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Ed Harris

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
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1950
FromEnglewood, New Jersey, …