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Harrison Ford Biography

(1942–)

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1966 Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1967 A Time for Killing

1968 Journey to Shiloh
1970 Getting Straight
1970 Zabriskie Point
1973 American Graffiti
1974 The Conversation
1977 Star Wars (re-released 1997)
1977 Heroes
1978 Force 10 From Navarone
1979 The Frisco Kid
1979 More American Graffiti
1980 The Empire Strikes Back (re-released 1997)
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 Blade Runner
1983 Return of the Jedi (re-released 1997)
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1985 Witness
1986 The Mosquito Coast
1988 Frantic
1988 Working Girl
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 Presumed Innocent
1991 Regarding Henry
1992 Patriot Games
1993 The Fugitive
1994 Clear and Present Danger
1995 Sabrina
1997 The Devil's Own
1997 Air Force One
1998 Six Days, Seven Nights
1999 Random Hearts
2000 What Lies Beneath
2002 K-19: The Widowmaker
2003 Hollywood Homicide
2004 Water to Wine
2005 Firewall

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Actor, born July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Harrison Ford studied English at Ripon College in Wisconsin. He served a long apprenticeship in film and television, interspersed with employment as a carpenter, before finding success in George Lucas’ American Graffiti in 1973.

Ford collaborated with Lucas again for his breakthrough role as Han Solo in Star Wars (1977) and its two sequels, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). Cast as a resourceful, swashbuckling hero, he found great popularity as the archaeologist adventurer Indiana Jones in a series of films beginning with Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).

Ford enhanced his reputation with testing characterizations in 1985’s Witness (for which he received an Oscar nomination), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), and The Fugitive (1993). His heroic performances as Jack Ryan for the film adaptations of Tom Clancy’s fictional series secured Ford’s status as one of Hollywood’s favorite leading men, including 1992’s Patriot Games and 1994’s Clear and Present Danger.

Recent films have been less successful at the box office, including 2003’s Hollywood Homicide and 2006’s Firewall. Ford received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 2000.

Harrison Ford was married to Mary Marquardt from 1964 to 1979; they have two sons. He was married to screenwriter Melissa Mathison from 1983 to 2004; they have two children. Ford has been coupled with actress Calista Flockhart since 2002. He lives in New York City and maintains an 800-acre ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.