Name: Harrison Ford
Date of Birth:July 13, 1942
Spouse(s) :Mary Marquardt (1964-1979)/Melissa Mathison (1983-2004)
Claim To Fame:Harrison Ford has also been the star of many high-grossing hits Hollywood blockbusters .Harrison Ford made a lot of movies in the wake of Star Wars. There was Heroes (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978) and Hanover Street (1979). Ford also co-starred alongside Gene Wilder in the buddy-western The Frisco Kid (1979), playing a bank robber with a heart of gold. Ford then starred in 1981 as Indiana Jones in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster historical action-yarn, Raiders of the Lost Ark , and its two hugely successful sequels to date, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), which turned Ford himself into a blockbuster At one point Ford had roles in the top five box-office hits of all time, though his role in 1982's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (as Elliot's school principal) was deleted from the final cut of the film. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
As of May 2007, the combined domestic box office grosses of Ford's films total approximately US$3.10 billion,with worldwide grosses approaching the US$6 billion mark, making Harrison Ford the number-three all-time domestic box-office star behind Eddie Murphy and Tom Hanks.
He was ranked #1 in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
Awards:Despite being one of the most financially successful actors of his generation, Harrison Ford has received just one Oscar nomination, that of Best Actor for Witness. It has been speculated that this has been because action movies (such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies) typically do not receive the same critical acclaim as other genres.
In 2000, he received the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. On June 2, 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Kodak Theatre at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
As of May 2007, the combined domestic box office grosses of Ford's films total approximately US$3.10 billion,with worldwide grosses approaching the US$6 billion mark, making Harrison Ford the number-three all-time domestic box-office star behind Eddie Murphy and Tom Hanks.
He was ranked #1 in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
Awards:Despite being one of the most financially successful actors of his generation, Harrison Ford has received just one Oscar nomination, that of Best Actor for Witness. It has been speculated that this has been because action movies (such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies) typically do not receive the same critical acclaim as other genres.
In 2000, he received the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. On June 2, 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Kodak Theatre at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Academy Award
Nominated: Best Actor, Witness (1985)
BAFTA Award
Nominated: Best Actor, Witness (1985)
Golden Globe Award
Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Witness (1986)
Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, The Mosquito Coast (1987)
Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, The Fugitive (1994)
Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical/Comedy, Sabrina (1996)
Won: Cecil B. DeMille Award (2002)
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