Ed Harris
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 28, 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- Active Years
- 1944–2026 (83 Years)
- Total Credits
- 164 credits in database
Acting Born Nov 28, 1950 Englewood, New Jersey, USA 164 credits
Biography
Edward Allen Harris is an American actor, director, writer, and filmmaker. He was born on November 28, 1950, in Englewood, New Jersey, and was raised in Tenafly. The son of Margaret and Robert Lee Harris, he has established a reputation as a talented performer known for his ability to transform into his characters. Throughout his career, he has been recognized for his intensity and has earned critical acclaim for his work in both leading and supporting roles. With 153 known credits, Harris remains a prominent figure in the film industry, having contributed to numerous projects as both an actor and a director.
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Career overview
Harris has appeared in a wide range of films, including Creepshow, The Right Stuff, Under Fire, Places in the Heart, The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Firm, Nixon, The Rock, Stepmom, A Beautiful Mind, Enemy at the Gates, Radio, A History of Violence, Gone Baby Gone, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Snowpiercer, and Appaloosa. His performances have frequently garnered significant industry recognition, most notably earning him Academy Award nominations for his work in Apollo 13, The Truman Show, The Hours, and Pollock.
In addition to his acting roles, Harris has worked as a director. He notably directed and starred in the film Pollock, in which he portrayed the American painter Jackson Pollock. His career is characterized by a diverse filmography that spans several decades, reflecting his versatility as a performer and filmmaker. He continues to be regarded as one of the most talented actors of his time, maintaining a consistent presence in cinema through his commitment to his craft.
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Dutton RanchHow to Make a KillingThe Dink
Riff RaffLong Day's Journey into NightOff the Horse
Love Lies BleedingMy Dead Friend ZoeWyatt Earp and the Cowboy WarConcrete
Downtown OwlWestermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea
Top Gun: MaverickGet Away If You Can
The Lost Daughter
The Last Full MeasureImpractical Jokers: Dinner PartyResistance
The Bush Years: Family, Duty, PowerThe Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power · Executive Producer
A Crooked Somebody
Geostormmother!Kodachrome
WestworldIn Dubious BattleRules Don't ApplyThe Adderall DiariesBuried Child
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertRun All NightReturn to the Philippines, the Leon Cooper Story
Planes: Fire & RescueFronteraCymbeline
SnowpiercerGravityPain & GainSweetwaterPhantom
Man on a LedgeGame Change
That's What I AmSalvation BoulevardRising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
The Way BackVirginiaOnce Fallen
AppaloosaAppaloosa · DirectorAppaloosa · ScreenplayAppaloosa · ProducerTouching Home
National Treasure: Book of SecretsGone Baby GoneCleanerJust Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'America's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphins
America's Game: The Super Bowl ChampionsThe Armenian GenocideWinter PassingCopying BeethovenTwo Tickets to Paradise
A History of ViolenceEmpire FallsHow's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
RadioThe Human StainMasked and AnonymousVolcanoes of the Deep SeaRealizing The Right Stuff
The HoursJust a DreamBuffalo Soldiers
A Beautiful MindEnemy at the GatesThe Prime Gig
Waking the DeadPollockPollock · ProducerPollock · Director
The Early ShowThe Third MiracleJackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island
The Truman ShowStepmomJunket WhoreTru-TalkIntimate Portrait: Sean Connery
The ViewAbsolute PowerBig Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
The Daily ShowThe RockEye for an EyeRiders of the Purple SageRiders of the Purple Sage · Executive Producer
Full Filmography
164 titles- Dutton Ranch (2026) as Everett McKinney
- How to Make a Killing (2026) as Whitelaw Redfellow
- The Dink (2026) as Chuck Boyd
- Riff Raff (2025) as Vince
- Long Day's Journey into Night (2025) as James Tyrone
- Off the Horse (2025) as Bob
- Love Lies Bleeding (2024) as Lou Sr.
- My Dead Friend Zoe (2024) as Dale
- Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War (2024) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Concrete (2024) as Boris
- Downtown Owl (2023) as Horace Jones
- Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea (2023) as H.C. Westermann
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022) as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain
- Get Away If You Can (2022) as Alan
- The Lost Daughter (2021) as Lyle
- The Last Full Measure (2020) as Ray Mott
- Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party (2020) as Himself
- Resistance (2020) as George S. Patton
- The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power (2019) as Narrator
- The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power (2019) Executive Producer
- A Crooked Somebody (2018) as Sam Vaughn
- Geostorm (2017) as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom
- mother! (2017) as Man
- Kodachrome (2017) as Benjamin Ryder
- Westworld (2016) as Man in Black
- In Dubious Battle (2016) as Joy
- Rules Don't Apply (2016) as Mr. Bransford
- The Adderall Diaries (2016) as Neil Elliott
- Buried Child (2016) as Dodge
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Run All Night (2015) as Shawn Maguire
- Return to the Philippines, the Leon Cooper Story (2015) as Narrator
- Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) as Blade Ranger (voice)
- Frontera (2014) as Roy
- Cymbeline (2014) as Cymbeline
- Snowpiercer (2013) as Wilford
- Gravity (2013) as Mission Control (voice)
- Pain & Gain (2013) as Ed DuBois
- Sweetwater (2013) as Sheriff Cornelius Jackson
- Phantom (2013) as Demi
- The Face of Love (2013) as Garret Mathis / Tom Young
- Man on a Ledge (2012) as David Englander
- Game Change (2012) as John McCain
- That's What I Am (2011) as Mr. Simon
- Salvation Boulevard (2011) as Dr. Paul Blaylock
- Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero (2011) as Narrator
- The Way Back (2010) as Mr. Smith
- Virginia (2010) as Sheriff Dick Tipton
- Once Fallen (2010) as Liam
- Appaloosa (2008) as Virgil Cole
- Appaloosa (2008) Director
- Appaloosa (2008) Screenplay
- Appaloosa (2008) Producer
- Touching Home (2008) as Charlie Winston
- Dispatches from Nicaragua (2008) as Himself
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) as Mitch Wilkinson
- Gone Baby Gone (2007) as Remy Bressant
- Cleaner (2007) as Eddie Lorenzo
- Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' (2007) as Self
- America's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphins (2007) as Self - Narrator
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- The Armenian Genocide (2006) as U.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice)
- Winter Passing (2006) as Don Holden
- Copying Beethoven (2006) as Ludwig van Beethoven
- Two Tickets to Paradise (2006) as Melville
- The Oklahoma Heisman (2006) as Narrator
- A History of Violence (2005) as Carl Fogarty
- Empire Falls (2005) as Miles Roby
- How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show' (2005) as Self
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) as Narrator (voice)
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) as Other Voices (voice)
- Radio (2003) as Coach Jones
- The Human Stain (2003) as Lester Farley
- Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Oscar Vogel
- Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (2003) as Narrator
- Realizing The Right Stuff (2003) as Self
- The Hours (2002) as Richard Brown
- Just a Dream (2002) as Henry Sturbuck (voice)
- Buffalo Soldiers (2002) as Colonel Berman
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) as William Parcher
- Enemy at the Gates (2001) as Major König
- The Prime Gig (2001) as Kelly Grant
- Waking the Dead (2000) as Jerry Charmichael
- Pollock (2000) as Jackson Pollock
- Pollock (2000) Producer
- Pollock (2000) Director
- The Early Show (1999) as Self
- The Third Miracle (1999) as Frank Shore
- Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island (1999) as Himself
- The Truman Show (1998) as Christof
- Stepmom (1998) as Luke Harrison
- Junket Whore (1998) as Self
- Tru-Talk (1998) as Christof
- Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery (1998) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self
- Absolute Power (1997) as Seth Frank
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997) as Self
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Rock (1996) as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
- Eye for an Eye (1996) as Mack McCann
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) as Jim Lassiter
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) Executive Producer
- The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (1996) as Sam Peckinpah (Voice)
- Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996) as Self
- Apollo 13 (1995) as Gene Kranz
- Nixon (1995) as E. Howard Hunt
- Just Cause (1995) as Blair Sullivan
- The Stand (1994) as General Starkey (uncredited)
- Baseball (1994) as Various (voice)
- Baseball (1994) as (voice)
- Milk Money (1994) as Tom Wheeler
- China Moon (1994) as Kyle Bodine
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- Frasier (1993) as Rob (voice)
- The Firm (1993) as Wayne Tarrance
- Needful Things (1993) as Sheriff Alan Pangborn
- Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss' (1993) as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) as Dave Moss
- Running Mates (1992) as Hugh Hathaway
- Paris Trout (1991) as Harry Seagraves
- State of Grace (1990) as Frankie
- The Abyss (1989) as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
- Jacknife (1989) as David 'High School' Flannigan
- To Kill a Priest (1988) as Stefan
- Walker (1987) as William Walker
- The Last Innocent Man (1987) as Harry Nash
- Code Name: Emerald (1985) as Gus Lang
- Sweet Dreams (1985) as Charlie Dick
- Alamo Bay (1985) as Shang
- Places in the Heart (1984) as Wayne Lomax
- Swing Shift (1984) as Jack Walsh
- A Flash of Green (1984) as Jimmy Wing
- Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Right Stuff (1983) as John Glenn
- Under Fire (1983) as Oates
- American Playhouse (1982) as Jimmy Wing
- Cassie & Co. (1982) as Agent Taylor
- Creepshow (1982) as Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
- Knightriders (1981) as Billy
- Dream on! (1981)
- Borderline (1980) as Hotchkiss
- The Aliens Are Coming (1980) as Chuck Polcheck
- Hart to Hart (1979)
- Paris (1979)
- The Seekers (1979) as Lt. William Clark
- Coma (1978) as Pathology Resident
- David Cassidy: Man Under Cover (1978) as Ben
- Lou Grant (1977)
- Lou Grant (1977) as Warren
- CHiPs (1977) as Lonny
- The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) as Russ
- Delvecchio (1976) as Davey Bresnihan
- Gibbsville (1976) as Steve
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Rudy Kempner
- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- The Ploughmen Director
- The Ploughmen Producer
- The Ploughmen Screenplay
- School for the Blind
- War on Wolves as Narrator
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Ed Harris best known for?
Ed Harris is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Dutton Ranch (2026), How to Make a Killing (2026), The Dink (2026), Riff Raff (2025).
When and where was Ed Harris born?
Ed Harris was born on November 28, 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
How many credits does Ed Harris have?
Ed Harris has accumulated over 164 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1944 to 2026.
What is Ed Harris's background in cinema and television?
Edward Allen Harris is an American actor, director, writer, and filmmaker. He was born on November 28, 1950, in Englewood, New Jersey, and was raised in Tenafly. The son of Margaret and Robert Lee Harris, he has established a reputation as a talented performer known for his ability to transform into his characters. Thr...
Ed Harris by the numbers
164credits
128films
36TV series
1944–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Dutton Ranch (2026) as Everett McKinney — aged about 75
- Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice) — aged about 32
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022) as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain — aged about 71
- The Truman Show (1998) as Christof — aged about 47
- Westworld (2016) as Man in Black — aged about 65
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) as William Parcher — aged about 50
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