ACTOR

Jared Harris

1961 - Today

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Jared Francis Harris (born 24 August 1961) is a British actor. His roles include Lane Pryce in the drama series Mad Men (2009–2012), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series; King George VI in the historical drama series The Crown (2016–2017); and Valery Legasov in the miniseries Chernobyl (2019), for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.Harris also had roles as David Robert Jones in the science fiction series Fringe (2008–2012), Anderson Dawes on the science fiction series The Expanse (2015–2017) and Captain Francis Crozier in the series The Terror (2018). He is also known for his significant supporting roles in films such as Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jared Harris has received more than 11,741,970 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Jared Harris is the 1,466th most popular actor (down from 1,386th in 2019), the 1,507th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,481st in 2019) and the 210th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jared Harrises by language

Over the past year Jared Harris has had the most page views in the with 1,268,583 views, followed by Russian (109,996), and German (109,627). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (1,130.69%), Egyptian Arabic (91.01%), and Simple English (73.74%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jared Harris ranks 1,466 out of 13,578. Before him are Jamie Foxx, Maria Riva, Elsa Lanchester, Frank Grillo, Jeff Daniels, and Aaron Eckhart. After him are Lee Min-ho, Sela Ward, George Segal, P. Ramlee, Ángela Molina, and Elijah Wood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Jared Harris ranks 73. Before him are Guido Buchwald, Alexandre Desplat, Carol W. Greider, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Iain Glen. After him are Tite, Heather Locklear, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Frans Timmermans, Tom Sizemore, and Joan Chen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jared Harris ranks 1,507 out of 8,785. Before him are Dennis Nilsen (1945), Elsa Lanchester (1902), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Christopher Hitchens (1949), Matthew Boulton (1728), and Andrew Parker Bowles (1939). After him are Edward the Exile (1016), Bill Ward (1948), Henry Sidgwick (1838), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), and Catherine Eddowes (1842).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jared Harris ranks 210. Before him are Billy Connolly (1942), Olivia Colman (1974), Iain Glen (1961), Emily Watson (1967), Paul Bettany (1971), and Elsa Lanchester (1902). After him are Eddie Redmayne (1982), Robert Powell (1944), Rosamund Pike (1979), Samantha Fox (1966), Andrew Lincoln (1973), and Hugh Fraser (1945).

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Television and Movie Roles

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Professor James Moriarty
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
Nov 22o 20117.135 / 10
Chernobyl
Valery Legasov
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
8.656 / 10
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Captain Mike
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
Dec 25o 20087.584 / 10