Ed Harris 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 in addition to Academy Award nominations.

Harris has appeared in several leading and supporting roles, such as in: The Right Stuff (1983), Sweet Dreams (1985),The Abyss (1989), State of Grace (1990), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Nixon (1995), The Rock (1996), Stepmom (1998), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Enemy at the Gates (2001), A History of Violence (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Snowpiercer (2013) and Mother! (2017).

In addition to directing Pollock, Harris also directed the western 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 of which 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.

Performances and works

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Film

Year Title Role Director Notes 1978 Coma Pathology Resident #2 Michael Crichton 1980 Borderline Hotchkiss Jerrold Freedman 1981 Knightriders Billy George A. Romero 1982 Creepshow Hank Blaine Segment "Father's Day" 1983 The Right Stuff John Glenn Philip Kaufman Under Fire Oates Roger Spottiswoode 1984 Swing Shift Jack Walsh Jonathan Demme Places in the Heart Wayne Lomax Robert Benton 1985 Code Name: Emerald Gus Lang Jonathan Sanger Alamo Bay Shang Pierce Louis Malle Sweet Dreams Charlie Dick Karel Reisz 1987 Walker William Walker Alex Cox 1988 To Kill a Priest Police Captain Stefan Agnieszka Holland 1989 Jacknife David "Dave" Flannigan David Jones The Abyss Virgil "Bud" Brigman James Cameron 1990 State of Grace Frankie Flannery Phil Joanou 1991 Paris Trout Harry Seagraves Stephen Gyllenhaal 1992 Glengarry Glen Ross Dave Moss James Foley 1993 The Firm Wayne Tarrance Sydney Pollack Needful Things Sheriff Alan Pangborn Fraser C. Heston 1994 China Moon Kyle Bodine John Bailey Milk Money Tom Wheeler Richard Benjamin 1995 Just Cause Blair Sullivan Arne Glimcher Apollo 13 Gene Kranz Ron Howard Nixon E. Howard Hunt Oliver Stone 1996 Eye for an Eye Mack McCann John Schlesinger The Rock Gen. Francis X. Hummel Michael Bay 1997 Absolute Power Det. Seth Frank Clint Eastwood 1998 The Truman Show Christof Peter Weir Stepmom Luke Harrison Chris Columbus 1999 The Third Miracle Father Frank Shore Agnieszka Holland 2000 Pollock Jackson Pollock Himself Also producer The Prime Gig Kelly Grant Gregory Mosher Waking the Dead Jerry Charmichael Keith Gordon 2001 A Beautiful Mind William Parcher Ron Howard Buffalo Soldiers Colonel Berman Gregor Jordan Enemy at the Gates Major Erwin König Jean-Jacques Annaud 2002 The Hours Richard Brown Stephen Daldry 2003 Masked and Anonymous Oscar Vogel Larry Charles Radio Coach Harold Jones Michael Tollin The Human Stain Lester Farley Robert Benton 2005 Winter Passing Don Holdin Adam Rapp A History of Violence Carl Fogarty David Cronenberg 2006 Two Tickets to Paradise Melville D.B. Sweeney Copying Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Agnieszka Holland 2007 Gone Baby Gone Det. Remy Bressant Ben Affleck Cleaner Det. Edward "Eddie" Lorenzo Renny Harlin National Treasure: Book of Secrets Mitch Wilkinson Jon Turteltaub 2008 Touching Home Charlie Winston Logan MillerNoah Miller Appaloosa Virgil Cole Himself Also writer and producer 2010 Once Fallen Liam Ryan Ash Adams The Way Back Mr. Smith Peter Weir Virginia Sheriff Dick Tipton Dustin Lance Black 2011 That's What I Am Mr. Steven Simon Michael Pavone Salvation Boulevard Dr. Peter Blaylock George Ratliff 2012 Man on a Ledge David Englander Asger Leth 2013 Phantom Dmitri "Demi" Zubov Todd Robinson Pain & Gain Ed Du Bois, III Michael Bay Snowpiercer Minister Wilford Bong Joon-ho Sweetwater Sheriff Cornelius Jackson Logan Miller The Face of Love Tom Young / Garret Mathis Arie Posin Gravity Mission Control Alfonso Cuarón Voice role 2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue Blade Ranger Bobs Gannaway Frontera Roy McNary Michael Berry 2015 Cymbeline King Cymbeline Michael Almereyda Run All Night Shawn Maguire Jaume Collet-Serra The Adderall Diaries Neil Elliott Pamela Romanowsky 2016 In Dubious Battle Joy James Franco Rules Don't Apply Mr. Bransford Warren Beatty 2017 A Crooked Somebody Sam Vaughn Trevor White Mother! Man Darren Aronofsky Kodachrome Ben Mark Raso Geostorm Leonard Dekkom Dean Devlin 2019 The Last Full Measure Ray Mott Todd Robinson 2020 Resistance George S. Patton Jonathan Jakubowicz 2021 The Lost Daughter Lyle Maggie Gyllenhaal 2022 Top Gun: Maverick Rear Admiral Chester "Hammer" Cain Joseph Kosinski Get Away If You Can Alan Dominique BraunTerence Martin 2023 Downtown Owl Horace Jones Lily RabeHamish Linklater 2024 Love Lies Bleeding Lou Sr. Rose Glass My Dead Friend Zoe Dale Kyle Hausmann-Stokes Riff Raff Vincent Dito Montiel 2025 Long Day's Journey into Night James Tyrone Jonathan Kent Jessica Lange & Ed Harris Wrap New Movie Version Of ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ The Tiger Harlan Spike Jonze, Halina Reijn 2026 How to Make a Killing Whitelaw Redfellow John Patton Ford The Dink Chuck Boyd Josh Greenbaum Judge Allen Logan Miller, Noah Miller Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1976 Gibbsville Steve 1 episode 1977 Delvecchio Davey Bresnihan The Amazing Howard Hughes Russ Television film 1978 The Rockford Files Rudy Kempner 1 episode David Cassidy: Man Undercover Ben 1979 The Seekers Lt. William Clark Television film Barnaby Jones Glenn Morgan 1 episode 1979–1981 Lou Grant Warren 3 episodes 1980 Paris John Dantley 1 episode The Aliens Are Coming Chuck Polcheck Television film 1981 CHiPs Lonny 1 episode Hart to Hart Arnold Harmon 1984 A Flash of Green Jimmy Wing Television film aired as an episode of American Playhouse 1987 The Last Innocent Man Harry Nash Television film 1992 Running Mates Hugh Hathaway 1994 The Stand General William Starkey Miniseries, 1 episode 1995 Frasier Guest Caller Rob Voice role, 1 episode 1996 Riders of the Purple Sage Jim Lassiter Television film; also executive producer 2005 Empire Falls Miles Roby Miniseries, 2 episodes 2006 The Armenian Genocide Leslie Davis Documentary 2012 Game Change John McCain Television film 2016–2022 Westworld William / The Man in Black Main role, 28 episodes 2020 Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party Himself 1 episode 2024 Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War Narrator Documentary series 2026Dutton RanchEverett McKinney

Theater Year Title Role Theater 1980 Sweet Bird of Youth Chance Wayne Gene Darnyasky Theater 1983 Fool for Love Eddie Magic Theatre, Douglas Fairbanks Theater 1986 Precious Sons Fred Longacre Theatre 1994 Simpatico Lyle Carter The Public Theater 1996 Taking Sides Major Steve Arnold Brooks Atkinson Theatre 2003 Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted Dalton Trumbo Westside Theatre 2006 Wrecks Edward Carr The Public Theater 2013 The Jacksonian Bill Perch Theatre Row 2016–2017 Buried Child Dodge The New Group, Off-Broadway, Trafalgar Studios, West End debut 2018 Good for Otto The New Group 2019–2020 To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch Shubert Theatre

Video games Year Title Voice Role 2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops Jason Hudson 2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue: The Video Game Blade Ranger

References

External links Ed Harris at the IMDb