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Ed Harris

Ed Harris

Acting

Born: November 28, 1950Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. His performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), Pollock (2000), and The Hours (2002) earned him critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations. Harris has appeared in numerous leading and supporting roles, including in Creepshow (1982), The Right Stuff (1983), Under Fire (1983), Places in the Heart (1984), The Abyss (1989), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Firm (1993), Nixon (1995), The Rock (1996), Stepmom (1998), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Radio (2003), A History of Violence (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), Snowpiercer (2013), Mother! (2017), The Lost Daughter (2021), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). In addition to directing Pollock, Harris directed the Western film Appaloosa (2008). In television, Harris is notable for his roles as Miles Roby in the miniseries Empire Falls (2005) and as United States Senator John McCain in the television movie Game Change (2012); the latter earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He starred as the Man in Black in the HBO science fiction-Western series Westworld (2016–2022), for which he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Known For
Filmography
The Dink

The Dink

Chuck Boyd

2026
How to Make a Killing

How to Make a Killing

Whitelaw Redfellow

2026
Riff Raff

Riff Raff

Vince

2025
Long Day's Journey into Night

Long Day's Journey into Night

James Tyrone

2025
Concrete

Concrete

Boris

2024
My Dead Friend Zoe

My Dead Friend Zoe

Dale

2024
Love Lies Bleeding

Love Lies Bleeding

Lou Sr.

2024
Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea

Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea

H.C. Westermann

2023
Downtown Owl

Downtown Owl

Horace Jones

2023
Get Away If You Can

Get Away If You Can

Alan

2022
Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain

2022
The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter

Lyle

2021
Resistance

Resistance

George S. Patton

2020
The Last Full Measure

The Last Full Measure

Ray Mott

2020
A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

Sam Vaughn

2018
Geostorm

Geostorm

U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom

2017
mother!

mother!

Man

2017
Kodachrome

Kodachrome

Benjamin Ryder

2017
Buried Child

Buried Child

Dodge

2016
Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply

Mr. Bransford

2016
In Dubious Battle

In Dubious Battle

Joy

2016
The Adderall Diaries

The Adderall Diaries

Neil Elliott

2016

Return to the Philippines, the Leon Cooper Story

Narrator

2015
Run All Night

Run All Night

Shawn Maguire

2015
Cymbeline

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

2014
Frontera

Frontera

Roy

2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Blade Ranger (voice)

2014
The Face of Love

The Face of Love

Garret Mathis / Tom Young

2013
Sweetwater

Sweetwater

Sheriff Cornelius Jackson

2013
Gravity

Gravity

Mission Control (voice)

2013
Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer

Wilford

2013
Pain & Gain

Pain & Gain

Ed DuBois

2013
Phantom

Phantom

Demi

2013
Game Change

Game Change

John McCain

2012
Man on a Ledge

Man on a Ledge

David Englander

2012
Salvation Boulevard

Salvation Boulevard

Dr. Paul Blaylock

2011
That's What I Am

That's What I Am

Mr. Simon

2011
The Way Back

The Way Back

Mr. Smith

2010
Once Fallen

Once Fallen

Liam

2010
Virginia

Virginia

Sheriff Dick Tipton

2010
Appaloosa

Appaloosa

Virgil Cole

2008
Touching Home

Touching Home

Charlie Winston

2008
Dispatches from Nicaragua

Dispatches from Nicaragua

Himself

2008
National Treasure: Book of Secrets

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Mitch Wilkinson

2007
Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'

Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'

Self

2007
Gone Baby Gone

Gone Baby Gone

Remy Bressant

2007
Cleaner

Cleaner

Eddie Lorenzo

2007
America's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphins

America's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphins

Self - Narrator

2007
Copying Beethoven

Copying Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

2006
The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide

U.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice)

2006
Two Tickets to Paradise

Two Tickets to Paradise

Melville

2006
The Oklahoma Heisman

The Oklahoma Heisman

Narrator

2006
Winter Passing

Winter Passing

Don Holden

2006
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

Narrator (voice)

2005
A History of Violence

A History of Violence

Carl Fogarty

2005
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'

How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'

Self

2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Other Voices (voice)

2004
The Human Stain

The Human Stain

Lester Farley

2003
Radio

Radio

Coach Jones

2003
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

Narrator

2003
Masked and Anonymous

Masked and Anonymous

Oscar Vogel

2003
Realizing The Right Stuff

Realizing The Right Stuff

Self

2003
The Hours

The Hours

Richard Brown

2002
Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

Colonel Berman

2002
Just a Dream

Just a Dream

Henry Sturbuck (voice)

2002
A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

William Parcher

2001
The Prime Gig

The Prime Gig

Kelly Grant

2001
Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

Major König

2001
Pollock

Pollock

Jackson Pollock

2000
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Jerry Charmichael

2000
The Third Miracle

The Third Miracle

Frank Shore

1999

Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island

Himself

1999
Stepmom

Stepmom

Luke Harrison

1998
Junket Whore

Junket Whore

Self

1998
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

Self

1998
The Truman Show

The Truman Show

Christof

1998

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

Christof

1998
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Self

1997
Absolute Power

Absolute Power

Seth Frank

1997
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Sam Peckinpah (Voice)

1996
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

Self

1996
The Rock

The Rock

Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

1996
Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage

Jim Lassiter

1996
Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye

Mack McCann

1996
Nixon

Nixon

E. Howard Hunt

1995
Apollo 13

Apollo 13

Gene Kranz

1995
Just Cause

Just Cause

Blair Sullivan

1995
Milk Money

Milk Money

Tom Wheeler

1994
China Moon

China Moon

Kyle Bodine

1994
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'

Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'

Self

1993
Needful Things

Needful Things

Sheriff Alan Pangborn

1993
The Firm

The Firm

Wayne Tarrance

1993
Running Mates

Running Mates

Hugh Hathaway

1992
Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

Dave Moss

1992
Paris Trout

Paris Trout

Harry Seagraves

1991
State of Grace

State of Grace

Frankie

1990
Jacknife

Jacknife

David 'High School' Flannigan

1989
The Abyss

The Abyss

Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

1989
To Kill a Priest

To Kill a Priest

Stefan

1988
Walker

Walker

William Walker

1987
The Last Innocent Man

The Last Innocent Man

Harry Nash

1987
Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

Charlie Dick

1985
Code Name: Emerald

Code Name: Emerald

Gus Lang

1985
Alamo Bay

Alamo Bay

Shang

1985
A Flash of Green

A Flash of Green

Jimmy Wing

1984
Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart

Wayne Lomax

1984
Swing Shift

Swing Shift

Jack Walsh

1984
Under Fire

Under Fire

Oates

1983
The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

John Glenn

1983
Creepshow

Creepshow

Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")

1982

Dream on!

1981
Knightriders

Knightriders

Billy

1981
Borderline

Borderline

Hotchkiss

1980
The Aliens Are Coming

The Aliens Are Coming

Chuck Polcheck

1980
Coma

Coma

Pathology Resident

1978
The Amazing Howard Hughes

The Amazing Howard Hughes

Russ

1977