Ed Harris - Actors
Summary
"Edward Allen Harris" (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his performances in "The Right Stuff", "The Abyss", "Apollo 13", "Pollock", and "The Truman Show", among many others.
Biography
Early & personal life
Harris was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, the son of Margaret, a travel agent, and Robert L. Harris, who sang with the Fred Waring chorus and worked at the bookstore of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has an older brother, Robert, and a younger brother, Spencer. Harris was raised in a middle class Presbyterian family. He graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969, where he played on the football team, serving as the team's captain in his senior year. 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.
Harris has been married to actress Amy Madigan since 1983. They have a daughter named Lily.
Career
Harris's 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 1995 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 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". He also had a role alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in "Gone, Baby, Gone", directed by actor Ben Affleck.
Harris has shown interest in directing. He made his debut in 2000 with "Pollock", as well as directing various plays.
Harris has also starred in television adaptations of "Riders of the Purple Sage" (1996) and "Empire Falls" (2005).
Harris also has an active stage acting career. Most notably, he starred in the production of Neil LaBute's one-man play "Wrecks" at the Public Theater in New York City.Wrecks premiered at the Everyman Theater in Cork, Ireland and then in the US at the Public Theater in New York. Harris has been nominated for several major awards for this role.
Awards and nominations
Academy Award
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor, "Apollo 13" (1995)
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor, "The Truman Show" (1998)
Nominated: Best Actor, "Pollock" (2000)
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor, "The Hours" (2002)
BAFTA Award
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor, "The Truman Show" (1999)
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor, "The Hours" (2003)
Primetime Emmy Award
Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, "Empire Falls" (2005)
Golden Globe
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, "Jacknife" (1990)
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, "Apollo 13" (1996)
"Won: Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, "The Truman Show" (1999)"
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, "The Hours" (2003)
Nominated: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, "Empire Falls" (2006)
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.
Filmography
"Coma" (1978)
"Borderline" (1980)
"Knightriders" (1981)
"Dream On!" (1981)
"Creepshow" (1982)
"The Right Stuff" (1983)
"Code Name: Emerald" (1983)
"Under Fire" (1983)
"Swing Shift" (1984)
"Places in the Heart" (1984)
"A Flash of Green" (1984)
"Alamo Bay" (1985)
"Sweet Dreams" (1985)
"Walker" (1987)
"The Last Innocent Man" (1987)
"To Kill a Priest" (1988)
"Jacknife" (1989)
"The Abyss" (1989)
"State of Grace" (1990)
"Paris Trout" (1991)
"Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992)
"The Firm" (1993)
"Needful Things" (1993)
"Milk Money" (1994)
"China Moon" (1994)
"Nixon" (1995)
"Apollo 13" (1995) - Gene Kranz
"Just Cause" (1995)
"The Rock" (1996)
"Eye for an Eye" (1996)
"Absolute Power" (1997)
"Stepmom" (1998)
"The Truman Show" (1998)
"The Third Miracle" (1999)
"Pollock" (2000)
"The Prime Gig" (2000)
"Waking the Dead" (2000)
"A Beautiful Mind" (2001)
"Buffalo Soldiers" (2001)
"Enemy at the Gates" (2001)
"The Hours" (2002)
"Radio" (2003)
"The Human Stain" (2003)
"Masked and Anonymous" (2003)
"Empire falls" (2005)
"Winter Passing" (2005)
"A History of Violence" (2005)
"Copying Beethoven" (2006)
"Gone, Baby, Gone" (2007)
"National Treasure: The Book of Secrets" (2007)
External links
Credit
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