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name: "Jason Butler Harner"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 October 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T13:38:07.424912+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jason Butler Harner

Actor. Born 9 October 1970 in Elmira, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 October 1970, Elmira, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2008–2017
- **Also known as:** 제이슨 버틀러 하너, 杰森·巴特勒·哈納
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Butler_Harner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448319, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142294

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ozark*](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md) (70)

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## Biography

Jason Butler Harner is an American actor. He was born on 9 October 1970 in Elmira, New York, and grew up in northern Virginia. He holds a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Harner began his career in theatre, appearing in productions including the Broadway premiere of Tom Stoppard’s *The Coast of Utopia* and the West End revival of *The Crucible*. His film roles include Gordon Northcott in *Changeling* (2008). On television he is known for playing FBI Special Agent Roy Petty in *Ozark* (2017–2018), as well as appearances in *The Walking Dead*, *The Handmaid’s Tale* and *Rabbit Hole*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ozark* (2017), Fi1m 70, as Roy Petty — [page](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, as Morgan Steig / Richard Steig — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *John Adams* (2008), Fi1m 81, as Oliver Wolcott, Jr. — [page](https://film.one/tv/john-adams.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *All's Fair* (2025), series, as Sebastian
- *Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story* (2024), series, as Det. Les Zoeller
- *Clipped* (2024), series, as Glenn Buntling
- *Sugar* (2024), series, as Henry Thorpe
- *Elsbeth* (2024), series, as Sydney Finn
- *The Anne Frank Gift Shop* (2023), as Jack
- *Edge of Everything* (2023), as David
- *Rabbit Hole* (2023), series, as Miles Valence
- *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2022), series, as Kent Drucker
- *Elevate* (2022), as Paul
- *The Big Bend* (2021), as Cory Price
- *Off Broadway* (2021), as Garrick Chauveaux
- *NEXT* (2020), series, as Ted LeBlanc
- *I Was a Stranger* (2019), as Seth
- *Ozark* (2017), series, as Roy Petty — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md)
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), series, as Commander MacKenzie — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *Ash* (2017), Acting
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, as AA Speaker
- *The Family Fang* (2016), as Young Caleb
- *Colony* (2016), series, as David
- *Blackhat* (2015), as George Reinker
- *Non-Stop* (2014), as Kyle Rice
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Walter Gary Martin
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, as Varick Strauss
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Ballard Clifton
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, as Lewis
- *Scandal* (2012), series, as Ian Woods, Ian McLeod
- *Alcatraz* (2012), series, as Deputy Warden E.B. Tiller
- *The Green* (2011), as Michael
- *Letters from the Big Man* (2011), as Sean
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Paul Franklin
- *Kill the Irishman* (2011), as Art Sneperger
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, as Toby Carlson
- *The Extra Man* (2010), as Otto Bellman
- *Mercy* (2009), series, Acting
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as William Ericcson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3* (2009), as Hostage who can't urinate
- *Changeling* (2008), as Gordon Northcott
- *Fringe* (2008), series, as Morgan Steig / Richard Steig — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *John Adams* (2008), series, as Oliver Wolcott, Jr. — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/john-adams.md)
- *New Orleans, Mon Amour* (2008), Acting
- *Moonlight* (2007), series, as Lane
- *Next* (2007), as Jeff Baines
- *The Good Shepherd* (2006), as Teletype Communications Officer
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Sammy Rawley
- *Homeland Security* (2004), as Paul Franklin
- *Hope & Faith* (2003), series, as Donnie Fuller
- *Garmento* (2002), as Jasper Judson
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Bob
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Daniel Moore
- *Trifling with Fate* (2000), as Artist Who Doesn't Know His Muse
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Greg Hartley
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Bernard Noah, Nathan Reeves

## Gallery

- ![Star of Alcatraz, Ray Donovan, and Ozark. NYC March '16. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/442890/gallery-399c15e19aa9.jpg) Star of Alcatraz, Ray Donovan, and Ozark. NYC March '16. (2016) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Jason_Butler_Harner_%2825221328723%29_%28cropped1%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jason Butler Harner](https://film.one/media/person/442890/gallery-b4b65044acbb.jpg) Jason Butler Harner — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jason_Butler_Harner_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Jason_Butler_Harner_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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