Ed Harris

Birthday: Nov 28, 1950
Birthplace: Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
Biography:
Born Edward Allen Harris in Tenafly, NJ, on November 28, 1950, Harris was an
athlete in high school and went on to spend two years playing football at
Columbia University. His interest in acting developed after he transferred
to the University of Oklahoma, where he studied acting and gained experience
in summer stock. Harris next attended the California Institute of the Arts,
graduating with a Fine Arts degree. He went on to find steady work in the
West Coast theatrical world before moving...
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to New York. In 1983, he debuted
off-Broadway in Sam Shepard's Fool for Love in a part especially written for
him. His performance won him an Obie for Best Actor. Three years later, he
made his Broadway debut in George Firth's Precious Sons and was nominated
for a Tony. During the course of his career, Harris has gone on to garner
numerous stage awards from associations on both coasts.
Filmography
- The Way Back (2011)
- Touching Home (2010)
- Appaloosa (2008)
- Cleaner (2008)
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
- Gone Baby Gone (2007)
- Copying Beethoven, (Klang der Stille) (2006)
- Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)
- Winter Passing (2006)
- A History of Violence (2005)
- Empire Falls (2005)
- Radio (2003)
- The Human Stain (2003)
- Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion (2003)
- Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (2003)
- Masked And Anonymous (2003)
- Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
- The Hours (2002)
- Just a Dream (2002)
- A Beautiful Mind: Bonus Material (2001)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- Enemy at the Gates (2001)
- Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
- Directors: Clint Eastwood (2000)
- Pollock (2000)
- The Prime Gig (2000)
- The Third Miracle (1999)
- Stepmom (1998)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- Love and Death on Long Island (1998)
- Absolute Power (1997)
- The Rock (1996)
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)
- Eye For An Eye (1996)
- Apollo 13: Anniversary Edition: Bonus Material (1995)
- Nixon (1995)
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Milk Money (1994)
- Just Cause (1994)
- China Moon (1994)
- Needful Things (1993)
- The Firm (1993)
- Glengarry Glen Ross: Bonus Material (1992)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- Paris Trout (1991)
- State of Grace (1990)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Jacknife (1989)
- To Kill a Priest (1988)
- Walker (1987)
- The Last Innocent Man (1987)
- Running Mates (1986)
- Sweet Dreams (1985)
- Code Name: Emerald (Deep Cover) (1985)
- Alamo Bay (1985)
- Places in the Heart (1984)
- A Flash Of Green (1984)
- Swing Shift (1984)
- The Right Stuff (1983)
- Under Fire (1983)
- Creepshow (1982)
- Knightriders (1981)
- Borderline (1980)
- The Aliens Are Coming (1980)
- Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience ()
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- Rianne Sjoberg at 12:47pm on December 2nd, 2009
- Ooh, same b-day! (albeit a few years apart) Happy b-day four days too late! :D
- Facebook-gebruiker at 7:16am on August 19th, 2009
- Brillant in the rock with connery and cage
- Facebook-gebruiker at 5:20pm on January 24th, 2009
- One of my most favorite actors in Hollywood, Ed Harris can really act, not a typecaster, he can act in any role and any theme! Some of his greats include: "State of Grace", "Milk Money", "Under Fire", "Glengarry Glen Ross", and of course "The Rock"!
- Ricky Davis at 12:35am on January 17th, 2009
- "Appaloosa" is wonderful! Great work indeed!
- Keri Bagley at 7:01am on November 20th, 2008
- I don't think I have ever not liked a movie Ed Harris was in. He is a fantastic actor.
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