Name: Harrison Ford

Birth Name: Harrison Ford II

Birthdate: July 13, 1942

Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.

If Harrison Ford isn't the world's most successful movie star, he definitely comes close. He's played some of cinema's most iconic heroes several times over in a career that's earned some $550 billion worldwide. After his first real film role in George Lucas' American Graffiti in 1973, his career floundered and he supplemented his meager acting career with carpentry work — until Lucas hired him again for Star Wars. He went on to steal the show as Han Solo in the infamous trilogy, made the moniker Indiana Jones a household name and defined 1990s intrigue as CIA agent Jack Ryan. Ford also made a number of well-received films like Blade Runner, Working Girl and Witness. As anti-establishment in his personal life as he is onscreen, Ford avoids the Hollywood lifestyle, preferring to live on his 700-acre Montana ranch with girlfriend Calista Flockhart.


1. When he worked as a carpenter in between acting jobs, one of his projects was building a home studio for Sergio Mendes.
2. Of his own filmography, his favorites are Witness and Roman Polanski's thriller Frantic.
3. His biggest passion outside of acting is flying; he owns five airplanes and a helicopter.
4. He has worn a gold stud earring since 1997.
5. He is an avid art collector and student of interior design.


"I am as interested in playing old men as I am in playing young men so I have no resistance to my aging. I have been asked many times to dye my hair, but I always say, 'Well, who are you going to kid?'"
— Urban Cinefile, Nov. 2, 2002


Girlfriend: Calista Flockhart, actress, born Nov. 11, 1964
Wives: Melissa Mathison, screenwriter, born June 30, 1950; married March 14, 1983; divorced Jan. 6, 2004; Mary Marquardt, married June 18, 1964; divorced 1979
Sons: Benjamin, born Sept. 22, 1967 (with Marquardt); Willard, born May 14, 1969 (with Marquardt); Malcolm Ford, born Oct. 3, 1987 (with Mathison)
Daughter: Georgia, born June 30, 1991 (with Mathison)

1996: Golden Globe nomination, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy), Sabrina

1994: Golden Globe nomination, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Fugitive

1987: Golden Globe nomination, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Mosquito Coast

1986: Golden Globe nomination, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Drama), Witness

 

FILMS

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - (2008 ) - Actor
Crossing Over - (2007 ) - Actor
Firewall - (2006) - Actor
Late Night With Conan O'Brien - 10th Anniversary Special - (2004) - Actor
Hollywood Homicide - (2003) - Actor
K-19: The Widowmaker - (2002) - Executive Producer, Actor
Apocalypse Now Redux - (2001) - Actor
What Lies Beneath - (2000) - Actor
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story - (1999) - Featured
Random Hearts - (1999) - Actor
Six Days, Seven Nights - (1998) - Actor
A Civil Action/Six Days, Seven Nights - (1998) - Actor
The Devil's Own - (1997) - Actor
Air Force One - (1997) - Actor
Air Force One/The Devil's Own - (1997) - Actor
Sabrina - (1995) - Actor
Clear and Present Danger - (1994) - Actor
The Fugitive - (1993) - Actor
Patriot Games - (1992) - Actor
Regarding Henry - (1991) - Actor
Presumed Innocent - (1990) - Actor
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - (1989) - Actor
Working Girl - (1988) - Actor
Frantic - (1987) - Actor
The Mosquito Coast - (1986) - Actor
Witness - (1985) - Actor
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - (1984) - Actor
Return of the Jedi - (1983) - Actor
Blade Runner - (1982) - Actor
Blade Runner - The Director's Cut - (1982) - Actor
Raiders of the Lost Ark - (1981) - Actor
The Empire Strikes Back - (1980) - Actor
The Frisco Kid - (1979) - Actor
Hanover Street - (1979) - Actor
Apocalypse Now - (1979) - Actor
Force 10 From Navarone - (1978) - Actor
Heroes - (1977) - Actor
The Possessed - (1977) - Actor
Star Wars - (1977) - Actor
The Conversation - (1974) - Actor
American Graffiti - (1973) - Actor
Getting Straight - (1970) - Actor
Luv - (1967) - Actor
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round - (1966) - Actor