
Acting
Ed Harris
Born November 28, 1950 · Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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 for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Known for

8.2
The Truman Show
Christof

7.7
Gravity
Mission Control (voice)

8.2
Top Gun: Maverick
Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain

8.2
A Beautiful Mind
William Parcher

6.9 TMDB
Snowpiercer
Wilford

6.9 TMDB
mother!
Man

8.0 TMDB
Westworld
Man in Black

7.7
Apollo 13
Gene Kranz

6.4 TMDB
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Mitch Wilkinson

7.4
The Rock
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

6.1 TMDB
Geostorm
Leonard Dekkom

6.3 TMDB
Pain & Gain
Ed DuBois

7.3 TMDB
Gone Baby Gone
Remy Bressant

7.4 TMDB
Enemy at the Gates
Major König

7.4
A History of Violence
Carl Fogarty

7.4 TMDB
The Abyss
Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

6.4 TMDB
Run All Night
Shawn Maguire

6.4 TMDB
Man on a Ledge
David Englander

6.8 TMDB
The Firm
Wayne Tarrance

7.2 TMDB
The Hours
Richard Brown
Filmography
- 2026The DinkChuck BoydMovie
- 2026Dutton RanchEverett McKinneySeries
- 2026How to Make a KillingWhitelaw RedfellowMovie
- 2025Riff RaffVinceMovie
- 2024Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy WarSelf - Narrator (voice)Series
- 2024My Dead Friend ZoeDaleMovie
- 2024Love Lies BleedingLou Sr.Movie
- 2023Downtown OwlHorace JonesMovie
- 2022Get Away If You CanAlanMovie
- 2022Top Gun: MaverickRadm. Chester 'Hammer' CainMovie
- 2021The Lost DaughterLyleMovie
- 2020Impractical Jokers: Dinner PartyHimselfSeries
- 2020ResistanceGeorge S. PattonMovie
- 2020The Last Full MeasureRay MottMovie
- 2018A Crooked SomebodySam VaughnMovie
- 2017GeostormLeonard DekkomMovie
- 2017mother!ManMovie
- 2017KodachromeBenjamin RyderMovie
- 2016Rules Don't ApplyMr. BransfordMovie
- 2016In Dubious BattleJoyMovie
- 2016WestworldMan in BlackSeries
- 2016The Adderall DiariesNeil ElliottMovie
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - GuestSeries
- 2015Run All NightShawn MaguireMovie
- 2014CymbelineCymbelineMovie
- 2014FronteraRoyMovie
- 2014Planes: Fire & RescueBlade Ranger (voice)Movie
- 2013The Face of LoveGarret Mathis / Tom YoungMovie
- 2013SweetwaterSheriff Cornelius JacksonMovie
- 2013GravityMission Control (voice)Movie
- 2013SnowpiercerWilfordMovie
- 2013Pain & GainEd DuBoisMovie
- 2013PhantomDemiMovie
- 2012Game ChangeJohn McCainMovie
- 2012Man on a LedgeDavid EnglanderMovie
- 2011Salvation BoulevardDr. Paul BlaylockMovie
- 2011That's What I AmMr. SimonMovie
- 2010The Way BackMr. SmithMovie
- 2010Once FallenLiamMovie
- 2010VirginiaSheriff Dick TiptonMovie
- 2008AppaloosaVirgil Cole, Director, Screenplay, ProducerMovie
- 2008Touching HomeCharlie WinstonMovie
- 2007National Treasure: Book of SecretsMitch WilkinsonMovie
- 2007Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'SelfMovie
- 2007Gone Baby GoneRemy BressantMovie
- 2007CleanerEddie LorenzoMovie
- 2006Copying BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenMovie
- 2006The Armenian GenocideU.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice)Movie
- 2006Two Tickets to ParadiseMelvilleMovie
- 2006Winter PassingDon HoldenMovie
- 2005Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do ThatNarrator (voice)Movie
- 2005A History of ViolenceCarl FogartyMovie
- 2005Empire FallsMiles RobySeries
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)Movie
- 2003The Human StainLester FarleyMovie
- 2003RadioCoach JonesMovie
- 2003Volcanoes of the Deep SeaNarratorMovie
- 2003Masked and AnonymousOscar VogelMovie
- 2002The HoursRichard BrownMovie
- 2002Buffalo SoldiersColonel BermanMovie
- 2001A Beautiful MindWilliam ParcherMovie
- 2001The Prime GigKelly GrantMovie
- 2001Enemy at the GatesMajor KönigMovie
- 2000PollockJackson Pollock, Director, ProducerMovie
- 2000Waking the DeadJerry CharmichaelMovie
- 1999The Third MiracleFrank ShoreMovie
- 1999The Early ShowSelfSeries
- 1998StepmomLuke HarrisonMovie
- 1998The Truman ShowChristofMovie
- 1997The ViewSelfSeries
- 1997Absolute PowerSeth FrankMovie
- 1996The Wild Bunch: An Album in MontageSam Peckinpah (Voice)Movie
- 1996The Daily ShowSelfSeries
- 1996The RockBrigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMCMovie
- 1996Riders of the Purple SageJim Lassiter, Executive ProducerMovie
- 1996Eye for an EyeMack McCannMovie
- 1995NixonE. Howard HuntMovie
- 1995Apollo 13Gene KranzMovie
- 1995Just CauseBlair SullivanMovie
- 1994BaseballVarious (voice)Series
- 1994Milk MoneyDadMovie
- 1994The StandGeneral Starkey (uncredited)Series
- 1994China MoonKyle BodineMovie
- 1993FrasierRob (voice)Series
- 1993Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'SelfMovie
- 1993Needful ThingsSheriff Alan PangbornMovie
- 1993The FirmWayne TarranceMovie
- 1992Running MatesHugh HathawayMovie
- 1992Glengarry Glen RossDave MossMovie
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries
- 1991Paris TroutHarry SeagravesMovie
- 1990State of GraceFrankieMovie
- 1989JacknifeDavid 'High School' FlanniganMovie
- 1989The AbyssVirgil 'Bud' BrigmanMovie
- 1988To Kill a PriestStefanMovie
- 1987WalkerWilliam WalkerMovie
- 1987The Last Innocent ManHarry NashMovie
- 1985Sweet DreamsCharlie DickMovie
- 1985Code Name: EmeraldGus LangMovie
- 1985Alamo BayShangMovie
- 1984A Flash of GreenJimmy WingMovie
- 1984Places in the HeartWayne LomaxMovie
- 1984Swing ShiftJack WalshMovie
- 1983Under FireOatesMovie
- 1983The Right StuffJohn GlennMovie
- 1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)Series
- 1982CreepshowHank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")Movie
- 1982American PlayhouseJimmy WingSeries
- 1981KnightridersBillyMovie
- 1980BorderlineHotchkissMovie
- 1980The Aliens Are ComingChuck PolcheckMovie
- 1979Hart to HartSeries
- 1978ComaPathology ResidentMovie
- 1977Lou GrantSeries
- 1977CHiPsLonnySeries
- 1977The Amazing Howard HughesRussMovie
- 1974The Rockford FilesRudy KempnerSeries
- 1971Great PerformancesSelfSeries
- 1953The OscarsSelfSeries
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries