Harris recently starred in a wide range of films including Mary Harron's The Notorious Betty Page; Adam Goldberg's I Love Your Work, Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and Dummy, opposite Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich. In 1996, he won critical recognition for his riveting portrayal of Andy Warhol in the acclaimed I Shot Andy Warhol.

His reputation for playing varied and unique characters includes roles as an intellectually challenged street cleaner in Wayne Wang and Paul Auster's Smoke and Blue in the Face, a truculent fur trapper in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man, Tom Cruise's boozing, n'er-do-well brother in Far and Away, and a sleazy Russian cab driver in Todd Solondz's Happiness, for which he shared the 1999 National Board of Review Acting Ensemble Award. Other notable screen credits include Jonathan Nossiter's Sunday, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best film and screenplay at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, Burr Steers' Igby Goes Down, and Michael Radford's B.Monkey.

Harris' first screen appearance, 1989's The Rachel Papers, was the directorial debut of his brother Damian. He went on to receive rave reviews for his portrayals of Henry VIII in the improvised production of "The Other Boleyn Girl" for BBC2, and John Lennon (opposite Aidan Quinn's Paul McCartney) in Michael Lindsay-Hogg's "Two of Us." Additionally, Harris starred in the triple feature "To the End of the Earth," also for BBC.

The son of famed Irish actor Richard Harris, Jared was born in London and educated at Duke University where he majored in drama and literature. After graduation, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has performed in some of New York's most renowned theater companies, including the New York Shakespeare company, the New Group, New Jersey Shakespeare Company, the Vineyard Theater and the Manhattan Theater Club. Earlier this year, Harris earned accolades for his role in a revival of Tennessee Williams' A Period of Adjustment at London's famous Almeida Theatre.