Jason Butler Harner

Jason Butler Harner is one of those actors whose presence raises the tension in any scene, and his FBI agent Roy Petty in Ozark is a masterclass in slow-burn menace. He plays men who are coiled, watchful, and a little broken, which makes him perfect casting for morally murky thrillers. What a lot of viewers don't realize is that he's first and foremost a theater animal, trained classically and seasoned on New York stages, which is why his line readings always feel so precisely calibrated. He never overplays it. Give him a quiet interrogation scene and he'll quietly dismantle whoever's across the table.

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Jason Butler Harner (born October 9, 1970) is an American actor from Elmira, New York, with a background in classical theater. He has worked extensively on Broadway and off-Broadway in addition to film and television. He is widely recognized for his role as FBI agent Roy Petty in the Netflix crime drama Ozark, and has appeared in the film Changeling and the television series The Blacklist.

Name (English)

Jason Butler Harner

Name (Japanese)

ジェイソン・バトラー・ハーナー

Reading

じぇいそん・ばとらー・はーなー

Born

October 9, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Elmira, New York, United States

Occupation

Actor / Stage Actor / Television Actor / Film Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

High school

T. C. Williams High School

University

Virginia Commonwealth University

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448319

Tags

• From New York
• Actor
• Stage Actor
• Television Actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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