11/28/1950
Englewood, New Jersey, USA:
Edward Allen Harris (nato il 28 novembre 1950 a Englewood, nel New Jersey) è un attore, regista e sceneggiatore statunitense, noto per le sue interpretazioni intense e per i numerosi ruoli in film drammatici e thriller. Dopo gli studi teatrali, Harris inizia la carriera tra teatro e televisione negli anni Settanta, debuttando al cinema nel 1978 con Coma profondo. Negli anni successivi si distingue in film come The Right Stuff - Uomini veri (1983), Alamo Bay (1985) e Walker (1987), affermandosi come interprete di grande intensità. La consacrazione arriva negli anni Novanta grazie a ruoli in film come The Abyss (1989), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Firm (1993), Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998) e Nemico pubblico (1998). Per Apollo 13 riceve una candidatura all'Oscar come miglior attore non protagonista, mentre per The Truman Show ottiene una seconda candidatura nella stessa categoria. Nel 2000 debutta alla regia con Pollock, nel quale interpreta anche il pittore Jackson Pollock. La sua interpretazione gli vale una candidatura all'Oscar come miglior attore protagonista. Successivamente recita in film come A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Hours (2002), A History of Violence (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Snowpiercer (2013), Mother! (2017) e Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Harris è inoltre noto per il ruolo del misterioso Man in Black nella serie televisiva Westworld (2016–2022), interpretazione che gli vale diverse candidature ai Primetime Emmy Award. Nel corso della sua carriera ha ricevuto quattro candidature agli Oscar e si è affermato come uno degli interpreti più rispettati del cinema statunitense contemporaneo.
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Long Day's Journey into Night (2026) as James Tyrone |
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The Dink (2026) as Chuck Boyd |
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How to Make a Killing (2026) as Whitelaw Redfellow |
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Off the Horse (2025) as Bob |
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Riff Raff (2025) as Vince |
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Concrete (2024) as Boris |
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My Dead Friend Zoe (2024) as Dale |
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024) as Lou Sr. |
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Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea (2023) as H.C. Westermann |
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Downtown Owl (2023) as Horace Jones |
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Get Away If You Can (2022) as Alan |
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain |
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The Lost Daughter (2021) as Lyle |
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Resistance (2020) as George S. Patton |
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The Last Full Measure (2020) as Ray Mott |
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A Crooked Somebody (2018) as Sam Vaughn |
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Geostorm (2017) as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom |
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mother! (2017) as Man |
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Kodachrome (2017) as Benjamin Ryder |
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Buried Child (2016) as Dodge |
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Rules Don't Apply (2016) as Mr. Bransford |
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In Dubious Battle (2016) as Joy |
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The Adderall Diaries (2016) as Neil Elliott |
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Return to the Philippines, the Leon Cooper Story (2015) as Narrator |
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Run All Night (2015) as Shawn Maguire |
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Cymbeline (2014) as Cymbeline |
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Frontera (2014) as Roy |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) as Blade Ranger (voice) |
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The Face of Love (2013) as Garret Mathis / Tom Young |
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Sweetwater (2013) as Sheriff Cornelius Jackson |
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Gravity (2013) as Mission Control (voice) |
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설국열차 (2013) as Wilford |
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Pain & Gain (2013) as Ed DuBois |
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Phantom (2013) as Demi |
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Game Change (2012) as John McCain |
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Man on a Ledge (2012) as David Englander |
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Salvation Boulevard (2011) as Dr. Paul Blaylock |
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That's What I Am (2011) as Mr. Simon |
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The Way Back (2010) as Mr. Smith |
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Once Fallen (2010) as Liam |
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Virginia (2010) as Sheriff Dick Tipton |
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Appaloosa (2008) as Virgil Cole |
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Touching Home (2008) as Charlie Winston |
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Dispatches from Nicaragua (2008) as Himself |
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) as Mitch Wilkinson |
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Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' (2007) as Self |
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Gone Baby Gone (2007) as Remy Bressant |
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Cleaner (2007) as Eddie Lorenzo |
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America's Game: 1973 Miami Dolphins (2007) as Self - Narrator |
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Copying Beethoven (2006) as Ludwig van Beethoven |
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The Armenian Genocide (2006) as U.S. Consul Leslie Davis (voice) |
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Two Tickets to Paradise (2006) as Melville |
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The Oklahoma Heisman (2006) as Narrator |
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Winter Passing (2006) as Don Holden |
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Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) as Narrator (voice) |
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A History of Violence (2005) as Carl Fogarty |
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How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show' (2005) as Self |
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) as Other Voices (voice) |
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The Human Stain (2003) as Lester Farley |
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Radio (2003) as Coach Jones |
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Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (2003) as Narrator |
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Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Oscar Vogel |
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Realizing The Right Stuff (2003) as Self |
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The Hours (2002) as Richard Brown |
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Buffalo Soldiers (2002) as Colonel Berman |
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Just a Dream (2002) as Henry Sturbuck (voice) |
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A Beautiful Mind (2001) as William Parcher |
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The Prime Gig (2001) as Kelly Grant |
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Enemy at the Gates (2001) as Major König |
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Pollock (2000) as Jackson Pollock |
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Waking the Dead (2000) as Jerry Charmichael |
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The Third Miracle (1999) as Frank Shore |
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Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island (1999) as Himself |
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Stepmom (1998) as Luke Harrison |
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Junket Whore (1998) as Self |
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Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery (1998) as Self |
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The Truman Show: Tru-Talk (1998) as Christof |
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The Truman Show (1998) as Christof |
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997) as Self |
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Absolute Power (1997) as Seth Frank |
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The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (1996) as Sam Peckinpah (Voice) |
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Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996) as Self |
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The Rock (1996) as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC |
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Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) as Jim Lassiter |
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Eye for an Eye (1996) as Mack McCann |
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Nixon (1995) as E. Howard Hunt |
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Apollo 13 (1995) as Gene Kranz |
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Just Cause (1995) as Blair Sullivan |
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Milk Money (1994) as Dad |
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China Moon (1994) as Kyle Bodine |
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Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss' (1993) as Self |
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Needful Things (1993) as Sheriff Alan Pangborn |
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The Firm (1993) as Wayne Tarrance |
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Running Mates (1992) as Hugh Hathaway |
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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) as Dave Moss |
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Paris Trout (1991) as Harry Seagraves |
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State of Grace (1990) as Frankie |
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Jacknife (1989) as David 'High School' Flannigan |
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The Abyss (1989) as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman |
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To Kill a Priest (1988) as Stefan |
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Walker (1987) as William Walker |
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The Last Innocent Man (1987) as Harry Nash |
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Sweet Dreams (1985) as Charlie Dick |
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Code Name: Emerald (1985) as Gus Lang |
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Alamo Bay (1985) as Shang |
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A Flash of Green (1984) as Jimmy Wing |
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Places in the Heart (1984) as Wayne Lomax |
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Swing Shift (1984) as Jack Walsh |
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Under Fire (1983) as Oates |
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The Right Stuff (1983) as John Glenn |
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Creepshow (1982) as Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day") |
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Dream on! (1981) as |
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Knightriders (1981) as Billy |
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Borderline (1980) as Hotchkiss |
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The Aliens Are Coming (1980) as Chuck Polcheck |
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Coma (1978) as Pathology Resident |
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The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) as Russ |
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School for the Blind () as |
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Ashley Wright () as Judge Allen |
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War on Wolves () as Narrator |
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The Ploughmen () as John Gload |
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Appaloosa (2008) Director |
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Appaloosa (2008) Screenplay |
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Appaloosa (2008) Producer |
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Pollock (2000) Director |
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Pollock (2000) Producer |
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Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) Executive Producer |
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The Ploughmen () Director |
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The Ploughmen () Screenplay |
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The Ploughmen () Producer |