
Age: 64
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Jared Francis Harris (born August 24, 1961) is a British actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is the son of the late Irish actor Richard Harris and the Welsh actress Elizabeth Rees-Williams. Harris was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1961. He studied drama and literature at Duke University in North Carolina, and then went on to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Harris made his film debut in 1989 with a small role in the film The Rachel Papers. He went on to appear in a number of films, including The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), Smoke (1995), Happiness (1998), and How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000). In 2007, Harris began a recurring role as Lane Pryce in the 2007 AMC television series Mad Men and was received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for his performance. In 2019, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance as Valery Legasov in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. Harris has also had notable roles in television series such as Fringe (2008), The Crown (2016), The Expanse (2015) and Foundation (2021). On stage, Harris has appeared in productions of The Crucible, The Cherry Orchard, and The Homecoming. He has also directed several stage productions, including The Glass Menagerie and The Birthday Party.

Jared Harris

Dr. Samuel Loomis
for Dr. Samuel Loomis in Halloween 2023 (part 1 of a trilogy)
Suggested by eoindaly

Plays out similar to the original, but with more background & development of the Strode/ Brackett families, plus more scenes in the hospital with Loomis, Wynn & Marion to build up the mystique around Michael pre & post escape. The night before Halloween the Strode's & Brackett's have dinner together, showing they're great, life long friends. Loomis goes to Haddonfield in search of Michael & meets Deputy Hunt, who helps Loomis search. After the dinner party, Annie sneaks out of her house while her parents have sex. She meets up with Laurie & Lynda, where they agree that Laurie will watch Lyndsey tomorrow night, so Annie can have sex with her boyfriend (Paul) for the first time. Lynda tells them how her and Robbie are going to be having sex at her house as her parents will be away. Laurie says she'll have to wait as her boyfriend, Ben, is working as a porter in the hospital. During Halloween day Loomis meets Brackett and tells him about Michael escaping, Hunt tells them that he was Judith's boyfriend, he was the one who had sex with her before she was killed. Loomis, Brackett and his deputies search for Michael. On Halloween night, Lynda, Robbie, Paul & 2 deputies are killed. Annie is brutally attacked, Brackett finds her, saving her life. Saving Laurie, Loomis shoots Michael, falls out the window, but is nowhere to be found.