Known For
Acting
Known Credits
154
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 28, 1950 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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.
| 2026 | The Dinkas Chuck Boyd | |
| 2026 | Dutton Ranchas Everett McKinney | |
| 2026 | How to Make a Killingas Whitelaw Redfellow | |
| 2025 | Off the Horseas Bob | |
| 2025 | Riff Raffas Vince | |
| 2025 | Long Day's Journey into Nightas James Tyrone | |
| 2024 | Concreteas Boris | |
| 2024 | Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy Waras Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | My Dead Friend Zoeas Dale | |
| 2024 | Love Lies Bleedingas Lou Sr. | |
| 2023 | Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Ideaas H.C. Westermann | |
| 2023 | Downtown Owlas Horace Jones | |
| 2022 | Get Away If You Canas Alan | |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverickas Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain | |
| 2021 | The Lost Daughteras Lyle | |
| 2020 | Impractical Jokers: Dinner Partyas Himself | |
| 2020 | Resistanceas George S. Patton | |
| 2020 | The Last Full Measureas Ray Mott | |
| 2019 | The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Poweras Narrator | |
| 2018 | A Crooked Somebodyas Sam Vaughn | |
| 2017 | Geostormas U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom | |
| 2017 | mother!as Man | |
| 2017 | Kodachromeas Benjamin Ryder | |
| 2016 | Buried Childas Dodge | |
| 2016 | Rules Don't Applyas Mr. Bransford | |
| 2016 | In Dubious Battleas Joy | |
| 2016 | Westworldas Man in Black | |
| 2016 | The Adderall Diariesas Neil Elliott | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self - Guest | |
| 2015 | Return to the Philippines, the Leon Cooper Storyas Narrator | |
| 2015 | Run All Nightas Shawn Maguire | |
| 2014 | Cymbelineas Cymbeline | |
| 2014 | Fronteraas Roy | |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescueas Blade Ranger (voice) | |
| 2013 | The Face of Loveas Garret Mathis / Tom Young | |
| 2013 | Sweetwateras Sheriff Cornelius Jackson | |
| 2013 | Gravityas Mission Control (voice) | |
| 2013 | Snowpierceras Wilford | |
| 2013 | Pain & Gainas Ed DuBois | |
| 2013 | Phantomas Demi | |
| 2012 | Game Changeas John McCain | |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledgeas David Englander | |
| 2011 | Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zeroas Narrator | |
| 2011 | Salvation Boulevardas Dr. Paul Blaylock | |
| 2011 | That's What I Amas Mr. Simon | |
| 2010 | The Way Backas Mr. Smith | |
| 2010 | Once Fallenas Liam | |
| 2010 | Virginiaas Sheriff Dick Tipton | |
| 2008 | Appaloosaas Virgil Cole | |
| 2008 | Touching Homeas Charlie Winston | |
| 2008 | Dispatches from Nicaraguaas Himself | |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secretsas Mitch Wilkinson | |
| 2007 | Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'as Self | |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Goneas Remy Bressant | |
| 2007 | Cleaneras Eddie Lorenzo | |
| 2007 | America's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphinsas Self - Narrator | |
| 2006 | America's Game: The Super Bowl Championsas Narrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Copying Beethovenas Ludwig van Beethoven | |
| 2006 | The Armenian Genocideas U.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice) | |
| 2006 | Two Tickets to Paradiseas Melville | |
| 2006 | The Oklahoma Heismanas Narrator | |
| 2006 | Winter Passingas Don Holden | |
| 2005 | Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do Thatas Narrator (voice) | |
| 2005 | A History of Violenceas Carl Fogarty | |
| 2005 | How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'as Self | |
| 2005 | Empire Fallsas Miles Roby | |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnsonas Other Voices (voice) | |
| 2003 | The Human Stainas Lester Farley | |
| 2003 | Radioas Coach Jones | |
| 2003 | Volcanoes of the Deep Seaas Narrator | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymousas Oscar Vogel | |
| 2003 | Realizing The Right Stuffas Self | |
| 2002 | The Hoursas Richard Brown | |
| 2002 | Buffalo Soldiersas Colonel Berman | |
| 2002 | Just a Dreamas Henry Sturbuck (voice) | |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mindas William Parcher | |
| 2001 | The Prime Gigas Kelly Grant | |
| 2001 | Enemy at the Gatesas Major König | |
| 2000 | Pollockas Jackson Pollock | |
| 2000 | Waking the Deadas Jerry Charmichael | |
| 1999 | The Third Miracleas Frank Shore | |
| 1999 | The Early Showas Self | |
| 1999 | Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Islandas Himself | |
| 1998 | Stepmomas Luke Harrison | |
| 1998 | Junket Whoreas Self | |
| 1998 | Intimate Portrait: Sean Conneryas Self | |
| 1998 | Tru-Talkas Christof | |
| 1998 | The Truman Showas Christof | |
| 1997 | The Viewas Self | |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Westernas Self | |
| 1997 | Absolute Poweras Seth Frank | |
| 1996 | The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montageas Sam Peckinpah (Voice) | |
| 1996 | The Daily Showas Self | |
| 1996 | Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13as Self | |
| 1996 | The Rockas Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC | |
| 1996 | Riders of the Purple Sageas Jim Lassiter | |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eyeas Mack McCann | |
| 1995 | Nixonas E. Howard Hunt | |
| 1995 | Apollo 13as Gene Kranz | |
| 1995 | Just Causeas Blair Sullivan | |
| 1994 | Baseballas (voice) | |
| 1994 | Baseballas Various (voice) | |
| 1994 | Milk Moneyas Tom Wheeler | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studioas Self | |
| 1994 | The Standas General Starkey (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | China Moonas Kyle Bodine | |
| 1993 | Frasieras Rob (voice) | |
| 1993 | Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'as Self | |
| 1993 | Needful Thingsas Sheriff Alan Pangborn | |
| 1993 | The Firmas Wayne Tarrance | |
| 1992 | Running Matesas Hugh Hathaway | |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Rossas Dave Moss | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Lenoas | |
| 1991 | Paris Troutas Harry Seagraves | |
| 1990 | State of Graceas Frankie | |
| 1989 | Jacknifeas David 'High School' Flannigan | |
| 1989 | The Abyssas Virgil 'Bud' Brigman | |
| 1988 | To Kill a Priestas Stefan | |
| 1987 | Walkeras William Walker | |
| 1987 | The Last Innocent Manas Harry Nash | |
| 1985 | Sweet Dreamsas Charlie Dick | |
| 1985 | Code Name: Emeraldas Gus Lang | |
| 1985 | Alamo Bayas Shang | |
| 1984 | A Flash of Greenas Jimmy Wing | |
| 1984 | Places in the Heartas Wayne Lomax | |
| 1984 | Swing Shiftas Jack Walsh | |
| 1983 | Under Fireas Oates | |
| 1983 | The Right Stuffas John Glenn | |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbowas Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1982 | Creepshowas Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day") | |
| 1982 | Cassie & Co.as Agent Taylor | |
| 1982 | American Playhouseas Jimmy Wing | |
| 1981 | Dream on!as | |
| 1981 | Knightridersas Billy | |
| 1980 | Borderlineas Hotchkiss | |
| 1980 | The Aliens Are Comingas Chuck Polcheck | |
| 1979 | Parisas | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hartas | |
| 1979 | The Seekersas Lt. William Clark | |
| 1978 | David Cassidy: Man Under Coveras Ben | |
| 1978 | Comaas Pathology Resident | |
| 1977 | Lou Grantas | |
| 1977 | Lou Grantas Warren | |
| 1977 | CHiPsas Lonny | |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughesas Russ | |
| 1976 | Gibbsvilleas Steve | |
| 1976 | Delvecchioas Davey Bresnihan | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Filesas Rudy Kempner | |
| 1971 | Great Performancesas Self | |
| 1956 | Tony Awardsas Self - Nominee | |
| 1953 | The Oscarsas Self | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awardsas Self - Nominee | |
| School for the Blindas | ||
| War on Wolvesas Narrator |
| 2019 | The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power...Executive Producer | |
| 2008 | Appaloosa...Director | |
| 2008 | Appaloosa...Screenplay | |
| 2008 | Appaloosa...Producer | |
| 2000 | Pollock...Director | |
| 2000 | Pollock...Producer | |
| 1996 | Riders of the Purple Sage...Executive Producer | |
| The Ploughmen...Director | ||
| The Ploughmen...Screenplay | ||
| The Ploughmen...Producer |