Ed Harris (Actor) Wiki, Bio, Age, Height, Westworld, Net Worth, Wife, Daughter, Health, Movies

Who is Ed Harris? Ed Harris Biography and Wiki

Edward Allen 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. 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.

Ed Harris Age and Birthday

Ed is a 70-year-old actor, producer, director, and screenwriter born on November 28, 1950, in Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey, United States. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Harris found steady work on television. He always celebrates his birthday on November 28, every year.

Ed Harris Height and Weight

Ed is quite a tall man standing at a height of 5 feet 9 inches, which is the equivalent of 1.75 m. He has bright blue eyes, as well as the deep commanding tone of his voice. He weighs at a weight of 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 Parents, Family and Siblings

Ed was born at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey and was brought up in Tenafly, New Jersey, the child of Margaret Harris, a travel agent, and Robert L. Bob Harris, who sang with the Fred Waring chorus and worked at the bookstore of the Art Institute of Chicago. Ed has two siblings, Paul and Robert.

Ed Harris Wife, Spouse, and Daughter

Ed is one of those Hollywood stars that have managed to stick to one woman for decades, a feat in a place like Hollywood where divorce has long been the norm. Harris married actress Amy Madigan on November 21, 1983, while they were filming Places in the Heart together. They have one daughter, Lily Dolores Harris (born May 3, 1993).

He met her on the set of a Los Angeles stage production in 1981. While they were both filming the 1984 film Places in the Heart together, the couple got married. Their wedding was presided over by a justice of the peace in Waxahachie, Texas where the film was being shot. Over the years, Harris and his wife have worked on numerous film projects together, among them include; Pollock (2000), and Gone Baby Gone (2007).

Ed Harris Net Worth and Salary

Ed is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter who has an estimated net worth of $ 30 million dollars as of 2020. His incomes are mainly from television series and movies. It is reported that he earns $175,000 per episode from TV series WestWorld.

It is also reported that he owns a luxury house in his hometown Englewood, New Jersey. Ed Harris bought the house in 2006. Besides the luxurious house, he also owns a number of cars including Buggati(starting price $1 million), Chrysler(price starts from $40k), and Mc Laren($800,000 +).

Ed Harris Measurements and Facts

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

Ed Harris Bio and 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?: 70 years (2020)
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: **** or 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 or Husband/Spouse: Married to Amy Madigan
Dating / Girlfriend or Dating / Boyfriend: Not Applicable
Children: Daughter(s) (Lily Dolores Harris)

Ed Harris Networth and Salary

Net Worth: $ 30 million dollars
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).

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.

In 1983, he became well known after portraying astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff. In 1984, he co-starred in the Robert Benton directed drama film Places in the Heart; during the production of this film, Harris met and married his wife Amy Madigan. Also 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

In 1986, he received a Tony Award nomination in the Best Actor in a Play category for his role in George Furth’s Precious Sons. Ed Harris also won the Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his performance. He then portrayed William Walker, a 19th-century American who appointed himself President of Nicaragua, in Walker (1987). That same year, he played Harry Nash in the HBO television thriller film The Last Innocent Man.

In 1988, he acted in Agnieszka Holland’s To Kill a Priest, starring Christopher Lambert, based on Jerzy Popiełuszko and his murder under the Polish communist regime. It was well-received by critics. In 1989, his role as David “Dave” Flannigan in Jackknife earned him his first Golden Globe Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture. Also in 1989, he portrayed Virgil “Bud” Brigman in the sci-fi film The Abyss, directed by James Cameron.

In 1992, Harris co-starred as Dave Moss in the drama film Glengarry Glen Ross, based on the play of the same name by David Mamet. He won the Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film. Ed Harris has also appeared in the films The Firm (1993) and Needful Things (1993), before portraying the lead role of Kyle Bodine in the neo-noir film China Moon (1994).

In 1995, Harris portrayed Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic Nixon, and received his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance as NASA Apollo Mission Control Director Gene Kranz in Apollo 13. In 1996, Harris starred in and executive produced the television adaptation of Riders of the Purple Sage. That same year, he returned to Broadway as Major Steve Arnold in the Ronald Harwood play Taking Sides.

In 1998, his co-starring role in The Truman Show earned him a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture win. Ed 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 Major Erwin 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.

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 alongside 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 starred along with Viggo Mortensen in the western Appaloosa. 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. Ed Harris 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.

In 2016, 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 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.

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.

Harris at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival

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 starred along with Viggo Mortensen in the western Appaloosa.

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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 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.

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

Who is Ed Harris?

Ed 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.

How old is Ed Harris?

Ed is a 70-year-old actor, producer, director, and screenwriter born on November 28, 1950, in Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey, United States.

How tall is Ed Harris?

Is Ed Harris married?

Harris married actress Amy Madigan on November 21, 1983, while they were filming Places in the Heart together. They have one daughter, Lily Dolores Harris (born May 3, 1993).

How much is Ed Harris worth?

Ed has an approximate net worth of $ 30 million dollars. This amount has been accrued from his leading roles in the entertainment industry.

Where does Ed Harris live?

Because of security reasons, Ed has not shared his precise location of residence. We will immediately update this information if we get the location and images of his house.

Is Ed Harris dead or alive?

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

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