When you watch the filmography of the famous British actor Jared Harris, it becomes noticeable that he plays mainly the roles of intelligent people: military, doctors, professors.
Apparently, the actor got such an appearance from his parents that he can be embodied precisely in the images of such characters.
Star family
Jared Harris was born in London, in 1961, in a family of actors. Mom is an Englishwoman, Welsh socialite, dad is Irish. By the way, Harris Sr. played the role of Dumbledore in the famous Harry Potter epic. He is also a musician, screenwriter, filmmaker, producer and writer. He is also a Grammy and Golden Globe laureate, winner of the Cannes Film Festival prizes. And Jared's maternal grandfather is an English baron.
Therefore, such an image of the famous actor, who received his charisma and manners by birth, is not surprising. In addition, acting genes were passed on to his brothers: Jamie became an actor, Damian became a director.
Jared's childhood was spent in London. Already a schoolboy, he knew that he would become an actor, like his parents. Therefore, after school, he enters Duke University in the United States, where he receives a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1984.
The beginning of an acting career
Jared first appeared in the television series in 1989 - it was the melodrama "Rachel's Papers". After that, there was a short break in his career, and then three years later he was invited to act in three films at once: "Far, Away", "The Last of the Mohicans" and "The Photographer".
From this moment, Gerad begins a real acting life: almost every year he starred in a film or TV series, often in parallel in several. Among these films there are quite famous ones, but for some reason the name of the actor did not become known to a wide circle of moviegoers, and it is rather difficult to call him truly famous.
For example, Harris starred in the acclaimed film Natural Born Killers (1994). He starred alongside celebrities Woody Harrelson, Tom Sizemore and Juliet Lewis.
The following year brought Harris the lead role in Dead Man, directed by Jarmusch. Jerad played the role of Benmont Tench superbly. And so it went on throughout the 90s: the roles came one after another. During this decade, the actor starred in more than thirty films.
In subsequent years, fortune was also favorable to the already experienced actor, and he starred in increasingly large-scale projects. Of the later works, critics note the paintings "Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse" (2004), "Ocean's Twelve" (2004), "Surrender" (2006).
The TV series “Special Victims Unit” in the series “Law and Order” (2007-2011), “The Rich” (2008-2009) and “Edge” (2008-2011) were also especially popular with viewers.
In 2007, filming began on the drama series Mad Men, in which Harris played the role of Lane Price, and also tried himself as a director. The series was awarded four Golden Globe awards, participated in 59 nominations in various competitions.
In addition, Gerad Harris got a small but very bright role in the film "Sherlock Holmes - 2" - he played Professor Moriarty. The villain turned out to be more than real.
Also in his acting piggy bank are the films "Agents of ANCL", "Allies", the TV series "Terror", and he plans to shoot in several films with different directors.
Personal life
Gerard Harris did not marry for a long time. One can only assume that he was looking for a woman similar to his mother, the Baroness, but this could also be gossip.
In 2005, at the age of 44, he married Emilia Fox, a girl from an acting family. After five years of marriage, the actors broke up.
And in 2013, Gerard and Allegra Ridgio's wedding took place. His current wife is an actress and producer and they have many personal and professional plans.
