Harrison Ford
Birthdate: Jul 13, 1942
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, Belarus. Harrison was a lackluster student at Maine Township High School East in Park Ridge Illinois (no athletic star, never above a C average). After dropping out of Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he did some acting and later summer stock, he signed a Hollywood contract with Columbia and later Universal. His roles in movies and television (Ironside (1967), The Virginian (1962)) remained secondary and, discouraged, he turned to a career in professional carpentry. He came back big four years later, however, as Bob Falfa in American Graffiti (1973). Four years after that, he hit colossal with the role of Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Another four years and Ford was Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Four years later and he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his role as John Book in Witness (1985). All he managed four years after that was his third starring success as Indiana Jones; in fact, many of his earlier successful roles led to sequels as did his more recent portrayal of Jack Ryan in Patriot Games (1992). Another Golden Globe nomination came his way for the part of Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive (1993). He is clearly a well-established Hollywood superstar. He also maintains an 800-acre ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Ford is a private pilot of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, and owns an 800-acre (3.2 km2) ranch in Jackson, Wyoming, approximately half of which he has donated as a nature reserve. On several occasions, Ford has personally provided emergency helicopter services at the request of local authorities, in one instance rescuing a hiker overcome by dehydration. Ford began flight training in the 1960s at Wild Rose Idlewild Airport in Wild Rose, Wisconsin, flying in a Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer, but at $15 an hour, he could not afford to continue the training. In the mid-1990s, he bought a used Gulfstream II and asked one of his pilots, Terry Bender, to give him flying lessons. They started flying a Cessna 182 out of Jackson, Wyoming, later switching to Teterboro, New Jersey, flying a Cessna 206, the aircraft he soloed in. Ford is an honorary board member of the humanitarian aviation organization Wings of Hope.
On March 5, 2015, Ford's plane, believed to be a Ryan PT-22 Recruit, made an emergency landing on the Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California. Ford had radioed in to report that the plane had suffered engine failure. He was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was reported to be in fair to moderate condition. Ford suffered a broken pelvis and broken ankle during the accident, as well as other injuries.
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Upcoming (2)
- 2025 | Thunderbolts*asThaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Thunderbolts*
A group of supervillains are recruited to go on missions for the government.
- 2025 | Captain America: Brave New WorldasThaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Captain America: Brave New World
Sam Wilson, who's officially taken up the mantle of Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident.
Previous (62)
- 2023 | Harrison Ford: Hollywood Heroas Self
- 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyasIndiana Jones
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.
- 2020 | Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
- 2020 | Witness to 9/11: In the Shadows of Ground Zero
- 2020 |
- 2019 | Apocalypse NowasColonel Lucas
Apocalypse Now
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
- 2019 |
- 2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2asRooster
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Continuing the story of Max and his pet friends, following their secret lives after their owners leave them for work or school each day.
- 2018 | The Miserable Adventures of Burt Squireas Self
- 2019 | Always at The CarlyleasSelf
Always at The Carlyle
The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet-set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New Yorkers.
- 2017 | Sometimes Lucky Is More Important Than Smart: Conversations with Mace Neufeld
- 2017 | Blade Runner 2049asRick Deckard
Blade Runner 2049
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
- 2016 | Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
- 2015 | Living in the Age of Airplanesas Narrator
- 2015 | The Age of AdalineasWilliam Jones
The Age of Adaline
A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into.
- 2014 | Dalai Lama Awakeningas Narrator
- 2013 | Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaka
- 2013 | Ender’s GameasColonel Graff
Ender’s Game
Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.
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- 2011 | Cowboys & Aliensas Woodrow Dolarhyde
- 2010 | Extraordinary Measuresas Dr. Stonehill
- 2010 | Morning Gloryas Mike Pomeroy
- 2009 | Crossing Overas Max Brogan
- 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullasIndiana Jones
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
In 1957, archaeologist and adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. is called back into action and becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
- 2007 | Dalai Lama Renaissanceas Narrator
- 2006 | Firewallas Jack Stanfield
- 2003 | Hollywood Homicideas Sgt. Joe Gavilan
- 2002 | K-19: The Widowmakeras Capt. Alexei Vostrikov
- 2000 | Central Casting
- 2000 | Flightline: Army Helicopter Pilots of Vietnam
- 2000 | What Lies Beneathas Norman Spencer
- 1999 | Mardy Murie: Arctic Danceas Général La Morlière
- 1999 | Random Heartsas Dutch Van Den Broeck
- 1998 | Six Days Seven Nightsas Quinn Harris
- 1997 | Air Force Oneas President James Marshall
- 1997 | The Devil's Ownas Tom O'Meara
- 1995 | Sabrinaas Linus Larrabee
- 1994 | Clear and Present Dangeras Jack Ryan
- 1993 | The Fugitiveas Dr. Richard Kimble
- 1992 | Behind the Scenes: A Portrait of Pierre Guffroy
- 1992 | Patriot Gamesas Jack Ryan
- 1991 | Regarding Henryas Henry Turner
- 1990 | Presumed Innocentas Rusty Sabich
- 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadeas Indiana Jones
- 1988 | Franticas Dr. Richard Walker
- 1988 | Working Girlas Jack Trainer
- 1986 | The Mosquito Coastas Allie Fox
- 1985 | Witnessas John Book
- 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doomas Indiana Jones
- 1983 | Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the JediasHan Solo
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
- 1982 | Blade Runneras Deckard
- 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Arkas Indy
- 1981 | Raiders of the Lost ArkasIndy
Raiders of the Lost Ark
In 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.
- 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Backas Han Solo
- 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes BackasHan Solo
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.
- 1979 | Hanover Streetas David Halloran
- 1979 | The Frisco Kidas Tommy
- 1978 | Force 10 from Navaroneas Barnsby
- 1977 | Heroesas Ken Boyd
- 1977 | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New HopeasHan Solo
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth ...
- 1974 | The Conversation (1974)asMartin Stett
The Conversation (1974)
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
