Editing Jared Harris (section)

=== 2009–2017 ===
He gained widespread fame for his portrayal of [[Lane Pryce]] in the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] period drama series ''[[Mad Men]]'' from 2009 until 2012. The show focuses on the lives of [[Madison Avenue#Advertising industry|Ad Men]] in [[New York City]] during the 1960s. He first appeared in season three where he arrives as a British newcomer to [[Sterling Cooper]], and later becomes a partner of the new agency [[Roger Sterling|Sterling]] [[Bert Cooper|Cooper]] [[Don Draper|Draper]] [[Lane Pryce|Pryce]]. Paul MacInnes of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote of Lane Pryce, "For much of his three season tenure on the show, Lane has seemed like the archetypal Englishman...He was polite, courteous, dry-witted, stingy. He was also apparently logical and keenly stoic, keeping calm and carrying on when Sterling Cooper broke up and its successor nearly went under."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/jun/05/mad-men-season-5-episode-12|title= Mad Men: season 5, episode 12 – Commissions and Fees|website= The Guardian|date= 5 June 2012|accessdate= August 9, 2023|last1= MacInnes|first1= Paul}}</ref> Harris received critical acclaim for his final appearance in the episode "[[Commissions and Fees]]" as well as a nomination for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]], losing to [[Aaron Paul]] for ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' in 2012. He returned to the series to direct the 11th episode of season 7, which aired in 2015.

He portrayed [[Ulysses S. Grant]] in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s acclaimed historical drama film ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'' (2012).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boedeker |first=Hal |date=17 November 2012 |title='Lincoln': Look at all those TV actors; did you love the surprise? |url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2012/11/lincoln-look-at-all-those-tv-actors-did-you-love-the-surprise.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123091500/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2012/11/lincoln-look-at-all-those-tv-actors-did-you-love-the-surprise.html |archive-date=23 November 2012 |work=Orlando Sentinel}}</ref>

His portrayal of [[King George VI]] in the first season of ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' received praise from critic [[Matt Zoller Seitz]], who stated that despite the series' large ensemble, "Harris still manages to communicate the character’s understated sensitivity and awareness of his circumscribed role in England’s drama so poignantly that one can’t help being moved by the performance".<ref>{{cite web|last=Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz|title=Netflix's The Crown Is Tedious, But Anglophiles Will Like It|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/11/netflix-the-crown-is-tedious-but-anglophiles-will-like-it.html|website=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]|publisher=Vox Media, LLC|access-date=December 1, 2020|date=November 3, 2016}}</ref> He received nominations for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor]] and the [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series]].