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Ed Harris

Ed Harris

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 28, 1950 (74)
Birthplace Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Jul 05, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. 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), The Abyss (1989), State of Grace (1990), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Firm (1993), Needful Things (1993), Nixon (1995), The Rock (1996), Stepmom (1998), The Truman Show (1998), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Enemy at the Gates (2001), 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 also 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 earning 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

Long Day's Journey into Night

Long Day's Journey into Night

2025

as James Tyrone

Riff Raff

Riff Raff

2025

as Vince

My Dead Friend Zoe

My Dead Friend Zoe

2024

as Dale

Love Lies Bleeding

Love Lies Bleeding

2024

as Lou Sr.

Downtown Owl

Downtown Owl

2023

as Horace Jones

Get Away If You Can

Get Away If You Can

2022

as Alan

Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain

The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter

2021

as Lyle

Resistance

Resistance

2020

as George S. Patton

The Last Full Measure

The Last Full Measure

2020

as Ray Mott

A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

2018

as Sam Vaughn

Kodachrome

Kodachrome

2017

as Benjamin Ryder

mother!

mother!

2017

as Man

Geostorm

Geostorm

2017

as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom

Buried Child

Buried Child

2016

as Dodge

The Adderall Diaries

The Adderall Diaries

2016

as Neil Elliott

In Dubious Battle

In Dubious Battle

2016

as Joy

Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply

2016

as Mr. Bransford

Run All Night

Run All Night

2015

as Shawn Maguire

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

2014

as Cymbeline

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014

as Blade Ranger (voice)

Frontera

Frontera

2014

as Roy

Phantom

Phantom

2013

as Demi

The Face of Love

The Face of Love

2013

as Garret Mathis / Tom Young

Gravity

Gravity

2013

as Mission Control (voice)

Sweetwater

Sweetwater

2013

as Sheriff Cornelius Jackson

Pain & Gain

Pain & Gain

2013

as Ed DuBois

Game Change

Game Change

2012

as John McCain

Man on a Ledge

Man on a Ledge

2012

as David Englander

That's What I Am

That's What I Am

2011

as Mr. Simon

Salvation Boulevard

Salvation Boulevard

2011

as Dr. Paul Blaylock

The Way Back

The Way Back

2010

as Mr. Smith

Once Fallen

Once Fallen

2010

as Liam

Virginia

Virginia

2010

as Sheriff Dick Tipton

Appaloosa

Appaloosa

2008

as Virgil Cole

Touching Home

Touching Home

2008

as Charlie Winston

Cleaner

Cleaner

2007

as Eddie Lorenzo

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

2007

as Mitch Wilkinson

Gone Baby Gone

Gone Baby Gone

2007

as Sgt. Det. Remy Bressant

Copying Beethoven

Copying Beethoven

2006

as Ludwig van Beethoven

Winter Passing

Winter Passing

2006

as Don Holden

Two Tickets to Paradise

Two Tickets to Paradise

2006

as Melville

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide

2006

as U.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice)

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

2005

as Narrator (voice)

A History of Violence

A History of Violence

2005

as Carl Fogarty

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

2003

as Narrator

Radio

Radio

2003

as Coach Jones

The Human Stain

The Human Stain

2003

as Lester Farley

Masked and Anonymous

Masked and Anonymous

2003

as Oscar Vogel

Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

2002

as Colonel Berman

Just a Dream

Just a Dream

2002

as Henry Sturbuck (voice)

The Hours

The Hours

2002

as Richard Brown

The Prime Gig

The Prime Gig

2001

as Kelly Grant

A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

2001

as William Parcher

Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

2001

as Major König

Pollock

Pollock

2000

as Jackson Pollock

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2000

as Jerry Charmichael

The Third Miracle

The Third Miracle

1999

as Frank Shore

Stepmom

Stepmom

1998

as Luke Harrison

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

1998

as Christof

The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998

as Christof

Absolute Power

Absolute Power

1997

as Seth Frank

Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage

1996

as Jim Lassiter

The Rock

The Rock

1996

as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye

1996

as Mack McCann

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

1996

as Sam Peckinpah (Voice)

Nixon

Nixon

1995

as E. Howard Hunt

Apollo 13

Apollo 13

1995

as Gene Kranz

Just Cause

Just Cause

1995

as Blair Sullivan

China Moon

China Moon

1994

as Kyle Bodine

Milk Money

Milk Money

1994

as Tom Wheeler

Needful Things

Needful Things

1993

as Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn

The Firm

The Firm

1993

as Wayne Tarrance

Running Mates

Running Mates

1992

as Hugh Hathaway

Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

1992

as Dave Moss

Paris Trout

Paris Trout

1991

as Harry Seagraves

State of Grace

State of Grace

1990

as Frankie

The Abyss

The Abyss

1989

as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

Jacknife

Jacknife

1989

as David 'High School' Flannigan

To Kill a Priest

To Kill a Priest

1988

as Stefan

Walker

Walker

1987

as William Walker

The Last Innocent Man

The Last Innocent Man

1987

as Harry Nash

Code Name: Emerald

Code Name: Emerald

1985

as Gus Lang

Alamo Bay

Alamo Bay

1985

as Shang

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

1985

as Charlie Dick

A Flash of Green

A Flash of Green

1984

as Jimmy Wing

Swing Shift

Swing Shift

1984

as Jack Walsh

Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart

1984

as Wayne Lomax

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

1983

as John Glenn

Under Fire

Under Fire

1983

as Oates

Creepshow

Creepshow

1982

as Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")

Knightriders

Knightriders

1981

as Billy

Borderline

Borderline

1980

as Hotchkiss

The Aliens Are Coming

The Aliens Are Coming

1980

as Chuck Polcheck

The Seekers

The Seekers

1979

as Lt. William Clark

Coma

Coma

1978

as Pathology Resident

Appaloosa

Appaloosa

2008

Screenplay

Appaloosa

Appaloosa

2008

Director

Pollock

Pollock

2000

Director

Appaloosa

Appaloosa

2008

Producer

Pollock

Pollock

2000

Producer

Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage

1996

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Westworld

as Man in Black

Episodes: 36

First Aired: Oct 02, 2016

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Nov 17, 2006

Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero

as Narrator

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 25, 2011

The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power

as Narrator

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 03, 2019

Empire Falls

as Miles Roby

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 28, 2005

CHiPs

as Lonny

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1977

Frasier

as Rob (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1993

Delvecchio

as Davey Bresnihan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1976

The Rockford Files

as Rudy Kempner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

David Cassidy: Man Under Cover

as Ben

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 02, 1978

Gibbsville

as Steve

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 11, 1976

The Stand

as General Starkey (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 08, 1994

Lou Grant

as Warren

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1977

The Stand

as General Starkey

Episodes: 0

First Aired: May 08, 1994

Baseball

as Various (voice)

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Sep 18, 1994

Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 21, 2024

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

Lou Grant

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 1977

The View

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 14, 1994

The Daily Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 22, 1996

The Early Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 01, 1999

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 25, 1992

Hart to Hart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1979

Paris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1979

Cassie & Co.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 29, 1982

Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 1983

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Great Performances

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 21, 2020

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

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Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 30 55 20
2024 7 42 71 21
2024 8 33 63 21
2024 9 28 53 16
2024 10 19 49 10
2024 11 22 32 14
2024 12 29 41 16
2025 1 33 63 23
2025 2 28 42 5
2025 3 9 46 0
2025 4 2 3 2
2025 5 5 7 2
2025 6 3 4 2
2025 7 3 4 2
2025 8 5 16 2

Trending Rank


Year Month Avg Rank Max Rank
2024 6 437 83
2024 7 235 213
2025 1 434 47
2025 2 327 208
2025 5 275 178
2025 7 555 165
2025 8 655 593

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