Ed Harris
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Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28, 1950) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director and producer.
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[edit] Early life
Harris was born in Tenafly, New Jersey. He was a star athlete in high school and competed in athletics at Columbia University in 1969. Two years later his family moved to Oklahoma and he followed after having discovered his interest in acting in various theater plays. He enrolled at the University of Oklahoma to study drama. After several successful roles in the local theater, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts.
[edit] Career
Harris' first important film role was in Borderline with Charles Bronson. In Knightriders he played a motorcycle stunt rider in a role modeled after that of King Arthur. In 1983, he became a star, playing NASA astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff; in 1996 he was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of NASA mission director Gene Kranz, in the film Apollo 13. Further Oscar nominations arrived in 1999, 2001 and 2003, for The Truman Show, Pollock and The Hours, respectively. More recently he appeared as a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence.
Harris has shown interest in directing. He made his debut in 2000 with Pollock. Harris has also starred in television adaptations of Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) and Empire Falls (2005).
Harris also dabbled in stage acting. He was in the production of Neil LaBute's one-man play Wrecks at the Public Theater in New York City.
[edit] Private life
He has been married to actress Amy Madigan since 1983. They have a daughter named Lily.
[edit] Academy Award nominations
- 2003 - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - The Hours
- 2001 - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Pollock
- 1999 - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - The Truman Show
- 1995 - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Apollo 13
[edit] Other Awards
- 2006 - At the San Francisco International Film Festival, Harris received the Peter J. Owens Award, which honors an actor whose work exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity. A Flash of Green was screened at the festival in his honor.
[edit] Filmography
- Copying Beethoven (film) (2006)
- Winter Passing (2005)
- A History of Violence (2005)
- Radio (2003)
- The Human Stain (2003)
- Masked and Anonymous (2003)
- The Hours (2002)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
- Enemy at the Gates (2001)
- Pollock (2000)
- The Prime Gig (2000)
- Waking the Dead (2000)
- The Third Miracle (1999)
- Stepmom (1998)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- Absolute Power (1997)
- The Rock (1996)
- Eye for an Eye (1996)
- Nixon (1995)
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Just Cause (1995)
- Milk Money (1994)
- China Moon (1994)
- Needful Things (1993)
- The Firm (1993)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- Paris Trout (1991)
- State of Grace (1990)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Jacknife (1989)
- To Kill a Priest (1988)
- Walker (1987)
- Sweet Dreams (1985)
- Code Name: Emerald (1983)
- Alamo Bay (1985)
- A Flash of Green (1984)
- Places in the Heart (1984)
- Swing Shift (1984)
- Under Fire (1983)
- The Right Stuff (1983)
- Creepshow (1982)
- Dream On! (1981)
- Knightriders (1981)
- Borderline (1980)
- Coma (1978)
