Harris received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for his role in The Snow Goose (1971). He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his role in Pirandello's Henry IV.(1991). He reprised the role in the 1981 Broadway musical revival. He portrayed King Arthur in the 1967 film Camelot for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He gained acclaim for his role as Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), the latter of which was his final film role. Other notable roles include in The Guns of Navarone (1961), Red Desert (1964), A Man Called Horse (1970), Cromwell (1970), Unforgiven (1992), Gladiator (2000), and The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). He received two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his performances in This Sporting Life (1963), and The Field (1991). In 2020, he was listed at number 3 on The Irish Times 's list of Ireland's greatest film actors. He received numerous accolades including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a Grammy Award.

Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave.

Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer.

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