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Ed Harris

Acting

Born November 28, 1950 · Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Also known as Edward Allen Harris

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Biography

Edward Allen Harris is an American actor and filmmaker. Harris received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002). He also directed and starred in Pollock (2000), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and Appaloosa (2008).

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Awards & recognition

  • New Jersey Hall of Fame · 2019
  • Sitges Grand Honorary Award · 2018
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 2013
  • National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2005
  • Toronto Film Critics Association Award — Best Actor · 2001
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  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1999
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1998
  • National Board of Review Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1998
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role · 1996
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 1996
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1995
  • Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Lead Actor · 1995
  • Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actor in a Play · 1986
  • Theatre World Award · 1986
  • Golden Globe Awards
  • Saturn Awards
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie · 2013 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2012 · nominated
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Cast · 2007 · nominated
  • Drama Desk Award — Outstanding One-Person Show · 2007 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie · 2006 · nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2005 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2005 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2003 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Supporting Role · 2003 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2003 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role · 2003 · nominated
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 2002 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2002 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 2001 · nominated
  • Satellite Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture · 2001 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1999 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Supporting Role · 1999 · nominated
  • Online Film Critics Society Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1999 · nominated
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1999 · nominated
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1998 · nominated
  • National Board of Review Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1998 · nominated
  • Saturn Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1998 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie · 1997 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1996 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 1996 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role · 1996 · nominated
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1995 · nominated
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1995 · nominated
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1989 · nominated
  • Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actor in a Play · 1986 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1986 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Dutton Ranch

2026as Everett McKinney

Reading Rainbow

1983as Self - Narrator (voice)

Top Gun: Maverick

2022as Radm. Chester 'Hammer' Cain

The Truman Show

1998as Christof

Westworld

2016as Man in Black

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006as Narrator (voice)

A Beautiful Mind

2001as William Parcher

Frasier

1993as Rob (voice)

The Rockford Files

1974as Rudy Kempner

Apollo 13

1995as Gene Kranz

Baseball

1994as (voice)

Enemy at the Gates

2001as Major König

The Abyss

1989as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

The Right Stuff

1983as John Glenn

The Last Full Measure

2019as Ray Mott

Gone Baby Gone

2007as Remy Bressant

Radio

2003as Coach Jones

The Hours

2002as Richard Brown

Glengarry Glen Ross

1992as Dave Moss

Gravity

2013as Mission Control (voice)

A History of Violence

2005as Carl Fogarty

Stepmom

1998as Luke Harrison

The Rock

1996as Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC

Places in the Heart

1984as Wayne Lomax

Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War

2024as Self - Narrator (voice)

Mother!

2017as Man

The Way Back

2010as Mr. Smith

How to Make a Killing

2026as Whitelaw Redfellow

Resistance

2020as George S. Patton

Snowpiercer

2013as Wilford

Game Change

2012as John McCain

State of Grace

1990as Frankie

Creepshow

1982as Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")

CHiPs

1977as Lonny

Kodachrome

2017as Benjamin Ryder

That's What I Am

2011as Mr. Simon

Nixon

1995as E. Howard Hunt

The Stand

1994as General Starkey (uncredited)

Hart to Hart

1979

Coma

1978as Pathology Resident

The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power

2019as Narrator

Pollock

2000as Jackson Pollock

Absolute Power

1997as Seth Frank

The Firm

1993as Wayne Tarrance

Under Fire

1983as Oates

Appaloosa

2008as Virgil Cole

Love Lies Bleeding

2024as Lou Sr.

The Lost Daughter

2021as Lyle

Frontera

2014as Roy

Copying Beethoven

2006as Ludwig van Beethoven