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| birth_date = {{Born August 2nd 1998}}
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| birth_place = [[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]], [[New Jersey]], U.S.
| birth_name = Edward Lamar Harris
| birth_name = Edward Allen Harris
| spouse = [[Amy Madigan]] (1983–present)

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'''Edward Allen "Ed" Harris''' (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his performances in ''[[Appaloosa (film)|Appaloosa]]'', ''[[Radio (2003 film)|Radio]]'', ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'', ''[[The Abyss]]'', ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'', ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'', ''[[A History of Violence (film)|A History of Violence]]'', and ''[[The Truman Show]]''. Harris has also narrated commercials for [[The Home Depot]] and other companies.


==Early and personal life==
Harris was born in [[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]], New Jersey, and raised in [[Tenafly, New Jersey|Tenafly]],<ref name="bravo">{{cite episode|title = Ed Harris |episodelink = Inside the Actors Studio|series = Inside the Actors Studio|serieslink = Inside the Actors Studio|network = [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]]|airdate = |season = |number = }}; can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWQVpomxuW8&feature=related</ref> the son of Margaret, a travel agent, and Robert L. Harris, who sang with the [[Fred Waring]] [[choir|chorus]] and worked at the bookstore of the [[Art Institute of Chicago]].<ref>[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800012404/bio Ed Harris Biography – Yahoo! Movies<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He has an older brother, Robert, and a younger brother, Spencer. Harris was raised in a middle-class [[Presbyterian]] family.<ref name="ref1s">{{cite news|last=Stein|first=Ruthe|coauthors=|title=Ed Harris Has the Righteous Stuff, Too: Actor plays a particularly convincing priest in `The Third Miracle'|pages=|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 9, 2000|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/01/09/PK101712.DTL|accessdate=December 10, 2007}}</ref><ref name="ref2">{{cite news|last=Pearlman|first=Cindy|coauthors=|title=Love the sinner: Harris repents for `money' roles|pages=|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=February 6, 2000|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB424609562EF70&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=December 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/ed_harris_biog/2 Ed Harris Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He graduated from [[Tenafly High School]] in 1969, where he played on the football team, serving as the team's captain in his senior year.<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxOTMmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxNTE5NDcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 "North Jersey-bred and talented too"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', June 18, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2007. "Ed Harris: Class of 1969, Tenafly High School"</ref><ref>Stein, Ruthe. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/25/MN92739.DTL&type=movies They're Ready For Their Close-Ups: Camped out at Oscars, the starstruck wait to sneak a peek], ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', March 25, 2001. Accessed May 31, 2007. "She's hoping to score a seat near the front and catch the eye of Oscar nominee Ed Harris, who went to Tenafly High School in New Jersey with her mother."</ref> He was a star athlete in high school and competed in athletics at [[Columbia University]] in 1969. Two years later his family moved to [[New Mexico]] and he followed after having discovered his interest in acting in various theater plays. He enrolled at the [[University of Oklahoma]] to study drama. After several successful roles in the local theater, he moved to Los Angeles, and enrolled at the [[California Institute of the Arts]].

Harris's wife is actress [[Amy Madigan]]. The couple married on Monday, November 21, 1983 while they were filming ''Places in the Heart'' in which they played an adulterous couple. They have a daughter, Lilly Dolores Harris, born in 1993.<ref>[http://www.superiorpics.com/updates/20081007/Harris_sd620080929.html The Lily Dolores Harris picture]</ref>

Harris and his wife appeared at a pro-choice rally for the [[National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League]] in January 21, 2003, held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the [[Roe v. Wade]] case.<ref>http://www.life.com/image/1737854</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Ed Harris at TIFF 2005.jpg|thumb|right|Harris at the premiere of ''A History of Violence'' at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2005]]
Harris's first important film role was in ''[[Borderline (1980 film)|Borderline]]'' with [[Charles Bronson]]. In ''[[Knightriders]]'' he played the king of a motorcycle-riding [[Renaissance fair|renaissance-fair]] troupe in a [[role model]]ed after [[King Arthur]].

In 1983, the actor became a star, playing [[astronaut]] [[John Glenn]] in ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]''. Twelve years later, a film with a similar theme led to Harris being nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his portrayal of NASA flight director [[Gene Kranz]] in ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''.

Further Oscar nominations arrived in 1999, 2001 and 2003, for ''[[The Truman Show]]'', ''[[Pollock (film)|Pollock]]'' and ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'', respectively. He also portrayed a German sniper, Major [[Erwin König]], in ''[[Enemy at the Gates]]''. More recently, he appeared as a vengeful mobster in [[David Cronenberg]]'s ''[[A History of Violence (film)|A History of Violence]]'' and as a police officer alongside [[Casey Affleck]] and [[Morgan Freeman]] in ''[[Gone, Baby, Gone]]'', directed by [[Ben Affleck]]. In 2007, he appeared in ''[[National Treasure: Book of Secrets]]'' as antagonist Mitch Wilkinson.

Along with theatrical films, he has starred in television adaptations of ''[[Riders of the Purple Sage]]'' (1996) and ''[[Empire Falls]]'' (2005).

Harris made his cinema directing debut in 2000 with ''[[Pollock (film)|Pollock]]'', in which he starred as the acclaimed American artist [[Jackson Pollock]]. He also has portrayed such diverse real-life characters as [[William Walker (filibuster)|William Walker]], a 19th Century American who appointed himself president of Nicaragua, in the film ''[[Walker (film)|Walker]]''; Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the [[Oliver Stone]] biopic ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]'' and composer [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] in the film ''[[Copying Beethoven]]''.

Harris has directed a number of theater productions as well as having an active stage acting career. Most notably, he starred in the production of [[Neil LaBute]]'s one-man play ''Wrecks'' at the Public Theater in New York City and later at the Geffen Theater in Los Angeles. For the LA production, he won the LA Drama Critics Circle Award. ''Wrecks'' premiered at the Everyman Theater in Cork, Ireland and then in the US at the Public Theater in New York.

Harris and wife Amy Madigan starred together in [[Ash Adams]]' indie crime drama ''[[Once Fallen]]'', alongside [[Brian Presley]], [[Sharon Gless]], Adams himself, and a large all-star cast. It was released in 2010.

==Filmography==
<!-- do not add 'rowspans' to this table, as it breaks the sorting. -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of film and television credits
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1978
|''[[Coma (film)|Coma]]''
|Pathology Resident No. 2
|
|-
|1980
|''[[Borderline (1980 film)|Borderline]]''
|Hotchkiss
|
|-
| 1981
|''[[Knightriders]]''
|Billy
|
|-
| 1981
|''[[Dream On!]]''
|
|
|-
|1982
|''[[Creepshow]]''
|Hank Blaine
|
|-
| 1983
|''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]''
|[[John Glenn]]
|
|-
| 1983
|''[[Under Fire (film)|Under Fire]]''
|Oates
|
|-
| 1984
|''[[Swing Shift (film)|Swing Shift]]''
|Jack Walsh
|
|-
| 1984
|''[[Places in the Heart]]''
|Wayne Lomax
|
|-
| 1984
|''[[A Flash of Green]]''
|Jimmy Wing
|
|-
| 1985
|''[[Code Name: Emerald]]''
|Gus Lang
|
|-
| 1985
|''[[Alamo Bay]]''
|Shang
|
|-
| 1985
|''[[Sweet Dreams (1985 film)|Sweet Dreams]]''
|Charlie Dick
|
|-
| 1987
|''[[Walker (film)|Walker]]''
|[[William Walker (filibuster)|William Walker]]
|
|-
| 1987
|''[[The Last Innocent Man]]''
|Harry Nash
|
|-
|1988
|''[[To Kill a Priest]]''
|Stefan
|
|-
| 1989
|''[[Jacknife]]''
|David 'High School' Flannigan
|Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
|-
| 1989
|''[[The Abyss]]''
|Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
|
|-
|1990
|''[[State of Grace (film)|State of Grace]]''
|Frankie Flannery
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Paris Trout]]''
|Harry Seagraves
|
|-
| 1992
|''[[Glengarry Glen Ross (film)|Glengarry Glen Ross]]''
|Dave Moss
|[[Seminci|Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ed Harris-Awards|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000438/awards|publisher=http://www.imdb.com|accessdate=06-03-2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1992
|''[[Running Mates (1992 film)|Running Mates]]''
|Hugh Hathaway
|
|-
| 1993
|''[[The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm]]''
|Wayne Tarrance
|
|-
| 1993
|''[[Needful Things]]''
|Sheriff Alan Pangborn
|
|-
| 1994
|''[[Milk Money (film)|Milk Money]]''
|Tom Wheeler
|
|-
| 1994
|''[[China Moon]]''
|Kyle Bodine
|
|-
| 1994
|''[[The Stand (TV miniseries)|The Stand]]''
|General Starkey
|
|-
| 1995
|''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]''
|[[E. Howard Hunt]]
|
|-
| 1995
|''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''
|[[Gene Kranz]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]]<br>[[Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br>Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br>Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
|-
| 1995
|''[[Just Cause (film)|Just Cause]]''
|Blair Sullivan
|
|-
| 1996
|''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]''
|Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel
|
|-
| 1996
|''[[Eye for an Eye (1996 film)|Eye for an Eye]]''
|Mack McCann
|
|-
|1997
|''[[Absolute Power (film)|Absolute Power]]''
|Seth Frank
|
|-
| 1998
|''[[Physical Grafiti (film)|Physical Graffiti]]''
|
|
|-
| 1998
|''[[Stepmom (film)|Stepmom]]''
|Luke Harrison
|
|-
| 1998
|''[[The Truman Show]]''
|Christof
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]<br>[[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br>[[Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br>Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br>Nominated – [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]<br>Nominated – [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
|1999
|''[[The Third Miracle]]''
|Frank Shore
|
|-
| 2000
|''[[Pollock (film)|Pollock]]''
|[[Jackson Pollock]]
|also director
[[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor]]<br>Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br>Nominated – [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
|-
| 2000
|''[[The Prime Gig]]''
|Kelly Grant
|
|-
| 2000
|''[[Waking the Dead (film)|Waking the Dead]]''
|Jerry Charmichael
|
|-
| 2001
|''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''
|Parcher
|Nominated – [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]<br>Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|-
| 2001
|''[[Buffalo Soldiers (2001 film)|Buffalo Soldiers]]''
|Colonel Berman
|
|-
| 2001
|''[[Enemy at the Gates]]''
|Major König
|
|-
|2002
|''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]''
|Richard Brown
|Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br>Nominated – [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]<br>Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]<br>Nominated – [[London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year]]<br>Nominated – [[Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast]]<br>Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]<br>Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]]
|-
| 2003
|''[[Radio (2003 film)|Radio]]''
|Coach Jones
|
|-
| 2003
|''[[The Human Stain (film)|The Human Stain]]''
|Lester Farley
|
|-
| 2003
|''[[Masked and Anonymous]]''
|Oscar Vogel
|
|-
| 2005
|''[[Empire Falls (TV miniseries)|Empire Falls]]''
|Miles Roby
|Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]<br>Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie]]<br>Nominated – [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]<br>Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
|-
| 2005
|''[[Winter Passing]]''
|Don Holden
|
|-
| 2005
|''[[A History of Violence (film)|A History of Violence]]''
|Carl Fogarty
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
| 2006
|''[[Two Tickets to Paradise (film)|Two Tickets to Paradise]]''
|Melville
|
|-
| 2006
|''[[Copying Beethoven]]''
|[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Armenian Genocide (film)|The Armenian Genocide]]''
| US Consul [[Leslie Davis]]
| Documentary
|-
| 2007
|''[[Gone Baby Gone]]''
|Remy Bressant
|
|-
| 2007
|''[[Cleaner (film)|Cleaner]]''
|Eddie Lorenzo
|
|-
| 2007
|''[[National Treasure: Book of Secrets]]''
|Mitch Wilkinson
|
|-
| 2008
|''[[Touching Home]]''
|Charlie Winston
|
|-
| 2008
|''[[Appaloosa (film)|Appaloosa]]''
|Virgil Cole
|(also Writer-Director)
|-
|2009
|''[[Once Fallen]]''
|Liam
|
|-
| 2010
|''[[The Way Back]]''
|Mr. Smith
|
|-
| 2010
|''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
|Jason Hudson
|(video game; voice only)
|-
| 2011
|''[[That's What I Am]]''
|Mr. Simon
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Salvation Boulevard]]''
|Dr. Paul Blaylock
|
|-
| 2011
|''[[Game Change (film)|Game Change]]''
|[[John McCain]]
|In production <br> TV Movie
|-
| 2011
|''The Gift Horse''
|William Lee Hendricks Sr. (rumored)
|In production
|-
| 2012
|''[[Man on a Ledge]]''
|
| In production
|}

==Awards and nominations==
===[[Academy Award]]s===
*1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing [[Gene Kranz]] in ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'', nominated)
*1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in ''[[The Truman Show]]'', nominated)
*2000: Best Actor (for playing [[Jackson Pollock]] in ''[[Pollock (film)|Pollock]]'', nominated)
*2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'', nominated)

===[[BAFTA Award]]s===
*1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in ''[[The Truman Show]]'', nominated)
*2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'', nominated)

===[[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Awards]]===
*2005: Outstanding Actor – Miniseries or Movie (for playing "Miles Roby" in ''[[Empire Falls]]'', nominated)

===[[Golden Globe Awards]]===
====Film awards====
*1989: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "David Flannigan" in ''[[Jacknife]]'', nominated)
*1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing [[Gene Kranz]] in ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'', nominated)
*1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in ''[[The Truman Show]]'', '''won''')
*2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'', nominated)

====Television awards====
*2006: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in ''[[Empire Falls]]'', nominated)

===[[London Film Critics Circle]]===
*2003: Actor of the Year (for playing "Richard Brown" in ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'', nominated)

===[[National Board of Review]]===
*1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in ''[[The Truman Show]]'', '''won''')

===[[National Society of Film Critics]]===
*2005: Best Supporting Actor (for ''[[A History of Violence]]'', '''won''')

===[[Online Film Critics Society]]===
*1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in ''[[The Truman Show]]'', nominated)

===[[Phoenix Film Critics Society]]===
*2002: Best Cast (for ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'', nominated)

===[[San Francisco International Film Festival]]===
*2006: Harris received the Peter J. Owens Award,<ref>[http://fest06.sffs.org/awards/ed_harris.php AWARDS | OWENS AWARD | San Francisco Film Festival<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> which honors an actor whose work exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity. ''A Flash of Green''<ref>[http://history.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=1761 A Flash of Green | San Francisco Film Festival<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was screened at the festival in his honor.

===[[Satellite Awards]]===
====Film awards====
*2000: Best Actor – Drama (for playing [[Jackson Pollock]] in ''[[Pollock (film)|Pollock]]'', nominated)
*2001: Best Supporting Actor – Drama (for playing "Parcher" in ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'', nominated)

====Television awards====
*2005: Outstanding Actor – Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in ''[[Empire Falls]]'', nominated)

===[[Screen Actors Guild]]===
====Film awards====
*1995: Outstanding Cast (for ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'', '''won''')
*1995: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing [[Gene Kranz]] in ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'', '''won''')
*2001: Outstanding Cast (for ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'', nominated)
*2002: Outstanding Cast (for ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'', nominated)
*2002: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in ''The Hours'', nominated)

====Television awards====
*1996: Outstanding Actor – Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Jim Lassiter" in ''[[Riders of the Purple Sage]]'', nominated)
*2005: Outstanding Actor – Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in ''[[Empire Falls]]'', nominated)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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Revision as of 00:06, 11 October 2011

For other people named Edward Harris (disambiguation), see Edward Harris (disambiguation) (disambiguation).
Ed Harris
Harris at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Edward Allen Harris

(1950-11-28) November 28, 1950 (age 73)
Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, director, screenwriter
Years active1978–present
SpouseAmy Madigan (1983–present)

Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his performances in Appaloosa, Radio, The Rock, The Abyss, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, A History of Violence, and The Truman Show. Harris has also narrated commercials for The Home Depot and other companies.

Early and personal life

Harris was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and raised in Tenafly,[1] the son of Margaret, a travel agent, and Robert L. Harris, who sang with the Fred Waring chorus and worked at the bookstore of the Art Institute of Chicago.[2] He has an older brother, Robert, and a younger brother, Spencer. Harris was raised in a middle-class Presbyterian family.[3][4][5] He graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969, where he played on the football team, serving as the team's captain in his senior year.[6][7] He was a star athlete in high school and competed in athletics at Columbia University in 1969. Two years later his family moved to New Mexico and he followed after having discovered his interest in acting in various theater plays. He enrolled at the University of Oklahoma to study drama. After several successful roles in the local theater, he moved to Los Angeles, and enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts.

Harris's wife is actress Amy Madigan. The couple married on Monday, November 21, 1983 while they were filming Places in the Heart in which they played an adulterous couple. They have a daughter, Lilly Dolores Harris, born in 1993.[8]

Harris and his wife appeared at a pro-choice rally for the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League in January 21, 2003, held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade case.[9]

Career

Harris at the premiere of A History of Violence at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2005

Harris's first important film role was in Borderline with Charles Bronson. In Knightriders he played the king of a motorcycle-riding renaissance-fair troupe in a role modeled after King Arthur.

In 1983, the actor became a star, playing astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff. Twelve years later, a film with a similar theme led to Harris being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of NASA flight director Gene Kranz in Apollo 13.

Further Oscar nominations arrived in 1999, 2001 and 2003, for The Truman Show, Pollock and The Hours, respectively. He also portrayed a German sniper, Major Erwin König, in Enemy at the Gates. More recently, he appeared as a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence and as a police officer alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in Gone, Baby, Gone, directed by Ben Affleck. In 2007, he appeared in National Treasure: Book of Secrets as antagonist Mitch Wilkinson.

Along with theatrical films, he has starred in television adaptations of Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) and Empire Falls (2005).

Harris made his cinema directing debut in 2000 with Pollock, in which he starred as the acclaimed American artist Jackson Pollock. He also has portrayed such diverse real-life characters as William Walker, a 19th Century American who appointed himself president of Nicaragua, in the film Walker; Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic Nixon and composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the film Copying Beethoven.

Harris has directed a number of theater productions as well as having an active stage acting career. Most notably, he starred in the production of Neil LaBute's one-man play Wrecks at the Public Theater in New York City and later at the Geffen Theater in Los Angeles. For the LA production, he won the LA Drama Critics Circle Award. Wrecks premiered at the Everyman Theater in Cork, Ireland and then in the US at the Public Theater in New York.

Harris and wife Amy Madigan starred together in Ash Adams' indie crime drama Once Fallen, alongside Brian Presley, Sharon Gless, Adams himself, and a large all-star cast. It was released in 2010.

Filmography

List of film and television credits
Year Title Role Notes
1978 Coma Pathology Resident No. 2
1980 Borderline Hotchkiss
1981 Knightriders Billy
1981 Dream On!
1982 Creepshow Hank Blaine
1983 The Right Stuff John Glenn
1983 Under Fire Oates
1984 Swing Shift Jack Walsh
1984 Places in the Heart Wayne Lomax
1984 A Flash of Green Jimmy Wing
1985 Code Name: Emerald Gus Lang
1985 Alamo Bay Shang
1985 Sweet Dreams Charlie Dick
1987 Walker William Walker
1987 The Last Innocent Man Harry Nash
1988 To Kill a Priest Stefan
1989 Jacknife David 'High School' Flannigan Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1989 The Abyss Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
1990 State of Grace Frankie Flannery
1991 Paris Trout Harry Seagraves
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross Dave Moss Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor[10]
1992 Running Mates Hugh Hathaway
1993 The Firm Wayne Tarrance
1993 Needful Things Sheriff Alan Pangborn
1994 Milk Money Tom Wheeler
1994 China Moon Kyle Bodine
1994 The Stand General Starkey
1995 Nixon E. Howard Hunt
1995 Apollo 13 Gene Kranz Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1995 Just Cause Blair Sullivan
1996 The Rock Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel
1996 Eye for an Eye Mack McCann
1997 Absolute Power Seth Frank
1998 Physical Graffiti
1998 Stepmom Luke Harrison
1998 The Truman Show Christof Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
1999 The Third Miracle Frank Shore
2000 Pollock Jackson Pollock also director

Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

2000 The Prime Gig Kelly Grant
2000 Waking the Dead Jerry Charmichael
2001 A Beautiful Mind Parcher Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2001 Buffalo Soldiers Colonel Berman
2001 Enemy at the Gates Major König
2002 The Hours Richard Brown Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year
Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
2003 Radio Coach Jones
2003 The Human Stain Lester Farley
2003 Masked and Anonymous Oscar Vogel
2005 Empire Falls Miles Roby Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2005 Winter Passing Don Holden
2005 A History of Violence Carl Fogarty National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
2006 Two Tickets to Paradise Melville
2006 Copying Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven
2006 The Armenian Genocide US Consul Leslie Davis Documentary
2007 Gone Baby Gone Remy Bressant
2007 Cleaner Eddie Lorenzo
2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Mitch Wilkinson
2008 Touching Home Charlie Winston
2008 Appaloosa Virgil Cole (also Writer-Director)
2009 Once Fallen Liam
2010 The Way Back Mr. Smith
2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops Jason Hudson (video game; voice only)
2011 That's What I Am Mr. Simon
2011 Salvation Boulevard Dr. Paul Blaylock
2011 Game Change John McCain In production
TV Movie
2011 The Gift Horse William Lee Hendricks Sr. (rumored) In production
2012 Man on a Ledge In production

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

BAFTA Awards

  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)
  • 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Emmy Awards

  • 2005: Outstanding Actor – Miniseries or Movie (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Golden Globe Awards

Film awards

  • 1989: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "David Flannigan" in Jacknife, nominated)
  • 1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, nominated)
  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, won)
  • 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Television awards

  • 2006: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

London Film Critics Circle

  • 2003: Actor of the Year (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

National Board of Review

  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, won)

National Society of Film Critics

Online Film Critics Society

  • 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" in The Truman Show, nominated)

Phoenix Film Critics Society

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • 2006: Harris received the Peter J. Owens Award,[11] which honors an actor whose work exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity. A Flash of Green[12] was screened at the festival in his honor.

Satellite Awards

Film awards

Television awards

  • 2005: Outstanding Actor – Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

Screen Actors Guild

Film awards

  • 1995: Outstanding Cast (for Apollo 13, won)
  • 1995: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz in Apollo 13, won)
  • 2001: Outstanding Cast (for A Beautiful Mind, nominated)
  • 2002: Outstanding Cast (for The Hours, nominated)
  • 2002: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" in The Hours, nominated)

Television awards

  • 1996: Outstanding Actor – Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Jim Lassiter" in Riders of the Purple Sage, nominated)
  • 2005: Outstanding Actor – Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" in Empire Falls, nominated)

References

  1. ^ "Ed Harris". Inside the Actors Studio. Bravo. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help); can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWQVpomxuW8&feature=related
  2. ^ Ed Harris Biography – Yahoo! Movies
  3. ^ Stein, Ruthe (January 9, 2000). "Ed Harris Has the Righteous Stuff, Too: Actor plays a particularly convincing priest in `The Third Miracle'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 10, 2007. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Pearlman, Cindy (February 6, 2000). "Love the sinner: Harris repents for `money' roles". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved December 10, 2007. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Ed Harris Biography
  6. ^ Rohan, Virginia. "North Jersey-bred and talented too", The Record (Bergen County), June 18, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2007. "Ed Harris: Class of 1969, Tenafly High School"
  7. ^ Stein, Ruthe. They're Ready For Their Close-Ups: Camped out at Oscars, the starstruck wait to sneak a peek, San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 2001. Accessed May 31, 2007. "She's hoping to score a seat near the front and catch the eye of Oscar nominee Ed Harris, who went to Tenafly High School in New Jersey with her mother."
  8. ^ The Lily Dolores Harris picture
  9. ^ http://www.life.com/image/1737854
  10. ^ "Ed Harris-Awards". http://www.imdb.com. Retrieved 06-03-2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ AWARDS | OWENS AWARD | San Francisco Film Festival
  12. ^ A Flash of Green | San Francisco Film Festival
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