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Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor. Born Edward Allen Harris in Englewood, New Jersey, he was a star athlete in high shool and won an athletic scholarship to Columbia University, but after two years, when his family moved to Oklahoma, he left Columbia and enrolled in Oklahoma University, where he studied drama. After several successful roles in local theater, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts.

His first important film role was in Borderline with Charles Bronson, where he played a killer. In Knightriders, he played a motorcycle stunt rider in a role modeled after that of King Arthur. In 1983 he became a star, playing John Glenn in The Right Stuff.

Harris is married to actress Amy Madigan.

Academy Award Nominations

2001 - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Pollock
1999 - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - The Truman Show
1996 - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Apollo 13

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 His first important film role was in ''[[Borderline]]'' with [[Charles Bronson]], where he played a killer.  In ''[[Knightriders]]'', he played a motorcycle stunt rider in a role modeled after that of [[King Arthur]].  In [[1983]] he became a star, playing [[John Glenn]] in ''[[The Right Stuff]]''.
+Harris is married to actress [[Amy Madigan]].
-Harris has appeared in such movies as ''[[Places in the Heart]]'', ''[[Swing Shift]]'', ''[[Sweet Dreams]]'', ''[[The Abyss]]'', ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'', ''[[The Firm]]'', ''[[Apollo 13 (movie)|Apollo 13]]'', ''[[The Rock]]'', ''[[Absolute Power]]'', ''[[The Truman Show]]'', ''[[Stepmom]]'' and ''[[Pollock]]''.
 ==Academy Award Nominations==
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 *[[1996]] - [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] - ''[[Apollo 13 (movie)|Apollo 13]]''
+==Filmography==
-Harris is married to actress [[Amy Madigan]].
+*''[[Coma]]'' ([[1978]])
+*''[[Borderline]]'' ([[1980]])
+*''[[Knightriders]]'' ([[1981]])
+*''[[Dream On]]'' ([[1981]])
+*''[[Creapshow]]'' ([[1982]])
+*''[[The Right Stuff]]'' ([[1983]])
+*''[[Under Fire]]'' ([[1983]])
+*''[[Swing Shift]]'' ([[1984]])
+*''[[Places in the Heart]]'' ([[1984]])
+*''[[A Flash of Green]]'' ([[1984]])
+*''[[Alamo Bay]]'' ([[1985]])
+*''[[Code Name: Emerald]]'' ([[1983]])
+*''[[Sweet Dreams (movie)|Sweet Dreams]]'' ([[1985]])
+*''[[Walker]]'' ([[1987]])
+*''[[To Kill a Priest]]'' ([[1988]])
+*''[[Jackknife]]'' ([[1989]])
+*''[[The Abyss]]'' ([[1989]])
+*''[[State of Grace]]'' ([[1990]])
+*''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' ([[1992]])
+*''[[The Firm]]'' ([[1993]])
+*''[[Needful Things]]'' ([[1993]])
+*''[[China Moon]]'' ([[1994]])
+*''[[Milk Money]]'' ([[1994]])
+*''[[Just Cause]]'' ([[1995]])
+*''[[Apollo 13 (movie)|Apollo 13]]'' ([[1995]])
+*''[[Nixon (movie)|Nixon]]'' ([[1995]])
+*''[[Eye for an Eye]]'' ([[1996]])
+*''[[The Rock]]'' ([[1996]])
+*''[[The Rock]]'' ([[1996]])
+*''[[Absolute Power]]'' ([[1997]])
+*''[[The Truman Show]]'' ([[1998]])
+*''[[Stepmom]]'' ([[1998]])
+*''[[The Third Miracle]]'' ([[1999]])
+*''[[Waking the Dead]]'' ([[2000]])
+*''[[The Prime Gig]]'' ([[2000]])
+*''[[Pollock]]'' ([[2000]])
+*''[[Enemy at the Gates]]'' ([[2001]])
+*''[[Buffalo Soldiers]]'' ([[2001]])
+*''[[A Beautiful Mind]]'' ([[2001]])
+*''[[The Hours (movie)|The Hours]]'' ([[2002]])