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Jared Harris Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Jared Harris Quick Info
Height 5 ft 11¾ in
Weight 78 kg
Date of Birth August 24, 1961
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Eye Color Blue

Jared Harris is an English actor who is best known for portraying roles such as Lane Pryce in Mad Men, David Robert Jones in Fringe, King George VI in The Crown, Captain Francis Crozier in The Terror, Anderson Dawes in The Expanse, Valery Legasov in Chernobyl, Hari Seldon in Foundation, Professor James Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and Captain Mike in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He has also appeared in a variety of other TV shows and films such as The Rachel Papers, The Last of the Mohicans, Blue in the Face, Natural Born Killers, Chinese Box, Lost in Space, Lulu on the Bridge, How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog, Igby Goes Down, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Ocean’s Twelve, From Within, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Poltergeist, Angela’s Christmas Wish, Without a Trace, The Shadow in the North, The Beast Must Die, and many more. His theatre credits include plays like Ecstasy, Humble Boy, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. For his acting skills, Jared has been honored with numerous awards such as the Screen Actors Guild Award, Satellite Award, and British Academy Television Award.

Born Name

Jared Francis Harris

Nick Name

Hot Buns

Jared Harris at British Independent Film Awards 2014
Jared Harris at British Independent Film Awards 2014

Sun Sign

Virgo

Born Place

London, England

Residence

Jared is based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Nationality

English

Education

Jarred Harris went to Downside School, which is a co-educational boarding Catholic school in Somerset.

After the completion of school education, he got enrolled in the Duke University in Durham, North Carolina from where he graduated with a BFA degree in 1983.

Occupation

Actor

Family

  • Father – Richard Harris (Actor and Singer) (Passed away in October 2002)
  • Mother – Elizabeth Rees-Williams (Actress)
  • Siblings – Jamie Harris (Younger Brother) (Actor), Damian Harris (Older Brother) (Film director and screenwriter)
  • Others – Ivan John Harris (Paternal Grandfather), Mildred Josephine Harty (Paternal Grandmother), David Rees-Williams (Maternal Grandfather) (Politician and 1st Baron Ogmore), Alice Alexandra Constance Wills (Maternal Grandmother)

Manager

Jared Harris is represented by

  • Gateway Management Partners
  • London-based Independent Talent Group Ltd.

Build

Average

Height

5 ft 11¾ in or 182 cm

Weight

78 kg or 172 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Jared Harris has dated –

  1. Jacqueline Goldenberg – Jared Harris got married to Jacqueline Goldenberg in 1989. Their marriage didn’t last much longer and they got divorced in the early 1990s.
  2. Emilia Fox (2003-2010) – Jared met his second wife, actress Emilia Fox in 2003. They had been working together in the West End flop production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. They started going shortly after. Their affair was widely discussed in the media because Emilia also came from an established and popular acting family. In July 2005, they got married in a romantic ceremony. Their marriage lasted for about three and a half years, and they officially filed for divorce in January 2009 which was finalized one and half years later in June 2010.
  3. Allegra Riggio (2009-Present) – Harris first met Allegra Riggio, who works as a lighting designer and TV host, in 2009 at a mutual friend’s comedy night. When they had met, neither of them was looking for a relationship as he was going through a hellish divorce and she was in a tail end of a relationship. They eventually bonded over their mutual love of karaoke. Soon after, they were heading out for romantic dates and by November, almost 7 months after their first meeting in Los Angeles-based club, they had started officially dating. In June 2013, he chose the romantic setting of a beach in Malibu to get down on his knee. He gave her a diamond-shaped ring with ‘H’ engraved on it. In November 2013, they got married in a romantic ceremony in Miami.

Race / Ethnicity

White

He has Welsh, English, and Irish ancestry.

Hair Color

Red

Eye Color

Blue

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Blue eyes

Best Known For

  • Being cast in the role of Lane Pryce in the period drama TV series, Mad Men.
  • Having played the role of David Robert Jones on the Fox sci-fi TV series, Fringe.
  • Being cast in significant roles in many popular movies such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Lincoln, and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

First Film

In 1989, Jared made his theatrical film debut in a supporting role in the British romantic drama, The Rachel Papers.

First TV Show

In 1995, he made his first TV show appearance in The Highest Bidder episode of police drama series, New York Undercover.

Jared Harris Favorite Things

  • Soccer Club – Manchester United

Source – Independent

Jared Harris Facts

  1. Instead of studying in England, he decided to get enrolled in a university in North Carolina because he wanted to desperately escape England. Also, he didn’t like that his family was discussing the career of a lawyer or schoolteacher for him.
  2. He hadn’t shown much inclination towards becoming an actor in his early age. It was during his stint at Duke University that he was drawn towards acting.
  3. At the age of 13, he accompanied his brothers in appearing on his father’s album of poetry and songs I, in the membership of my days.
  4. After graduating from the university, he returned to London and joined the iconic Royal Shakespeare Company to kickstart his acting career.
  5. In October 2019, Jared was honored with the “Cinema Vanguard” award at the San Diego International Film Festival.

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