Ed Harris biography
Ed Harris is an American actor and director (born 1950), born on 28 November 1950 in Englewood.
Ed Harris's screen career began in 1976 with Gibbsville, playing Steve.
Ed Harris has appeared in 107 films and 23 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are The Dink (2026), How to Make a Killing (2026), Other Desert Cities (2026).
Honours include Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.
Coming up next: Ashley Wright.
- Also known as
- Edward Allen Harris
- Born
- 28 November 1950 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Englewood
- Work
- Film actor, Film director, Character actor, Screenwriter, Film producer
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1975 to present
- Awards
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor , Motion Picture
Ed Harris filmography
108 films and 23 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Wright | Judge Allen | Post-production | ||
| 2026 | The Dink | Chuck Boyd | ||
| 2026 | How to Make a Killing | Whitelaw Redfellow | ||
| 2026 | Other Desert Cities | Lyman Wyeth | ||
| 2025 | Long Day's Journey into Night | James Tyrone | ||
| 2025 | The Tiger | Harlan | ||
| 2024 | Riff Raff | Vincent | ||
| 2024 | My Dead Friend Zoe | Dale | ||
| 2024 | Love Lies Bleeding | Lou Sr. | ||
| 2023 | Downtown Owl | Horace Jones | ||
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Rear Admiral Chester "Hammer" Cain | ||
| 2022 | Get Away If You Can | Alan | ||
| 2021 | The Lost Daughter | Lyle | ||
| 2020 | Resistance | George S. Patton | ||
| 2019 | The Last Full Measure | Ray Mott | ||
| 2019 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch | ||
| 2018 | Good for Otto | Dr. Robert Michaels | ||
| 2017 | Geostorm | Leonard Dekkom | ||
| 2017 | Kodachrome | Ben | ||
| 2017 | Mother! | Man | ||
| 2017 | A Crooked Somebody | Sam Vaughn | ||
| 2016 | Rules Don't Apply | Mr. Bransford | ||
| 2016 | In Dubious Battle | Joy | ||
| 2016 | Buried Child | Dodge | ||
| 2015 | The Adderall Diaries | Neil Elliott |
Show all 108 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Run All Night | Shawn Maguire | ||
| 2015 | Cymbeline | King Cymbeline | ||
| 2014 | Frontera | Roy McNary | ||
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue: The Video Game | Blade Ranger | ||
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Blade Ranger | Voice role | |
| 2013 | The Face of Love | Tom Young / Garret Mathis | ||
| 2013 | Gravity | Mission Control | Voice role | |
| 2013 | Snowpiercer | Wilford | ||
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Ed Du Bois, III | ||
| 2013 | Sweetwater | Sheriff Cornelius Jackson | ||
| 2013 | Phantom | Dmitri "Demi" Zubov | ||
| 2013 | The Jacksonian | Bill Perch | ||
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | David Englander | ||
| 2011 | Salvation Boulevard | Dr. Peter Blaylock | ||
| 2011 | That's What I Am | Mr. Steven Simon | ||
| 2010 | The Way Back | Mr. Smith | ||
| 2010 | Virginia | Sheriff Dick Tipton | ||
| 2010 | Once Fallen | Liam Ryan | ||
| 2010 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | Jason Hudson | ||
| 2008 | Appaloosa | Virgil Cole | Also writer and producer | |
| 2008 | Touching Home | Charlie Winston | ||
| 2008 | Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero | English | ||
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Mitch Wilkinson | ||
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Det. Remy Bressant | ||
| 2007 | Cleaner | Det. Edward "Eddie" Lorenzo | ||
| 2006 | Copying Beethoven | Ludwig van Beethoven | ||
| 2006 | Two Tickets to Paradise | Melville | ||
| 2006 | Wrecks | Edward Carr | ||
| 2005 | A History of Violence | Carl Fogarty | ||
| 2005 | Winter Passing | Don Holdin | ||
| 2005 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | English | ||
| 2003 | Radio | Coach Harold Jones | ||
| 2003 | The Human Stain | Lester Farley | ||
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Oscar Vogel | ||
| 2003 | Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted | Dalton Trumbo | ||
| 2002 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | English | ||
| 2002 | The Hours | Richard Brown | ||
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | William Parcher | ||
| 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | Major Erwin König | ||
| 2001 | Buffalo Soldiers | Colonel Berman | ||
| 2000 | The Prime Gig | Kelly Grant | ||
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Jerry Charmichael | ||
| 2000 | Pollock | Jackson Pollock | Also producer | |
| 1999 | The Third Miracle | Father Frank Shore | ||
| 1998 | Stepmom | Luke Harrison | ||
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Christof | ||
| 1998 | Junket Whore | English | ||
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Det. Seth Frank | ||
| 1996 | The Rock | Gen. Francis X. Hummel | ||
| 1996 | Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island | |||
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye | Mack McCann | ||
| 1996 | Taking Sides | Major Steve Arnold | ||
| 1995 | Nixon | E. Howard Hunt | ||
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | Gene Kranz | ||
| 1995 | Just Cause | Blair Sullivan | ||
| 1994 | Milk Money | Tom Wheeler | ||
| 1994 | China Moon | Kyle Bodine | ||
| 1994 | Simpatico | Lyle Carter | ||
| 1993 | The Firm | Wayne Tarrance | ||
| 1993 | Needful Things | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | ||
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Dave Moss | ||
| 1991 | Paris Trout | Harry Seagraves | ||
| 1990 | State of Grace | Frankie Flannery | ||
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | English | ||
| 1989 | The Abyss | Virgil "Bud" Brigman | ||
| 1989 | Jacknife | David "Dave" Flannigan | ||
| 1988 | To Kill a Priest | Police Captain Stefan | ||
| 1987 | Walker | William Walker | ||
| 1986 | Precious Sons | Fred | ||
| 1985 | Sweet Dreams | Charlie Dick | ||
| 1985 | Code Name: Emerald | Gus Lang | ||
| 1985 | Alamo Bay | Shang Pierce | ||
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Jack Walsh | ||
| 1984 | Places in the Heart | Wayne Lomax | ||
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | John Glenn | ||
| 1983 | Under Fire | Oates | ||
| 1983 | Fool for Love | Eddie | ||
| 1982 | Creepshow | Hank Blaine | Segment "Father's Day" | |
| 1981 | Knightriders | Billy | ||
| 1981 | Dream On! | English | ||
| 1980 | Borderline | Hotchkiss | ||
| 1980 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Chance Wayne | ||
| 1978 | Coma | Pathology Resident #2 |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dutton Ranch | Everett McKinney | Main role | |
| 2024 | Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War | Narrator | Documentary series | |
| 2016 | Westworld | William / The Man in Black | Main role, 28 episodes | |
| 2012 | Game Change | John McCain | Television film | |
| 2006 | The Armenian Genocide | Leslie Davis | Documentary | |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Miles Roby | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1996 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Jim Lassiter | Television film; also executive producer | |
| 1994 | The Stand | General William Starkey | Miniseries, 1 episode | |
| 1992 | Running Mates | Hugh Hathaway | Television film | |
| 1987 | The Last Innocent Man | Harry Nash | Television film | |
| 1984 | A Flash of Green | Jimmy Wing | Television film aired as an episode of American Playhouse | |
| 1981 | Hart to Hart | Arnold Harmon | 1 episode | |
| 1981 | CHiPs | Lonny | 1 episode | |
| 1980 | The Aliens Are Coming | Chuck Polcheck | Television film | |
| 1980 | Paris | John Dantley | 1 episode | |
| 1979 | The Seekers | Lt. William Clark | Television film | |
| 1979 | Lou Grant | Warren | 3 episodes | |
| 1979 | Barnaby Jones | Glenn Morgan | 1 episode | |
| 1978 | The Rockford Files | Rudy Kempner | 1 episode | |
| 1978 | David Cassidy: Man Undercover | Ben | 1 episode | |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Russ | Television film | |
| 1977 | Delvecchio | Davey Bresnihan | 1 episode | |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | Steve | 1 episode |