Ed Harris In addition to directing "Pollock", Harris also directed the western "Appaloosa" (2008). In television, Harris is notable for his roles as Miles Roby in the miniseries "Empire Falls" (2005) and as United States Senator John McCain in the television movie "Game Change" (2012), the latter of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He currently stars as the Man in Black in the HBO science fiction-western series "Westworld" (2016–present), for which he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Harris was
Neil Patrick Harris School in Albuquerque, graduating with high honors in 1991, which he attributes to being privately tutored half the school year while on set. Harris began his career as a child actor and was discovered by playwright Mark Medoff at a drama camp in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Medoff later cast him in the 1988 drama film "Clara's Heart", starring Whoopi Goldberg and based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Olshan. "Clara's Heart" earned Harris a Golden Globe nomination. The same year, he starred in "Purple People Eater", a children's fantasy. Harris' first film role as an adult