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Jason Butler Harner
Harner in 2011
Born
Jason Butler Harner

(1970-10-09) October 9, 1970 (age 54)
Alma mater
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
SpouseMickey Rapkin

Jason Thomas Butler Harner[1] (born October 9, 1970) is an American actor known for his role as FBI Special Agent Roy Petty in Ozark.

Life and career

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Harner was born in Elmira, New York and grew up in suburban Northern Virginia, where he saw a handful of plays at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage.[2] His middle name Butler is his mother’s maiden name.[1] He graduated from T. C. Williams High School, Alexandria, Virginia, in 1988.[3] Although Harner was the president of his high school drama club, he spent his time building sets rather than acting.[4]

At 17, after graduating from high school, he worked as an usher at the Eisenhower Theater, part of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.[5]

He graduated from VCU with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting in 1992. He was the second in his family to go to college, his father being the first. After graduating from VCU, he was an apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville; he subsequently moved to New York City and received a Master of Fine Arts in the Graduate Acting Program from Tisch School of the Arts in 1997, where he was taught by Ron Van Lieu'.[6] Harner returned to VCU as a Master Teacher during their 2007-08 Guest Artist program.[7]

Harner completed filming for Changeling in December 2007. He played Gordon Stewart Northcott, a serial killer responsible for the Wineville Chicken Coop murders.[8]

Besides portraying Agent Roy Petty in Ozark, he has also appeared in Sugar, The Handmaid's Tale, Clipped, Scandal, Homeland, Ray Donovan, Rabbit Hole, Next, High Maintenance, and Fringe. He was cast as the regular character Silas Hunton on the cable series Possible Side Effects, until Showtime cancelled the series in April 2008.[9][10] He plays Associate Warden Elijah Bailey "E.B." Tiller on the Fox series Alcatraz which debuted in January 2012.[11][12]

He made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's landmark trilogy "The Coast of Utopia" at Lincoln Center Theatre playing Ivan Turgenev over 50 years. He also appeared on Broadway in the 2016 revival of "The Crucible," directed by Ivo VonHove, and starring Ben Whishaw, Sophie Okenedo, Saoirse Ronan and opposite Janet McTeer in the 2018 world premiere of "Bernhardt/Hamlet" at the Roundabout Theatre. He made his London theater debut in February 2010 in the Lanford Wilson play Serenading Louie at Donmar Warehouse, London, England. He has been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards ("The Paris Letter" and "The Village Bike") and earned an OBIE Award for his work in Ivo VonHove's production of "Hedda Gabler" opposite Elizabeth Marvel at New York Theatre Workshop. He starred opposite Sally Field in "The Glass Menagerie" at the Kennedy Center, Carey Mulligan in "Through the Glass Darkly" at the Atlantic Theatre, Greta Gerwig in "The Village Bike," Annette Bening and Sarah Paulson in "The Cherry Orchard" at Mark Taper Forum, Sarah Paulson and Bobby Cannavale in "The Gingerbread House" at the Rattlestick Theatre. He has taught Shakespeare at CalArts University. [1] During his stay in London, Harner read Michael Chabon's Manhood for Amateurs on BBC Book of the Week in April 2010.[13]

In 2023, Harner produced and co-starred in the short film The Anne Frank Gift Shop, written and directed by his husband, Mickey Rapkin.[14] It was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[15]

Theatrical career

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Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Trifling with Fate Walter Skritcher (Artist Who Doesn't Know His Muse)[58][59]
2001 The 3 Little Wolfs Elliot Wolf
2002 Garmento Jasper Judson[60]
2004 Nylon Stephan
2006 The Good Shepherd Teletype Communications Officer[61]
2007 Next Jeff Baines[62]
2008 New Orleans, Mon Amour Unknown
Changeling Gordon Northcott[63]
2009 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Mr. Thomas[64]
2010 The Extra Man Otto Bellman[65]
2011 Kill the Irishman Art 'Snep' Sneperger[66]
Letters from the Big Man Sean[67]
The Green Michael[68]
2014 Non-Stop Kyle Rice
2015 Blackhat George Reinker
The Family Fang Young Caleb Fang
2023 The Anne Frank Gift Shop Jack Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Guiding Light Palace Aide[69] Episode: "May 19, 2000"
2002 Law & Order Bernard Noah[70] Episode: "American Jihad"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Bob Episode: "Phantom"
2004 Hope & Faith Ronnie Fuller[71] Episode: "Prom and Circumstance (Almost Paradise)"
2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Greg Hartley[72] Episode: "Clock"
The Closer Sammy Rawley Episode: "The Other Woman"
2008 John Adams Oliver Wolcott Jr.[73][74] Episode: "Unnecessary War"
Moonlight Lance[75] Episode: "The Mortal Cure"
Fringe Steig Brothers[76] "Pilot"
2009 The Good Wife William Ericcson[77] "Stripped"
Law & Order Nathan Reese[78] "Rapture"
2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Daniel Moore[79] "418/427"
2012 Alcatraz Associate Warden E.B. Tiller[11][12] Regular cast
The Newsroom Lewis "We Just Decided To"
2013 Homeland Paul Franklin Episodes: "A Red Wheelbarrow", "Game On", "Tower of David"
Betrayal Zarek Episodes: "...One More Shot", "...We're Not Going to Bailey's Harbor.", "...Nice Photos", "...That Is Not What Ships Are Built For"
2014 The Blacklist Walter Gary Martin 4 episodes
2015 Scandal Ian McLeod Episodes: "Gladiators Don't Run" and "Run"
Ray Donovan Varick Strauss Season 3
2017 Elementary Ballard Clifton Guest role (Season 5)
2017–2018 Ozark FBI Special Agent Roy Petty Seasons 1-2
2020 neXt Ted LeBlanc Regular cast
2022 The Walking Dead Toby Carlson Episodes: "Warlords" and "The Rotten Core"
The Handmaid's Tale Commander MacKenzie Season 5
2023 Rabbit Hole Miles Valence Season 1
2024 Sugar Henry 4 episodes
2024 Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Detective Les Zoeller 4 episodes

Other works

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Harner narrated the audiobook version of Dark Prophecy: A Level 26 Thriller Featuring Steve Dark by Anthony Zuiker and Duane Swierczynski, ISBN 978-0-525-95185-8[80] and The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism, and Murder by Stephen Elliott, ISBN 978-1-55597-570-8.[81]

Awards

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References

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