Ed Harris

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

Filmography

• 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 (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 (1995)
• 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 (2002)