Ed Harris profile
Actor profile

Ed Harris

28th November 1950 Englewood, New Jersey, USA Acting

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 for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

113 Movies 35 TV Shows 154 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Geostorm poster
Geostorm 12th October 2017 as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom
Sweetwater poster
Sweetwater 9th October 2013 as Sheriff Cornelius Jackson
Gravity poster
Gravity 3rd October 2013 as Mission Control (voice)
Virginia poster
Virginia 18th May 2010 as Sheriff Dick Tipton
Cleaner poster
Cleaner 11th September 2007 as Eddie Lorenzo
Radio poster
Radio 24th October 2003 as Coach Jones
Pollock poster
Pollock 6th September 2000 as Jackson Pollock
Stepmom poster
Stepmom 25th December 1998 as Luke Harrison
The Rock poster
The Rock 7th June 1996 as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
Nixon poster
Nixon 22nd December 1995 as E. Howard Hunt
Jacknife poster
Jacknife 5th October 1989 as David 'High School' Flannigan
The Abyss poster
The Abyss 9th August 1989 as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Walker poster
Walker 4th December 1987 as William Walker
Creepshow poster
Creepshow 10th November 1982 as Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
Coma poster
Coma 6th January 1978 as Pathology Resident
Baseball poster
Baseball 18th September 1994 as Various (voice)
The Stand poster
The Stand 8th May 1994 as General Starkey (uncredited)
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Frasier 16th September 1993 as Rob (voice)
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CHiPs 15th September 1977 as Lonny