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Ed Harris

Highest Rated: 100% My Dead Friend Zoe (2024)

Lowest Rated: 8% Eye for an Eye (1996)

Birthday: Nov 28, 1950

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Birthplace: Tenafly, New Jersey, USA

Largely associated with stoic, hardened characters, actor Ed Harris went on to impress with a wide array of diverse performances in dozens of acclaimed films. Following a series of low-budget genre movies, Harris gained notoriety with his turn as legendary astronaut John Glenn in "The Right Stuff" (1983). Despite the accolades, it took several years before the actor landed another memorable role, which finally came when he was cast in James Cameron's ambitious undersea adventure "The Abyss" (1989). Reaping the rewards of his new A-list status, Harris vacillated between literary character work in such acclaimed endeavors as "Glengarry Glenn Ross" (1992) and rousing crowd-pleasers like the NASA docudrama "Apollo 13" (1995). The versatile actor proved just as at home with pyrotechnic blockbusters like Michael Bay's actioner "The Rock" (1996) as he was in more heady material, such as the Jim Carrey vehicle "The Truman Show" (1998). Harris later astounded audiences as both the director and star of the enthralling biopic "Pollock" (2000), which he followed with equally heralded supporting work in the dramas "A Beautiful Mind" (2001) and "The Hours" (2002). Incredibly dexterous, he played wildly divergent characters in the small town drama "Empire Falls" (HBO, 2005) and the shocking "A History of Violence" (2005). He returned to the director's chair once more to helm the sweeping western "Appaloosa" (2008), cementing his reputation as a deft cinematic storyteller. One of the finest American actors of his generation, Harris' artistic reputation and professional résumé knew few equals.

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Highest rated movies

100% My Dead Friend Zoe
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100% 94% Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
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96% 90% The Right Stuff
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96% 99% Top Gun: Maverick Watchlist
96% 87% Apollo 13
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96% 79% Gravity Watchlist
95% 88% Glengarry Glen Ross
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94% 86% Gone Baby Gone
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94% 89% The Truman Show Watchlist 94% 82% Love Lies Bleeding Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% No Score Yet My Dead Friend Zoe Dale (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2024
94% 82% Love Lies Bleeding Lou Sr. (Character) $7.7M 2024
75% No Score Yet Riff Raff Unknown (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea H.C. Westermann (Character),
Unknown (Voice)
- 2023
47% No Score Yet Downtown Owl Horace (Character) - 2023
38% 33% Get Away If You Can Alan (Character) - 2022
96% 99% Top Gun: Maverick Radm. Chester "Hammer" Cain (Character) $718.5M 2022
94% 56% The Lost Daughter Lyle (Character) - 2021
57% 78% Resistance George S. Patton (Character) $6.5K 2020
62% 96% The Last Full Measure Ray Mott (Character) $2.9M 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic Narrator - 2018
72% 72% Kodachrome Ben (Character) - 2017
18% 35% Geostorm Leonard Dekkom (Character) $33.4M 2017
68% 51% mother! Man (Character) $17.8M 2017
26% 39% In Dubious Battle Joy (Character) - 2016
55% 34% Rules Don't Apply Mr. Bransford (Character) $3.6M 2016
26% 26% The Adderall Diaries Neil Elliott (Character) $11.3K 2015
59% 56% Run All Night Shawn Maguire (Character) $26.5M 2015
32% 16% Cymbeline Cymbeline (Character) - 2014
44% 56% Planes: Fire & Rescue Blade Ranger (Voice) $59.2M 2014
54% 59% Frontera Roy (Character) $59.3K 2013
94% 72% Snowpiercer Wilford (Character) $4.6M 2013
44% 32% The Face of Love Garrett/Tom (Character) $309.4K 2013
25% 37% Sweetwater Sheriff Jackson (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2013
96% 79% Gravity Mission Control Voice (Voice) $274.1M 2013
49% 47% Pain & Gain Ed Du Bois (Character) $49.9M 2013
26% 34% Phantom Demi (Character) $460.0K 2013
67% 76% Game Change John McCain (Character) - 2012
31% 52% Man on a Ledge David Englander (Character) $18.6M 2012
22% 23% Salvation Boulevard Dr. Paul Blaylock (Character) $27.4K 2011
55% 68% That's What I Am Mr. Simon (Character) - 2011
11% 25% Virginia Richard Tipton (Character) $6.9K 2010
74% 72% The Way Back Mr. Smith (Character) $2.7M 2010
No Score Yet 22% Once Fallen Liam (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Return to Tarawa: The Leon Cooper Story Narrator - 2009
50% 70% Touching Home Charlie Winston (Character) - 2008
77% 55% Appaloosa Virgil Cole (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$20.2M 2008
17% 40% Cleaner Eddie Lorenzo (Character) - 2007
35% 67% National Treasure: Book of Secrets Mitchell "Mitch" Wilkinson (Character) $220.0M 2007
94% 86% Gone Baby Gone Det. Remy Bressant (Character) $20.3M 2007
28% 56% Copying Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (Character) $352.8K 2006
40% 61% Winter Passing Don Holden (Character) $106.6K 2005
88% 76% A History of Violence Carl Fogarty (Character) $31.5M 2005
No Score Yet 75% Empire Falls Unknown (Character) - 2005
100% 94% Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Unknown (Character) - 2004
78% 62% Volcanoes of the Deep Sea Narrator - 2003
86% 90% Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion Tibetan Voiceovers (Character) $577.8K 2003
25% 45% Masked and Anonymous Oscar Vogel (Character) $533.3K 2003
42% 48% The Human Stain Lester Farley (Character) $5.4M 2003
35% 79% Radio Harold Jones (Character) $52.3M 2003
No Score Yet 38% Just a Dream Older Henry Sturbuck (Voice) - 2002
80% 84% The Hours Richard (Character) $41.6M 2002
73% 72% Buffalo Soldiers Col. Wallace Berman (Character) $353.7K 2001
74% 93% A Beautiful Mind Parcher (Character) $170.7M 2001
54% 82% Enemy at the Gates Major Konig (Character) $51.4M 2001
50% 34% The Prime Gig Kelly Grant (Character) - 2000
79% 74% Pollock Jackson Pollock (Character),
Director,
Producer
$8.6M 2000
68% 59% The Third Miracle Frank Shore (Character) $736.6K 1999
94% 89% The Truman Show Christof (Character) $125.6M 1998
44% 75% Stepmom Luke Harrison (Character) $91.0M 1998
56% 52% Absolute Power Seth Frank (Character) $50.0M 1997
No Score Yet 54% Riders of the Purple Sage Jim Lassiter (Character),
Executive Producer
- 1996
8% 55% Eye for an Eye Mack McCann (Character) $25.7M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage Unknown (Voice) $506.4K 1996
67% 85% The Rock General Francis X. Hummel (Character) $134.1M 1996
75% 74% Nixon E. Howard Hunt (Character) $13.7M 1995
26% 46% Just Cause Blair Sullivan (Character) $35.7M 1995
96% 87% Apollo 13 Gene Kranz (Character) $173.8M 1995
12% 37% Milk Money Tom Wheeler (Character) $17.0M 1994
40% 41% China Moon Kyle Bodine (Character) $2.7M 1994
33% 44% Needful Things Sheriff Alan Pangborn (Character) $15.1M 1993
76% 64% The Firm Wayne Tarrance (Character) $157.0M 1993
No Score Yet 29% Running Mates Hugh Hathaway (Character) - 1992
95% 88% Glengarry Glen Ross Dave Moss (Character) $10.7M 1992
No Score Yet 58% Paris Trout Harry Seagraves (Character) - 1991
85% 83% State of Grace Frankie Flannery (Character) $1.9M 1990
64% 47% Jacknife David `'High School'` Flannigan (Character) $1.6M 1989
89% 83% The Abyss Virgil "Bud" Brigman (Character) $54.3M 1989
67% 58% To Kill a Priest Stefan (Character) $12.0K 1988
47% 66% Walker William Walker (Character) $216.1K 1987
No Score Yet 46% The Last Innocent Man Harry Nash (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 42% Code Name: Emerald Gus Lang (Character) $515.0K 1985
No Score Yet 36% Alamo Bay Shang (Character) - 1985
90% 81% Sweet Dreams Charlie Dick (Character) $9.0M 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Flash of Green Jimmy Wing (Character) - 1984
89% 83% Places in the Heart Wayne Lomax (Character) - 1984
87% 42% Swing Shift Unknown (Character) - 1984
91% 70% Under Fire Oates (Character) - 1983
96% 90% The Right Stuff Maj. John Herschel Glenn Jr., Mercury Astronaut (Character) - 1983
66% 69% Creepshow Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day") (Character) - 1982
80% 61% Knightriders Billy (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 39% Borderline Hotchkiss (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 46% The Aliens Are Coming Chuck Polcheck (Character) - 1980

TV

Credit
80% 85% Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War Unknown (Character) 2024
79% 75% Westworld Man in Black (Character) 2016 2018 2020 2022
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power Executive Producer,
Narrator
2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrated Self 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2015
100% 94% The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Unknown (Voice) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero Narrator 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Empire Falls Miles Roby (Character) 2005
95% 95% Frasier Rob (Guest Voice) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet CHiPs Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gibbsville Unknown (Guest Star) 1976