter
1999	The Weekend	John Kerr	Won " Seattle International Film Festival: New American Cinema Award for Citation of Excellence for Ensemble Cast Performance
2000	Bullfighter	Jones
	How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog	False Peter
	Shadow Magic	Raymond Wallace
	Two of Us	John Lennon	TV
2001	Perfume	Michael
2002	Four Reasons	Filmmaker
	Mr. Deeds	Mac McGrath
	Igby Goes Down	Russel
	Dummy	Michael
2003	Without a Trace	Father Walker	2 episodes: A Tree Falls, Revelations
	Sylvia	Al Alvarez
	I Love Your Work	Yehud
	The Other Boleyn Girl	Henry VIII	TV
2004	Ocean's Twelve	Basher's Engineer
2004	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Dr. Ashford
2005	The Notorious Bettie Page	John Willie
2005	To the Ends of the Earth	Captain Anderson
2006	Lady in the Water	Goatee Smoker
	Coup!	Simon Mann
	Cashback	Alex Proud	Uncredited
	Cracked Eggs	Joe
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Robert Morten	TV Series; 1 episode: Svengali
	The Shadow in the North	Axel Bellmann
	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
	The Riches	Eamon Quinn	TV Series: 5 episodes
	From Within	Bernard
2008, 2009, 2012	Fringe	Dr. David Robert Jones	TV Series: 9 episodes
2009"2012	Mad Men	Lane Pryce	TV Series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (Won 2010, Nominated 2011, Pending 2012) Nominated " Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2012)
2009	Tales of the Black Freighter	Ridley	Voice
2010	Extraordinary Measures	Dr. Kent Webber
2010	The Ward	Dr. Stringer
2011	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Professor Moriarty
2012	Lincoln	Ulysses S. Grant	Nominated " Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2013	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones	Hodge Starkweather
2013	Paganini: The Devil's Violinist	Urbani	filming
2014	The Quiet Ones	Professor Coupland	post-production
2014	Pompeii
2014	The Boxtrolls
TBA	Poltergeist	Carrington	pre-production

Plays

Year	Production	Role	Venue
1991	Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2	Hotspur	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 Kosinski	Vineyard Theater
2001	Hamlet	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

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