Ed Harris

Ed Harris

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

2025

Long Day's Journey into Night
Long Day's Journey into Night
as James Tyrone
Movie - Released: 2/27/2025
My Dead Friend Zoe
My Dead Friend Zoe
as Dale
Movie - Released: 2/28/2025
Riff Raff
Riff Raff
as Vince
Movie - Released: 2/27/2025

2024

Love Lies Bleeding
Love Lies Bleeding
as Lou Sr.
Movie - Released: 3/7/2024
Concrete
Concrete
as Boris
Movie - Released: 9/12/2024
Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War
Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 8/21/2024

2023

Downtown Owl
Downtown Owl
as Horace Jones
Movie - Released: 6/8/2023
Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea
Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea
as H.C. Westermann
Movie - Released: 9/15/2023

2022

Get Away If You Can
Get Away If You Can
as Alan
Movie - Released: 8/19/2022
Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick
as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain
Movie - Released: 5/21/2022

2021

The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter
as Lyle
Movie - Released: 12/15/2021

2020

The Last Full Measure
The Last Full Measure
as Ray Mott
Movie - Released: 1/23/2020
Resistance
Resistance
as George S. Patton
Movie - Released: 3/27/2020
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
as Himself
TV - Released: 5/21/2020

2019

The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power
The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power
as Narrator
TV - Released: 3/3/2019

2018

A Crooked Somebody
A Crooked Somebody
as Sam Vaughn
Movie - Released: 10/5/2018

2017

Geostorm
Geostorm
as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom
Movie - Released: 10/12/2017
mother!
mother!
as Man
Movie - Released: 9/13/2017
Kodachrome
Kodachrome
as Benjamin Ryder
Movie - Released: 9/8/2017

2016

The Adderall Diaries
The Adderall Diaries
as Neil Elliott
Movie - Released: 4/15/2016
In Dubious Battle
In Dubious Battle
as Joy
Movie - Released: 10/8/2016
Rules Don't Apply
Rules Don't Apply
as Mr. Bransford
Movie - Released: 11/23/2016
Buried Child
Buried Child
as Dodge
Movie - Released: 11/28/2016
Westworld
Westworld
as Man in Black
TV - Released: 10/2/2016

2015

Run All Night
Run All Night
as Shawn Maguire
Movie - Released: 3/11/2015
Movie
Return to the Philippines, the Leon Cooper Story
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/25/2015

2014

Cymbeline
Cymbeline
as Cymbeline
Movie - Released: 9/3/2014
Frontera
Frontera
as Roy
Movie - Released: 7/31/2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Blade Ranger (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/17/2014
Collision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space
Collision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/25/2014

2013

Gravity
Gravity
as Mission Control (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/3/2013
Phantom
Phantom
as Demi
Movie - Released: 1/3/2013
Pain & Gain
Pain & Gain
as Ed DuBois
Movie - Released: 4/18/2013
Sweetwater
Sweetwater
as Sheriff Cornelius Jackson
Movie - Released: 10/9/2013
The Face of Love
The Face of Love
as Garret Mathis / Tom Young
Movie - Released: 10/25/2013
Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer
as Wilford
Movie - Released: 8/1/2013

2012

Man on a Ledge
Man on a Ledge
as David Englander
Movie - Released: 1/13/2012
Game Change
Game Change
as John McCain
Movie - Released: 2/28/2012

2011

Salvation Boulevard
Salvation Boulevard
as Dr. Paul Blaylock
Movie - Released: 7/15/2011
That's What I Am
That's What I Am
as Mr. Simon
Movie - Released: 4/29/2011
Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
as Narrator
TV - Released: 8/25/2011

2010

Once Fallen
Once Fallen
as Liam
Movie - Released: 11/2/2010
The Way Back
The Way Back
as Mr. Smith
Movie - Released: 11/22/2010
Virginia
Virginia
as Sheriff Dick Tipton
Movie - Released: 5/18/2010

2008

Appaloosa
Appaloosa
as Virgil Cole
Movie - Released: 9/19/2008
Touching Home
Touching Home
as Charlie Winston
Movie - Released: 4/29/2008
Dispatches from Nicaragua
Dispatches from Nicaragua
as Himself
Movie - Released: 2/19/2008

2007

Gone Baby Gone
Gone Baby Gone
as Sgt. Det. Remy Bressant
Movie - Released: 9/18/2007
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Mitch Wilkinson
Movie - Released: 12/19/2007
Cleaner
Cleaner
as Eddie Lorenzo
Movie - Released: 9/11/2007
Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'
Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/22/2007
America's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphins
America's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphins
as Self - Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/1/2007

2006

Copying Beethoven
Copying Beethoven
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Movie - Released: 9/10/2006
Winter Passing
Winter Passing
as Don Holden
Movie - Released: 2/7/2006
Two Tickets to Paradise
Two Tickets to Paradise
as Melville
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
The Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide
as U.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/17/2006
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 11/17/2006

2005

A History of Violence
A History of Violence
as Carl Fogarty
Movie - Released: 9/23/2005
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/21/2005
Empire Falls
Empire Falls
as Miles Roby
TV - Released: 5/28/2005

2004

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/4/2004

2003

The Human Stain
The Human Stain
as Lester Farley
Movie - Released: 10/29/2003
Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous
as Oscar Vogel
Movie - Released: 7/25/2003
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 9/14/2003
Radio
Radio
as Coach Jones
Movie - Released: 10/24/2003

2002

The Hours
The Hours
as Richard Brown
Movie - Released: 12/27/2002
Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers
as Colonel Berman
Movie - Released: 10/31/2002
Just a Dream
Just a Dream
as Henry Sturbuck (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/16/2002

2001

Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates
as Major König
Movie - Released: 2/28/2001
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind
as William Parcher
Movie - Released: 12/14/2001
The Prime Gig
The Prime Gig
as Kelly Grant
Movie - Released: 4/24/2001

2000

Pollock
Pollock
as Jackson Pollock
Movie - Released: 9/6/2000
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
as Jerry Charmichael
Movie - Released: 3/24/2000

1999

The Third Miracle
The Third Miracle
as Frank Shore
Movie - Released: 9/13/1999
Movie
Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island
as Himself
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
The Early Show
The Early Show
as Self
TV - Released: 11/1/1999

1998

Stepmom
Stepmom
as Luke Harrison
Movie - Released: 12/25/1998
The Truman Show
The Truman Show
as Christof
Movie - Released: 6/4/1998
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/2/1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
as Christof
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Junket Whore
Junket Whore
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/12/1998

1997

Absolute Power
Absolute Power
as Seth Frank
Movie - Released: 2/14/1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/27/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

The Rock
The Rock
as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
Movie - Released: 6/7/1996
Eye for an Eye
Eye for an Eye
as Mack McCann
Movie - Released: 1/12/1996
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/16/1996
Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jim Lassiter
Movie - Released: 1/21/1996
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
as Sam Peckinpah (Voice)
Movie - Released: 11/1/1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/22/1996

1995

Apollo 13
Apollo 13
as Gene Kranz
Movie - Released: 6/30/1995
Nixon
Nixon
as E. Howard Hunt
Movie - Released: 12/22/1995
Just Cause
Just Cause
as Blair Sullivan
Movie - Released: 2/17/1995

1994

Milk Money
Milk Money
as Tom Wheeler
Movie - Released: 8/31/1994
China Moon
China Moon
as Kyle Bodine
Movie - Released: 3/4/1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
TV - Released: 8/14/1994
The Stand
The Stand
as General Starkey
TV - Released: 5/8/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as Various (voice)
TV - Released: 9/18/1994
The Stand
The Stand
as General Starkey (uncredited)
TV - Released: 5/8/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as (voice)
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Needful Things
Needful Things
as Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn
Movie - Released: 8/27/1993
The Firm
The Firm
as Wayne Tarrance
Movie - Released: 6/30/1993
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/1/1993
Frasier
Frasier
as Rob (voice)
TV - Released: 9/16/1993

1992

Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross
as Dave Moss
Movie - Released: 9/10/1992
Running Mates
Running Mates
as Hugh Hathaway
Movie - Released: 10/4/1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV - Released: 5/25/1992

1991

Paris Trout
Paris Trout
as Harry Seagraves
Movie - Released: 4/21/1991

1990

State of Grace
State of Grace
as Frankie
Movie - Released: 9/14/1990

1989

The Abyss
The Abyss
as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Movie - Released: 8/9/1989
Jacknife
Jacknife
as David 'High School' Flannigan
Movie - Released: 10/5/1989

1988

To Kill a Priest
To Kill a Priest
as Stefan
Movie - Released: 9/7/1988

1987

Walker
Walker
as William Walker
Movie - Released: 12/4/1987
The Last Innocent Man
The Last Innocent Man
as Harry Nash
Movie - Released: 4/19/1987

1985

Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams
as Charlie Dick
Movie - Released: 10/2/1985
Code Name: Emerald
Code Name: Emerald
as Gus Lang
Movie - Released: 9/7/1985
Alamo Bay
Alamo Bay
as Shang
Movie - Released: 4/3/1985

1984

Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart
as Wayne Lomax
Movie - Released: 9/11/1984
Swing Shift
Swing Shift
as Jack Walsh
Movie - Released: 4/13/1984
A Flash of Green
A Flash of Green
as Jimmy Wing
Movie - Released: 10/5/1984

1983

The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
as John Glenn
Movie - Released: 10/20/1983
Under Fire
Under Fire
as Oates
Movie - Released: 10/21/1983
Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 6/6/1983

1982

Creepshow
Creepshow
as Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
Movie - Released: 11/10/1982
Cassie & Co.
Cassie & Co.
TV - Released: 1/29/1982

1981

Knightriders
Knightriders
as Billy
Movie - Released: 4/10/1981
Movie
Dream on!
Movie - Released: 10/1/1981

1980

Borderline
Borderline
as Hotchkiss
Movie - Released: 12/19/1980
The Aliens Are Coming
The Aliens Are Coming
as Chuck Polcheck
Movie - Released: 3/2/1980

1979

The Seekers
The Seekers
as Lt. William Clark
Movie - Released: 12/3/1979
Hart to Hart
Hart to Hart
TV - Released: 9/22/1979
Paris
Paris
TV - Released: 9/29/1979

1978

Coma
Coma
as Pathology Resident
Movie - Released: 1/6/1978
David Cassidy: Man Under Cover
David Cassidy: Man Under Cover
as Ben
TV - Released: 11/2/1978

1977

The Amazing Howard Hughes
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Russ
Movie - Released: 4/13/1977
Lou Grant
Lou Grant
TV - Released: 9/20/1977
CHiPs
CHiPs
as Lonny
TV - Released: 9/15/1977
Lou Grant
Lou Grant
as Warren
TV - Released: 9/20/1977

1976

Delvecchio
Delvecchio
as Davey Bresnihan
TV - Released: 9/9/1976
Gibbsville
Gibbsville
as Steve
TV - Released: 11/11/1976

1974

The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
as Rudy Kempner
TV - Released: 9/13/1974

1971

Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self
TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Unknown

Movie
Huntington
Movie
Movie
The Dink
Movie