Ed Harris

Ed Harris

Born 1950-11-28 (age 75) Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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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.

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Known For

Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick

2022

as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain

The Truman Show
The Truman Show

1998

as Christof

How to Make a Killing
How to Make a Killing

2026

as Whitelaw Redfellow

The Rock
The Rock

1996

as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

Apollo 13
Apollo 13

1995

as Gene Kranz

Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer

2013

as Wilford

A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind

2001

as William Parcher

Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates

2001

as Major König

Geostorm
Geostorm

2017

as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom

Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart

1984

as Wayne Lomax

Gravity
Gravity

2013

as Mission Control (voice)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets

2007

as Mitch Wilkinson

The Abyss
The Abyss

1989

as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

A History of Violence
A History of Violence

2005

as Carl Fogarty

mother!
mother!

2017

as Man

Pain & Gain
Pain & Gain

2013

as Ed DuBois

Love Lies Bleeding
Love Lies Bleeding

2024

as Lou Sr.

Gone Baby Gone
Gone Baby Gone

2007

as Remy Bressant

The Firm
The Firm

1993

as Wayne Tarrance

The Dink
The Dink

2026

as Chuck Boyd