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Ed Harris Biography

Edward Allen Harris is an American actor, creator, director, and screenwriter who was born and brought up in Englewood Health, Englewood, New Jersey, United States. His performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show, Pollock, and The Hours got him critical acclaim in addition to Academy Award nominations.

Ed has featured in various leading and supporting characters, such as in The Right Stuff, The Abyss, State of Grace, Glengarry Glen Ross, Nixon, The Rock, Stepmom, A Beautiful Mind, Enemy at the Gates, A History of Violence, Gone Baby Gone, Snowpiercer, and Mother.

In addition to directing Pollock, Ed also directed the western Appaloosa. In TV, Ed is notable for his characters as Miles Roby in the miniseries Empire Falls and as the United States Senator John McCain in the TV movie Game Change, the latter earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Series, Miniseries or TV movie.

He now stars as the Man in Black in the HBO science-fiction Western series Westworld, for which he earned a  nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

10 Quick Facts About Edward Allen Harris

Ed Harris Age

Harris is 71 years old as of 2021, he was born on 28 November 1950 in Englewood Health, Englewood, New Jersey, United States. He celebrates his birthday on 28 November every year, and his birth sign is Sagittarius.

Ed Harris Height

Ed stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches, or 1.75 m.

Ed Harris Weight

Ed weighs 72 kg (159 lb).

Ed Harris Education

Ed graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969, where he had been engaged on the football team and was the team’s captain in his senior year. A star athlete in high school, Ed contended in athletics at Columbia University in 1969. When his family moved to New Mexico two years later, Ed followed, having discovered his interest in acting in different theater plays.

He registered at the University of Oklahoma to study drama. After many successful characters in local theaters, he moved to Los Angeles and registered at the California Institute of the Arts, where he spent two years and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1975.

Ed Harris Family

Ed is the child of Margaret Harris, a travel agent, and Robert L. Bob Harris, who sang with the Fred Waring chorus and served at the bookstore of the Art Institute of Chicago.

He was born at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey, and was brought up in Tenafly, New Jersey, Ed has two siblings, Paul and Robert.

Ed Harris Wife

Ed is married to Amy Madigan. The couple married in 1983. Ed has a one-child called Lily Dolores Harris.

Ed Harris Net Worth

Harris has an estimated net worth of $25 Million dollars as of 2022. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an actor, creator, director, and screenwriter.

Through his various sources of income, Ed has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Ed Harris Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Ed.

Ed Harris Wiki

• Full Names: Edward Allen Harris
• Popular As: Ed
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Actor
• Nationality: American
• Race / Ethnicity: White
• Religion: Christian
• Sexual Orientation: Straight 

Ed Harris Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 71 years (2021)
• Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
• Date of Birth: November 28, 1950
• Place of Birth: Englewood, New Jersey, United States
• Birthday: November 28

Ed Harris Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?: 5 feet 9 inches 1.75 m
• Weight: 72 kg (159 lb)
• Eye Color: Blue Eyes
• Hair Color: Brown

Ed Harris Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Robert L. Bob Harris
• Mother: Margaret Harris
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Paul and Robert.
• Marital Status: Married
• Wife/Spouse: Married to Amy Madigan
• Dating / Girlfriend: Not Applicable
• Children: Daughter(s) (Lily Dolores Harris)

Ed Harris Networth and Salary

• Net Worth: $25 Million dollars as of 2022
• Salary: $175,000 per episode from TV series Westworld
• Source of Income: Actor

Ed Harris Actor

Ed began his career on the stage. In 1976, he played an FBI agent in the world premiere of Thomas Rickman’s play, Baalam at the Pasadena Repertory Theatre located at the historic The Hotel Carver.

He followed that at the Pasadena Repertory Theatre in 1976 playing Lot in the West Coast premiere of Tennessee Williams’s play Kingdom of Earth (aka The Seven Descents of Myrtle). On March 20, 2012, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) merged to form a new union, SAG-AFTRA.

Harris, along with others including Edward Asner, Martin Sheen, Valerie Harper, Michael Bell, and Wendy Schaal, were opposed to the merger and sued SAG President Ken Howard and several SAG Vice Presidents, seeking to have the merger undone.

They were unsuccessful. The lawsuit was dismissed on May 22, 2012. Harris has a reputation for being serious on the film set. He told a journalist in 2006, “I don’t like bullshittin’… so, I guess that comes across as serious.”

On March 13, 2015, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, for his work in motion pictures. Harris is one of several actors who have been dubbed “the thinking woman’s sex symbol” (others include Hugh Laurie and Denzel Washington).

Ed Harris Television roles

From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, he found steady work on television. He had a role in one episode of Gibbsville (1975), in one episode of Delvecchio (1977), in one episode of The Rockford Files (1978), in one episode of David Cassidy Man Undercover (1978), two episodes of The Seekers (1979), one episode of Barnaby Jones (1979), one episode of Paris (1980), three episodes of Lou Grant (1979, 1980, and 1981), one episode of CHiPs (1981), one episode of Hart to Hart (1981), one episode of Cassie & Co. (1981), and one episode of American Playhouse (1984).

Subsequent success and acting career

Harris’ first film role came in 1978 with a minor part in the suspense film Coma, starring Michael Douglas. His first major role in a film came two years later with Borderline (1980), in which he starred alongside Charles Bronson.

In 1981, Harris played the lead, William “Billy” Davis, a king of a motorcycle-riding renaissance-fair troupe (a role modeled after King Arthur), in Knightriders. The following year, he has a small role as Hank Blaine in Creepshow, directed by George A. Romero.

Harris at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival

For his lead role as Miles Roby in the 2005 miniseries Empire Falls, Harris was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Miniseries or Television Film.

Also that year, he played a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence (2005) starring Viggo Mortensen. In 2006, he portrayed composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the film Copying Beethoven and starred in the television documentary film The Armenian Genocide as American diplomat Leslie Davis.

Ed Harris appeared with Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in the Ben Affleck-directed neo-noir mystery film Gone Baby Gone(2007). Harris then co-starred as the antagonist Mitch Wilkinson in National Treasure: Book of Secrets(2007), alongside Nicolas Cage. In 2008, he co-wrote, directed, and stared along with Viggo Mortensen in the western Appaloosa.

Ed Harris 2010

In 2010, he and his wife Amy Madigan appeared together in Ash Adams’ independent crime drama Once Fallen. Later that same year, Harris starred in the survival drama The Way Back as Mr. Smith. His performance received much critical praise, and he was suggested by critics to receive a fifth Oscar nomination.

In 2012, he co-starred alongside Sam Worthington in the thriller film Man on a Ledge for Summit Entertainment. He then won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Series, Miniseries, or Television Film and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his performance as Senator John McCain in the HBO made-for-television drama Game Change.

In 2013, he appeared in the western thriller Sweetwater and starred opposite Annette Bening in the romantic drama film The Face of Love. Harris then voiced Mission Control in Alfonso Cuarón’s space epic Gravity (2013), starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.

In 2015, he portrayed the title character in the film version of the Shakespeare tragedy Cymbeline. In 2016, he appeared alongside Madigan and Taissa Farmiga in The New Group’s revival of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child, for which he was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play.

He also began playing the villainous Man in Black in HBO’s sci-fi thriller series Westworld, and had a co-starring role in the ensemble cast of Warren Beatty’s romantic comedy-drama Rules Don’t Apply, with Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich in 2016. In 2017, he appeared in Dean Devlin’s sci-fi film Geostorm, alongside Gerard Butler and Andy García.

Harris had been previously set to star in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Starz drama series The One Percent with Hilary Swank and Ed Helms. Harris co-starred in Darren Aronofsky’s horror film Mother! (2017), alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Domhnall Gleeson.

Ed Harris The 2000’s

Harris made his directorial debut in 2000 with the drama biopic Pollock, in which he also starred as artist Jackson Pollock. He was nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Actor (and third Oscar overall) for his performance. To prepare for the role, he built a small studio in which to copy the painter’s techniques.

Two years later, Harris was nominated for his fourth Academy Award (third in the Best Supporting Actor category) for his role as Richard Brown in the British American drama film The Hours. In between the two Oscar-nominated roles,

He appeared in the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind (2001) and portrayed German sniper MajorErwin König in the war thriller Enemy at the Gates (2001). From June to July 2002, he starred in adverts for the Vauxhall Vectra in the United Kingdom.

Ed Harris Health

On December 9, 2010, he was taken ill while filming The Way Back. He later confirmed that he was suffering from food poisoning. In 1984 he co-starred along with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in the Jonathan Demme directed World War II biopic Swing Shift and in 1985 played abusive husband Charlie Dick to Jessica Lange’s Patsy Cline in the HBO film Sweet Dreams

Ed Harris Movies

• Top Gun 2020
• A Beautiful Mind 2001
• Appaloosa (film) 2008
• Pollock (film) 2000

• Radio 2003
• Snowpiercer 2013
• Kodachrome 2017
• A History of Violence 2005

• The Right Stuff 1983
• The Firm 1993
• Mother! 2017
• Geostorm 2017

• The Hours 2002
• Run All Night 2015
• Creepshow 1982
• Milk Money 1994

• National Treasure 2 2007
• Gravity 2013
• Copying Beethoven 2006

Ed Harris TV Shows

• Empire Falls 2019
• Westworld 2016
• Empire Falls 2005
• Riders Of The Purple Sage 1996

• The Stand 1994
• Cassie & Co. 1982
• David Cassidy: Man Undercover 1978-1979

Frequently Asked Questions About Ed Harris

Ed Harris is an American actor, creator, director, and screenwriter. His performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show, Pollock, and The Hours got him critical acclaim in addition to Academy Award nominations.

Harris is an American national born on November 28, 1950, in Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey, United States.

Harris stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches, or 1.75 m.

Ed is married to Amy Madigan. The couple married in 1983. Ed has a one-child called Lily Dolores Harris.

Harris has an estimated net worth of $25 Million dollars as of 2022. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an actor, creator, director, and screenwriter.

Details about Ed’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.

Harris is a resident of Los Angeles, USA, we shall upload pictures of his house as soon as we have them.

Harris is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of his being sick or having any health-related issues.

Ed is a famous actor, creator, director, and screenwriter. His performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show, Pollock, and The Hours

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