
Ed Harris
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.
49Credits19 TV · 30 films
1974–2026Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedGibbsville
7.4 Average ratingacross 49 titles
Top TV shows 19best Ed Harris shows
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GibbsvilleSteve · 1 ep · 1976 - 2
WestworldThe Man in Black · 2016–2022 · Drama - 3
America's Game: The Super Bowl ChampionsNarrator (voice) · 8 eps · 2006 - 4
Rising: Rebuilding Ground ZeroNarrator · 6 eps · 2011 - 5
The SeekersLt. William Clark · 2 eps · 1979 - 6
FrasierRob (voice) · 1 ep · 1993 - 7
The Rockford FilesRudy Kempner · 1 ep · 1974 - 8
BaseballVarious (voice) · 1994 - 9
Lou Grant2 eps · 1977 - 10
Dutton RanchEverett McKinney · 2026–present · Drama - 11
DelvecchioDavey Bresnihan · 1 ep · 1976 - 12
Hart to Hart1 ep · 1979 - 13
CHiPsLonny · 1 ep · 1977 - 14
The StandGeneral Starkey (uncredited) · 1 ep · 1994 - 15
The Bush Years: Family, Duty, PowerNarrator · 6 eps · 2019 - 16
Empire FallsMiles Roby · 2 eps · 2005 - 17
Paris1 ep · 1979 - 18
David Cassidy: Man Under CoverBen · 1 ep · 1978 - 19
Cassie & Co.Agent Taylor · 1 ep · 1982
Top movies 30best Ed Harris movies
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Long Day's Journey into NightJames Tyrone · 2025 - 2Dream on!1981
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Top Gun: MaverickRadm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain · 2022 - 4
The Truman ShowChristof · 1998 - 5
A Beautiful MindWilliam Parcher · 2001 - 6
Apollo 13Gene Kranz · 1995 - 7
Enemy at the GatesMajor König · 2001 - 8
The Right StuffJohn Glenn · 1983 - 9
The AbyssVirgil 'Bud' Brigman · 1989 - 10
RadioCoach Jones · 2003 - 11
Glengarry Glen RossDave Moss · 1992 - 12
Gone Baby GoneRemy Bressant · 2007 - 13
The Last Full MeasureRay Mott · 2020 - 14
The HoursRichard Brown · 2002 - 15
The RockBrigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC · 1996 - 16
A History of ViolenceCarl Fogarty · 2005 - 17
The Wild Bunch: An Album in MontageSam Peckinpah (Voice) · 1996 - 18
Places in the HeartWayne Lomax · 1984 - 19
GravityMission Control (voice) · 2013 - 20
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice) · 2004 - 21
StepmomLuke Harrison · 1998 - 22
How to Make a KillingWhitelaw Redfellow · 2026 - 23
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do ThatNarrator (voice) · 2005 - 24
The Armenian GenocideU.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice) · 2006 - 25
The Way BackMr. Smith · 2010 - 26
mother!Man · 2017 - 27
State of GraceFrankie · 1990 - 28
ResistanceGeorge S. Patton · 2020 - 29
Game ChangeJohn McCain · 2012 - 30
SnowpiercerWilford · 2013