Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
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.
Acted in 119
2020s
- 2026
Long Day's Journey into Night
James Tyrone
- 2025
- 2024
Concrete
Boris
- 2023
Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea
H.C. Westermann
- 2022
Get Away If You Can
Alan
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
Buried Child
Dodge
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
Salvation Boulevard
Dr. Paul Blaylock
- 2010
Virginia
Sheriff Dick Tipton
2000s
- 2008
Touching Home
Charlie Winston
- 2007
- 2006
The Armenian Genocide
U.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice)
- 2005
- 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
- 2003
Masked and Anonymous
Oscar Vogel
- 2002
Buffalo Soldiers
Colonel Berman
- 2001
The Prime Gig
Kelly Grant
- 2000
Waking the Dead
Jerry Charmichael
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Christof
- 1997
- 1996
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Sam Peckinpah (Voice)
Riders of the Purple Sage
Jim Lassiter
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
Running Mates
Hugh Hathaway
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
To Kill a Priest
Stefan
- 1987
The Last Innocent Man
Harry Nash
- 1985
Sweet Dreams
Charlie Dick
Code Name: Emerald
Gus Lang
Alamo Bay
Shang
- 1984
Swing Shift
Jack Walsh
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
The Aliens Are Coming
Chuck Polcheck
1970s
- 1979
Paris
TV
The Seekers
Lt. William Clark · 2 episodes
- 1978
David Cassidy: Man Under Cover
Ben · 1 episode
- 1977
- 1976
Gibbsville
Steve · 1 episode
- 1974
No release date
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: Fire & Rescue
Blu
Produced 4
2000s
- 2008
- 2000
1990s
- 1996
Riders of the Purple Sage
Executive Producer
Directed 2
2000s
- 2008
- 2000
Wrote 1
2000s
- 2008
Appearances28
2020s
- 2024
- 2020
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
Himself · 1 episode
2010s
- 2019
- 2015
- 2011
Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
Narrator · 6 episodes
2000s
- 2008
Dispatches from Nicaragua
Himself
- 2007
Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'
Self
America's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphins
Self - Narrator
- 2006
The Oklahoma Heisman
Narrator
- 2005
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Narrator (voice)
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
- 2003
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
Narrator
Realizing The Right Stuff
Self
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self
- 1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
- 1996
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Self
- 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 episode
- 1993
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
Self
1970s
- 1971
