Richard Harris

Though he once declared, "I hate movies. They're a waste of time," Irish actor Richard Harris built a film career that lasted six decades and withstood a long fallow period in the 1970s and '80s. Ofte...
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09/30/1932
Limerick, Ireland
  • Harris to play Sherlock Holmes' nemesis
    By: WENN.com Source September 29, 2010 5:00am EST
    Mad Men star Jared Harris has landed the coveted role of villainous Professor Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes sequel.
  • Piranha Review
    By: Thomas Leupp August 20, 2010 11:49am EST
    'Piranha DDD' is a more apt title for this breathless onslaught of T&E (the 'E' is for Entrails); the 'Avatar' of B movie schlockfests.
  • Movies That Could Have Been Saved by 3D
    By: Peter Hall August 19, 2010 6:05am EST
    Let's face it, you're going to see 'Piranha' because of the 3D. So what other movies could have been better if you needed 3D glasses to watch them?
  • Toy Story 3 Review
    By: Peter Hall June 16, 2010 6:50am EST
    Toy Story 3 is an overwhelming success, rounding out what might just be the best film trilogy ever made.
  • Bigelow wins again at London Film Critics' Circle Awards
    By: WENN.com Source February 19, 2010 4:00am EST
    The Hurt Locker filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow has continued to dominate the film industry awards season - she was named Director Of The Year at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards on Thursday (18Feb10).
  • Harris boys too unruly for normal nannies
    By: WENN.com Source January 24, 2010 4:30am EST
    Actor Jared Harris and his two brothers were so unruly as kids, their mum had to hire an ex-Israeli army soldier as the boys' nanny.
  • Ninja Assassin Review
    By: Thomas Leupp November 25, 2009 7:55am EST
    This hyperkinetic gorefest should have remained in the shadows.
  • Day-Lewis feted at British Independent Film Awards
    By: WENN.com Source October 27, 2009 5:00am EST
    Daniel Day-Lewis is to be honoured with the top prize at the 2009 British Independent Film Awards.
  • British producer Towers dies
    By: WENN.com Source August 06, 2009 7:15am EST
    British film and television producer/writer Harry Alan Towers has died of heart failure. He was 88.
  • Box Office Analysis, Nov 2: "Scary" Reigns Again
    By: Guylaine Cadorette May 11, 2009 2:15pm EST
    Box Office Analysis, Nov 2: Top Ten: Scary Movie 3 Brother Bear Texas Chainsaw Massacre Radio Runaway Jury Mystic River Kill Bill Vol. 1 School of Rock Intolerable Cruelty In the Cut