Jared Harris facts for kids
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Jared Francis Harris
24 August 1961 Hammersmith, London, England
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Jared Francis Harris (born on August 24, 1961) is a talented British actor. He is known for playing many different characters in popular TV shows and movies.
Some of his most famous roles include Lane Pryce in the TV show Mad Men, King George VI in The Crown, and Valery Legasov in the miniseries Chernobyl. For his role in Chernobyl, he won a special award called the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor.
Jared Harris has also appeared in science fiction shows like Fringe and The Expanse. He played Captain Francis Crozier in The Terror. You might also recognize him from movies like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. More recently, he played Hari Seldon in the science fiction series Foundation.
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Early Life and Education
Jared Harris was born in Hammersmith, London, England, on August 24, 1961. He is the second of three sons. His father was the famous Irish actor Richard Harris. His mother was the Welsh actress Elizabeth Rees-Williams.
Jared has two brothers who are also involved in acting. His older brother, Damian Harris, is a director. His younger brother, Jamie Harris, is also an actor. His grandfather on his mother's side was a politician named David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore.
Jared and his brothers went to a boarding school called Ladycross School in Seaford. He remembers that the school was very strict, with cold showers every morning! He also said that students were called by their last name or a number. Since there were three Harris brothers, they were called "Harris Ma" (major) for Damian, "Harris Mi" (minor) for Jared, and "Harris Minimus" for Jamie.
After Ladycross, he attended Downside School, another boarding school. He then moved to the U.S. to study at Duke University, where he earned a degree in drama in 1984. He later returned to England to train as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama, finishing in 1989.
Acting Career Highlights
Jared Harris started his acting career in films like The Rachel Papers (1989). He had small parts in movies such as the western Far and Away (1992) and the historical film The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He also appeared in the crime drama Natural Born Killers (1994).
He played Benmont Tench in the film Dead Man (1995). Later, he took on the role of an older Will Robinson in the 1998 movie based on the TV show Lost in Space. He also played Vladimir in the movie Happiness (1998).
Jared Harris has played several real-life famous people. He was Andy Warhol in I Shot Andy Warhol and John Lennon in the TV movie Two of Us. He even played King Henry VIII in a 2003 BBC film called The Other Boleyn Girl. He also appeared as Dr. Charles Ashford in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and as Ulysses S. Grant in Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln (2012).
Becoming a Star on Television
Jared Harris became very well-known for his role as Lane Pryce in the TV show Mad Men. This show was about advertising workers in New York City in the 1960s. Lane Pryce was a British character who became a partner in the advertising agency. Critics really liked his performance, and he was even nominated for an Emmy Award for it.
He also received much praise for playing King George VI in the first season of The Crown. This show is about the British Royal Family. People said that Jared Harris showed the king's quiet and sensitive side very well. He was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor for this role.
In 2018, he played Captain Francis Crozier in the series The Terror. This show was based on a book about a lost expedition to the Arctic. For his role, he received a special medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. This award recognized how he helped people learn more about Canada's geography and history through his acting.
In 2019, Jared Harris starred as Valery Legasov in the miniseries Chernobyl. This show was about the real-life nuclear disaster that happened in 1986. His performance was highly praised, and he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He was also nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for this role.
More recently, he joined the cast of the Spider-Man spin-off movie Morbius (2022). He also plays a main character, Hari Seldon, in the science fiction TV series Foundation, which started in 2021. In 2024, he appeared in the British thriller film Reawakening.
Personal Life
Jared Harris has been married three times. He first married Jacqueline Goldenberg in 1989, but they divorced three years later.
In 2005, he married actress Emilia Fox. Her parents are also famous actors, Edward Fox and Joanna David. They divorced in 2010.
In 2009, Jared met Allegra Riggio, who is a lighting designer and TV host. They got married on November 9, 2013. Jared Harris currently lives in Los Angeles.
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Jared Harris in 2014
See also
In Spanish: Jared Harris para niños
