Ed Harris
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.
Known for
Acting153
movieThe Dink
2026
Chuck Boyd
tvDutton Ranch
2026
Everett McKinney
movieHow to Make a Killing
2026
Whitelaw Redfellow
movieLong Day's Journey into Night
2025
James Tyrone
movieRiff Raff
2025
Vince
movieThe Tiger
2025
Vanity Fair journalist
movieConcrete
2024
Boris
tvWyatt Earp and the Cowboy War
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieLove Lies Bleeding
2024
Lou Sr.
movieDowntown Owl
2023
Horace Jones
movieTop Gun: Maverick
2022
Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain
movieResistance
2020
George S. Patton
movieThe Last Full Measure
2020
Ray Mott
movieA Crooked Somebody
2018
Sam Vaughn
movieGeostorm
2017
U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom
movieKodachrome
2017
Benjamin Ryder
movieRules Don't Apply
2016
Mr. Bransford
tvWestworld
2016
Man in Black
movieThe Adderall Diaries
2016
Neil Elliott
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieRun All Night
2015
Shawn Maguire
movieCymbeline
2014
Cymbeline
moviePlanes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Blade Ranger (voice)
movieThe Face of Love
2013
Garret Mathis / Tom Young
movieSweetwater
2013
Sheriff Cornelius Jackson
movieGravity
2013
Mission Control (voice)
movieSnowpiercer
2013
Wilford
moviePain & Gain
2013
Ed DuBois
moviePhantom
2013
Demi
movieGame Change
2012
John McCain
movieMan on a Ledge
2012
David Englander
movieSalvation Boulevard
2011
Dr. Paul Blaylock
movieThat's What I Am
2011
Mr. Simon
movieThe Way Back
2010
Mr. Smith
movieVirginia
2010
Sheriff Dick Tipton
movieAppaloosa
2008
Virgil Cole
movieTouching Home
2008
Charlie Winston
movieNational Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
Mitch Wilkinson
movieGone Baby Gone
2007
Remy Bressant
movieCleaner
2007
Eddie Lorenzo
movieAmerica's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphins
2007
Self - Narrator
tvAmerica's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
Narrator (voice)
movieCopying Beethoven
2006
Ludwig van Beethoven
movieThe Armenian Genocide
2006
U.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice)
movieTwo Tickets to Paradise
2006
Melville
movieThe Oklahoma Heisman
2006
Narrator
movieWinter Passing
2006
Don Holden
movieBudd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005
Narrator (voice)
movieA History of Violence
2005
Carl Fogarty
tvEmpire Falls
2005
Miles Roby
movieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Other Voices (voice)
movieThe Human Stain
2003
Lester Farley
movieRadio
2003
Coach Jones
movieMasked and Anonymous
2003
Oscar Vogel
movieThe Hours
2002
Richard Brown
movieBuffalo Soldiers
2002
Colonel Berman
movieJust a Dream
2002
Henry Sturbuck (voice)
movieA Beautiful Mind
2001
William Parcher
movieThe Prime Gig
2001
Kelly Grant
movieEnemy at the Gates
2001
Major König
moviePollock
2000
Jackson Pollock
movieWaking the Dead
2000
Jerry Charmichael
movieThe Third Miracle
1999
Frank Shore
movieStepmom
1998
Luke Harrison
movieTru-Talk
1998
Christof
movieThe Truman Show
1998
Christof
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieAbsolute Power
1997
Seth Frank
movieThe Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996
Sam Peckinpah (Voice)
movieThe Rock
1996
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
movieRiders of the Purple Sage
1996
Jim Lassiter
movieEye for an Eye
1996
Mack McCann
movieNixon
1995
E. Howard Hunt
movieApollo 13
1995
Gene Kranz
movieJust Cause
1995
Blair Sullivan
tvBaseball
1994
Various (voice) / (voice)
movieMilk Money
1994
Tom Wheeler
tvThe Stand
1994
General Starkey (uncredited)
movieChina Moon
1994
Kyle Bodine
tvFrasier
1993
Rob (voice)
movieNeedful Things
1993
Sheriff Alan Pangborn
movieThe Firm
1993
Wayne Tarrance
movieRunning Mates
1992
Hugh Hathaway
movieGlengarry Glen Ross
1992
Dave Moss
movieParis Trout
1991
Harry Seagraves
movieState of Grace
1990
Frankie
movieJacknife
1989
David 'High School' Flannigan
movieThe Abyss
1989
Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
movieWalker
1987
William Walker
movieThe Last Innocent Man
1987
Harry Nash
movieSweet Dreams
1985
Charlie Dick
movieCode Name: Emerald
1985
Gus Lang
movieAlamo Bay
1985
Shang
movieA Flash of Green
1984
Jimmy Wing
moviePlaces in the Heart
1984
Wayne Lomax
movieSwing Shift
1984
Jack Walsh
movieUnder Fire
1983
Oates
movieThe Right Stuff
1983
John Glenn
tvReading Rainbow
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieCreepshow
1982
Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
tvCassie & Co.
1982
Agent Taylor
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Jimmy Wing
movieBorderline
1980
Hotchkiss
movieThe Aliens Are Coming
1980
Chuck Polcheck
tvThe Seekers
1979
Lt. William Clark
movieComa
1978
Pathology Resident
tvLou Grant
1977
Warren
tvCHiPs
1977
Lonny
tvGibbsville
1976
Steve
tvDelvecchio
1976
Davey Bresnihan
tvThe Rockford Files
1974
Rudy Kempner
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
War on Wolves
Narrator
Production5
tvThe Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power
2019
Executive Producer
movieAppaloosa
2008
Producer
moviePollock
2000
Producer
movieRiders of the Purple Sage
1996
Executive Producer
The Ploughmen
Producer
Directing3
Writing2
movieAppaloosa
2008
Screenplay
The Ploughmen
Screenplay