25 Facts About Jared Harris

Jared Francis Harris was born on 24 August 1961 and is a British actor.

Jared Harris's roles include Lane Pryce in the drama series Mad Men, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series; King George VI in the historical drama series The Crown ; and Valery Legasov in the miniseries Chernobyl, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.

Jared Harris is known for his significant supporting roles in films such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and Hari Seldon, a leading character in the science fiction series Foundation.

Jared Harris was born on 24 August 1961 in Hammersmith, London, the second of three sons of Irish actor Richard Jared Harris and his first wife, Welsh actress Elizabeth Rees-Williams.

Jared Harris was educated at Ladycross School, a former preparatory boarding independent school in the coastal town of Seaford in East Sussex, as were his brothers Jamie and Damian.

Jared Harris then attended Downside School, a Catholic boarding independent school in the village of Stratton-on-the-Fosse in Somerset, in South West England.

Jared Harris went on to Duke University in the US, graduating in 1984 with a BFA in drama, then returned to England to train as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1989.

Jared Harris began his film career directing Darkmoor, an unfinished feature-length film for Duke University's Freewater Films.

Jared Harris took minor roles in films such as the western romance Far and Away, the historical epic The Last of the Mohicans, and the crime drama Natural Born Killers.

Jared Harris took the role of Benmont Tench in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man.

Jared Harris portrayed the role of the aged Will Robinson in the 1998 movie adaptation of the television series Lost in Space.

Jared Harris portrayed Kenneth Branagh's character's doppelganger in How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog.

Jared Harris portrayed Dr Charles Ashford in Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

Jared Harris portrayed 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.

Jared Harris gained widespread fame for his portrayal of Lane Pryce in the AMC period drama series Mad Men from 2009 until 2012.

Jared Harris was apparently logical and keenly stoic, keeping calm and carrying on when Sterling Cooper broke up and its successor nearly went under.

Jared Harris returned to the series to direct the 11th episode of season 7, which aired in 2015.

Jared Harris portrayed Ulysses S Grant in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed historical drama film Lincoln.

Jared Harris received nominations for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series.

Jared Harris portrayed 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, Jared 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.

In 2019, Jared Harris portrayed Valery Legasov in the acclaimed miniseries Chernobyl, which revolves around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the cleanup efforts that followed.

Jared Harris plays the developer of psychohistory Hari Seldon in the Foundation television series produced for Apple TV+ which premiered in September 2021.

Jared Harris married Jacqueline Goldenberg in 1989 and they divorced three years later.

Jared Harris married actress Emilia Fox, the daughter of actors Edward Fox and Joanna David, on 16 July 2005.