American actor
Jason Butler Harner
Harner in 2011
Born Jason Thomas Butler Harner
1970 or 1971 (age 53–54)Alma mater Occupation Actor Years active 2000–present
Jason Thomas Butler Harner
[1] (born 1970 or 1971) is an American actor known for his role as FBI Special Agent Roy Petty in
Ozark .
Life and career
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 since many of his relatives were carpenters or plumbers.
[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. 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.
[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]
He appeared in the
HBO miniseries
John Adams as
Oliver Wolcott Jr. , the second
United States Secretary of the Treasury . Harner had a guest role on the pilot for
Fringe , which premiered in September 2008 on
Fox . 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 London theater debut in February 2010 in the
Lanford Wilson play Serenading Louie at
Donmar Warehouse ,
London, England .
[1] During his stay in London, Harner read
Michael Chabon 's Manhood for Amateurs on BBC Book of the Week in April 2010.
[13]
Theatrical career
1990: In What I Did Last Summer play by
A. R. Gurney (Shafer Street Theatre,
Richmond, Virginia ).
[7]
May 1994: In Loved Less (The History of Hell) play by Brian Jucha (Via Theater Downtown Art Company,
New York City, New York ).
[14]
1997: In Hydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Browne play by
Tony Kushner .
[7]
June 1997: Plays Sir Henry Guildford/Page/Garter/King of Arms
Henry VIII play by
William Shakespeare (
Joseph Papp Public Theater /
New York Shakespeare Festival ,
New York City, New York ).
[15]
July 1998: Plays Demarais the servant in
Transit of Venus play by
Maureen Hunter (
Berkshire Theatre Festival ,
Stockbridge, Massachusetts )
[16]
October 1999: Plays Donalbain/Murderer in
Macbeth play by
William Shakespeare (
Joseph Papp Public Theater /
New York Shakespeare Festival ,
New York City, New York ).
[17]
October 1999: Plays Thomas Armstrong/Phil in
An Experiment with an Air Pump play by
Shelagh Stephenson (
Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I,
New York City, New York ).
[18]
January 2000: Plays Young Housman opposite
James Cromwell in the American premiere of
The Invention of Love play by
Tom Stoppard (
American Conservatory Theater ,
San Francisco, California ).
[19]
September 2000: Plays Johnny Boyle in
Juno and the Paycock play by
Seán O'Casey (Gramercy Theatre,
New York City, New York ).
[20]
April 2001: Plays Barnett opposite
Amy Ryan in
Crimes of the Heart play by
Beth Henley (
Second Stage Theatre ,
New York City, New York ).
[21]
February 2003: Plays David Craig in
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme play by
Frank McGuinness (Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater,
New York City, New York ).
[22]
September 2003: Plays Hamlet in
Hamlet play by
William Shakespeare (
Dallas Theater Center ,
Dallas, Texas ).
[23]
January 2004: Plays Ed in Five Flights play by
Adam Bock (Rattlestick,
New York City, New York ).
[24]
[25]
April 2004: Plays Harlequin/Tyler/Stage Crew in Mr. Fox: A Rumination play by
Bill Irwin (Peter Norton Space,
New York City, New York ).
[26]
August 2004: Plays Tom Wingfield opposite
Sally Field in
The Glass Menagerie play by
Tennessee Williams (
The Kennedy Center ,
Washington, DC ).
[27]
September 2004: Plays Tesman opposite Elizabeth Marvel in
Hedda Gabler play by
Henrik Ibsen (
New York Theatre Workshop ,
New York City, New York ).
[28]
[29]
April 2005: Plays David in Orange Flower Water play by
Craig Wright (
Theater for the New City ,
New York City, New York ).
[30]
June 2005: Plays Young Anton/Burt Sarris opposite
John Glover in The Paris Letter play by
Jon Robin Baitz (
Laura Pels Theatre ,
New York City, New York ).
[31]
November 2005: Plays Tad Rose in The Ruby Sunrise opposite
Marin Ireland ,
Richard Masur and
Maggie Siff play by
Rinne Groff (
Joseph Papp Public Theater /Martinson Hall,
New York City, New York ).
[32]
[33]
March 2006: Plays Trofimov opposite
Annette Bening and
Alfred Molina in
The Cherry Orchard play by
Anton Chekhov (
Mark Taper Forum ,
Los Angeles, California ).
[34]
October 2006: Plays Sterling opposite
Dylan Baker ,
Joanna Gleason ,
Brian d'Arcy James ,
David Rakoff and
Joey Slotnick in The Cartells: A Prime Time Soap . . . Live play by
Douglas Carter Beane (Drama Dept. and Comix,
New York City, New York ).
[35]
November 2006: Plays Ivan Turgenev in the trilogy The Coast of Utopia: Voyage ,
[36] The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck ,
[37] and Coast of Utopia: Salvage
[38] plays by
Tom Stoppard (
Lincoln Center Theater ,
New York City, New York ).
July 2007: Plays Hildy opposite
Richard Kind in
The Front Page play by
Ben Hecht and
Charles MacArthur (
Williamstown Theatre Festival ,
Williamstown, Massachusetts ).
[39]
April 2009: Plays Brian opposite
Bobby Cannavale ,
Jackie Hoffman , and
Sarah Paulson in The Gingerbread House play by
Mark Schultz (Rattlesticks Playwrights Theater,
New York City, New York ).
[40]
[41]
August 2009: Plays central role of 'Stage Manager' in
Our Town play by
Thornton Wilder (
Barrow Street Theatre ,
New York City, New York ).
[42]
[43]
February 2010: Plays Alex opposite
Jason O'Mara in Serenading Louie play by
Lanford Wilson (
Donmar Warehouse ,
London, England ).
[44]
[45]
[46]
[47]
October 2010: Plays opposite
Glenn Close ,
Victor Garber ,
John Benjamin Hickey ,
Joe Mantello ,
Jack McBrayer ,
Michael Stuhlbarg , and
Patrick Wilson in a staged reading of
The Normal Heart directed by
Joel Grey play by
Larry Kramer (
Walter Kerr Theatre ,
New York, New York ).
[48]
[49]
[50]
[51]
March 2011: Plays opposite
Dennis Staroselsky in a staged reading of
The Skin of Our Teeth directed by
Anthony Rapp play by
Thornton Wilder (Wimberly Theatre of the
Boston Center for the Arts ,
Boston, Massachusetts ).
[52]
[53]
May 2011: Plays Martin opposite
Carey Mulligan and
Chris Sarandon in
Through a Glass Darkly directed by
David Leveaux play by Jenny Worton based on film by
Ingmar Bergman (
New York Theatre Workshop ,
New York, New York ).
[54]
March–April 2016: Plays Rev.
Samuel Parris in
Arthur Miller 's
The Crucible opposite
Ben Whishaw ,
Saoirse Ronan , and
Jenny Jules , in production directed by
Ivo van Hove (
Walter Kerr Theatre ,
New York, New York ).
[55]
Filmography
Films
Television
Other works
Harner narrates the audio book version of Dark prophecy: a Level 26 thriller featuring Steve Dark ,
ISBN
978-0-525-95185-8 . The book is written by
Anthony Zuiker and
Duane Swierczynski .
[78]
Awards
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