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
Ed Harris "Knightriders". The following year, he has a small role as Hank Blaine in "Creepshow", directed by George A. Romero. In 1983, Harris became well known after portraying astronaut John Glenn in "The Right Stuff". In 1984, he co starred in the Robert Benton directed drama film "Places in the Heart"; during production of this film, Harris met and married his wife Amy Madigan. Also in 1984 he co-starred along with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in the Jonathan Demme directed World War II biopic "Swing Shift" and in 1985 played abusive husband Charlie Dick to Jessica Lange's Patsy Cline in