Ed Harris
Acting
Born: Nov 28, 1950
From: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and director. 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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Day's Journey into Night | James Tyrone | 2025 | 10.0 |
| Appaloosa | Virgil Cole | 2008 | 6.6 |
| Gone Baby Gone | Remy Bressant | 2007 | 7.307 |
| National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Mitch Wilkinson | 2007 | 6.373 |
| Cleaner | Eddie Lorenzo | 2007 | 6.078 |
| Copying Beethoven | Ludwig van Beethoven | 2006 | 6.454 |
| A History of Violence | Carl Fogarty | 2005 | 7.162 |
| The Human Stain | Lester Farley | 2003 | 6.0 |
| Masked and Anonymous | Oscar Vogel | 2003 | 5.153 |
| The Hours | Richard Brown | 2002 | 7.252 |
| Buffalo Soldiers | Colonel Berman | 2002 | 6.296 |
| Enemy at the Gates | Major König | 2001 | 7.416 |
| A Beautiful Mind | William Parcher | 2001 | 7.855 |
| Stepmom | Luke Harrison | 1998 | 7.153 |
| Absolute Power | Seth Frank | 1997 | 6.663 |
| The Rock | Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, … | 1996 | 7.143 |
| Apollo 13 | Gene Kranz | 1995 | 7.455 |
| Nixon | E. Howard Hunt | 1995 | 6.858 |
| Just Cause | Blair Sullivan | 1995 | 6.266 |
| Milk Money | Tom Wheeler | 1994 | 6.395 |
| China Moon | Kyle Bodine | 1994 | 6.117 |
| Needful Things | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | 1993 | 6.25 |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | Dave Moss | 1992 | 7.328 |
| State of Grace | Frankie | 1990 | 6.947 |
| The Abyss | Virgil 'Bud' Brigman | 1989 | 7.3 |
| The Right Stuff | John Glenn | 1983 | 7.409 |
| Under Fire | Oates | 1983 | 6.677 |
| Knightriders | Billy | 1981 | 6.168 |
| Borderline | Hotchkiss | 1980 | 6.0 |
| The Amazing Howard Hughes | Russ | 1977 | 6.364 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1950 |
| From | Englewood, New Jersey, … |