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Ed Harris

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Ed Harris

Born November 28, 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA101 films

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.

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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.

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The Truman Show posterFirst watchThe Truman Show19988.2as ChristofIn a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running…View film

Essential films

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Top Gun: Maverick poster8.2Top Gun: Maverick2022A Beautiful Mind poster7.9A Beautiful Mind2001Gravity poster7.2Gravity2013Apollo 13 poster7.5Apollo 131995Snowpiercer poster6.9Snowpiercer2013Enemy at the Gates poster7.4Enemy at the Gates2001mother! poster6.9mother!2017The Rock poster7.2The Rock1996

Filmography

101 films as actor
  1. TBASchool for the Blind
  2. TBAAshley WrightJudge Allen
  3. TBAThe PloughmenJohn Gload
  4. 2026Long Day's Journey into NightJames Tyrone
  5. 2026The DinkChuck Boyd
  6. 2026How to Make a KillingWhitelaw Redfellow
  7. 2025Off the HorseBob
  8. 2025Riff RaffVince
  9. 2024ConcreteBoris
  10. 2024My Dead Friend ZoeDale
  11. 2024Love Lies BleedingLou Sr.
  12. 2023Downtown OwlHorace Jones
  13. 2022Get Away If You CanAlan
  14. 2022Top Gun: MaverickRadm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain
  15. 2021The Lost DaughterLyle
  16. 2020ResistanceGeorge S. Patton
  17. 2020The Last Full MeasureRay Mott
  18. 2018A Crooked SomebodySam Vaughn
  19. 2017GeostormLeonard Dekkom
  20. 2017mother!Man
  21. 2017KodachromeBenjamin Ryder
  22. 2016Buried ChildDodge
  23. 2016Rules Don't ApplyMr. Bransford
  24. 2016In Dubious BattleJoy
  25. 2016The Adderall DiariesNeil Elliott
  26. 2015Run All NightShawn Maguire
  27. 2014CymbelineCymbeline
  28. 2014FronteraRoy
  29. 2014Planes: Fire & RescueBlade Ranger (voice)
  30. 2013The Face of LoveGarret Mathis / Tom Young
  31. 2013SweetwaterSheriff Cornelius Jackson
  32. 2013GravityMission Control (voice)
  33. 2013SnowpiercerWilford
  34. 2013Pain & GainEd DuBois
  35. 2013PhantomDemi
  36. 2012Game ChangeJohn McCain
  37. 2012Man on a LedgeDavid Englander
  38. 2011Salvation BoulevardDr. Paul Blaylock
  39. 2011That's What I AmMr. Simon
  40. 2010The Way BackMr. Smith
  41. 2010Once FallenLiam
  42. 2010VirginiaSheriff Dick Tipton
  43. 2008AppaloosaVirgil Cole
  44. 2008Touching HomeCharlie Winston
  45. 2007National Treasure: Book of SecretsMitch Wilkinson
  46. 2007Gone Baby GoneRemy Bressant
  47. 2007CleanerEddie Lorenzo
  48. 2006Copying BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven
  49. 2006Two Tickets to ParadiseMelville
  50. 2006Winter PassingDon Holden
  51. 2005A History of ViolenceCarl Fogarty
  52. 2003The Human StainLester Farley
  53. 2003RadioCoach Jones
  54. 2003Masked and AnonymousOscar Vogel
  55. 2002The HoursRichard Brown
  56. 2002Buffalo SoldiersColonel Berman
  57. 2002Just a DreamHenry Sturbuck (voice)
  58. 2001A Beautiful MindWilliam Parcher
  59. 2001The Prime GigKelly Grant
  60. 2001Enemy at the GatesMajor König
  61. 2000PollockJackson Pollock
  62. 2000Waking the DeadJerry Charmichael
  63. 1999The Third MiracleFrank Shore
  64. 1998StepmomLuke Harrison
  65. 1998The Truman Show: Tru-TalkChristof
  66. 1998The Truman ShowChristof
  67. 1997Absolute PowerSeth Frank
  68. 1996The RockBrigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
  69. 1996Riders of the Purple SageJim Lassiter
  70. 1996Eye for an EyeMack McCann
  71. 1995NixonE. Howard Hunt
  72. 1995Apollo 13Gene Kranz
  73. 1995Just CauseBlair Sullivan
  74. 1994Milk MoneyDad
  75. 1994China MoonKyle Bodine
  76. 1993Needful ThingsSheriff Alan Pangborn
  77. 1993The FirmWayne Tarrance
  78. 1992Running MatesHugh Hathaway
  79. 1992Glengarry Glen RossDave Moss
  80. 1991Paris TroutHarry Seagraves
  81. 1990State of GraceFrankie
  82. 1989JacknifeDavid 'High School' Flannigan
  83. 1989The AbyssVirgil 'Bud' Brigman
  84. 1988To Kill a PriestStefan
  85. 1987WalkerWilliam Walker
  86. 1987The Last Innocent ManHarry Nash
  87. 1985Sweet DreamsCharlie Dick
  88. 1985Code Name: EmeraldGus Lang
  89. 1985Alamo BayShang
  90. 1984A Flash of GreenJimmy Wing
  91. 1984Places in the HeartWayne Lomax
  92. 1984Swing ShiftJack Walsh
  93. 1983Under FireOates
  94. 1983The Right StuffJohn Glenn
  95. 1982CreepshowHank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
  96. 1981Dream on!
  97. 1981KnightridersBilly
  98. 1980BorderlineHotchkiss
  99. 1980The Aliens Are ComingChuck Polcheck
  100. 1978ComaPathology Resident
  101. 1977The Amazing Howard HughesRuss