Born 1950 (age 75) · Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Appears in 150 titles

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.

Filmography

The Truman Show
8.2
The Truman Show
1998
as Christof
Gravity
7.2
Gravity
2013
as Mission Control (voice)
A Beautiful Mind
7.9
A Beautiful Mind
2001
as William Parcher
Top Gun: Maverick
8.2
Top Gun: Maverick
2022
as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain
Snowpiercer
6.9
Snowpiercer
2013
as Wilford
mother!
7.0
mother!
2017
as Man
Apollo 13
7.5
Apollo 13
1995
as Gene Kranz
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
6.4
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
as Mitch Wilkinson
The Rock
7.1
The Rock
1996
as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
Geostorm
6.1
Geostorm
2017
as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom
Pain & Gain
6.3
Pain & Gain
2013
as Ed DuBois
Gone Baby Gone
7.3
Gone Baby Gone
2007
as Remy Bressant
Enemy at the Gates
7.4
Enemy at the Gates
2001
as Major König
A History of Violence
7.2
A History of Violence
2005
as Carl Fogarty
The Abyss
7.3
The Abyss
1989
as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Run All Night
6.4
Run All Night
2015
as Shawn Maguire
Man on a Ledge
6.4
Man on a Ledge
2012
as David Englander
The Firm
6.7
The Firm
1993
as Wayne Tarrance
The Hours
7.3
The Hours
2002
as Richard Brown
The Way Back
7.0
The Way Back
2010
as Mr. Smith