Known for Acting

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), 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.
2022
as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain
2026
as Whitelaw Redfellow
1998
as Christof
2005
as Carl Fogarty
2013
as Wilford
1996
as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
2001
as William Parcher
2017
as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom
1995
as Gene Kranz
2013
as Mission Control (voice)
2017
as Man
1989
as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
2001
as Major König
2007
as Mitch Wilkinson
2024
as Lou Sr.
2010
as Mr. Smith
1993
as Wayne Tarrance
2013
as Ed DuBois
1998
as Luke Harrison
2002
as Richard Brown