Ed Harris starred 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.
33 Facts About Ed Harris
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Ed Harris has an older brother, Robert and a younger brother, Paul.
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Ed Harris graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969, where he had played on the football team and served as the team's captain in his senior year.
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When his family moved to New Mexico two years later, Ed Harris followed, having discovered his interest in acting in various theater plays.
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Ed Harris enrolled at the University of Oklahoma to study drama.
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Ed Harris followed that at the Pasadena Repertory Theatre in 1976 playing Lot in the West Coast premiere of Tennessee Williams's play Kingdom of Earth.
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In 1983, Ed Harris became well known after portraying astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff.
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In 1984, he co starred in the Robert Benton directed drama film Places in the Heart; during production of this film, Ed Harris met and married his wife Amy Madigan.
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Ed Harris won the Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his performance.
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Ed Harris then portrayed William Walker, a 19th-century American who appointed himself President of Nicaragua, in Walker.
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In 1992, Ed Harris co starred as Dave Moss in the drama film Glengarry Glen Ross, based on the play of the same name by David Mamet.
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Ed Harris won the Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film.
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Ed Harris next appeared in the films The Firm and Needful Things, before portraying the lead role of Kyle Bodine in the neo noir film China Moon.
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In 1995, Harris portrayed Watergate figure E Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic Nixon.
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Ed Harris received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as NASA Apollo Mission Control Director Gene Kranz in Apollo 13.
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In 1996, Ed Harris starred in and was executive producer for the television adaptation of Riders of the Purple Sage.
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Ed Harris made his directorial debut in 2000 with the drama biopic Pollock, in which he starred as artist Jackson Pollock.
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Ed Harris was nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
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Two years later, Ed Harris was nominated for his fourth Academy Award for his role as Richard Brown in the British American drama film The Hours.
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Ed Harris next appeared alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in the Ben Affleck directed neo noir mystery film Gone Baby Gone.
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Ed Harris then co-starred as antagonist Mitch Wilkinson in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, alongside Nicolas Cage.
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Later that same year Ed Harris starred in the survival drama The Way Back as Mr Smith.
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Ed Harris's performance received much critical praise, and he was suggested by critics to receive a fifth Oscar nomination.
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Ed Harris then voiced Mission Control in Alfonso Cuaron's space epic Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
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Ed Harris had been previously set to star in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Starz drama series The One Percent with Hilary Swank and Ed Helms.
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Ed Harris's performance was widely regarded as one of the film's highlights.
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On November 5,2019, Ed Harris took over the role of Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin's stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway.
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Ed Harris married actress Amy Madigan on November 21,1983, while they were filming Places in the Heart together.
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Ed Harris has a reputation for being serious on the film set.
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Ed Harris received an honorary degree from Muhlenberg College on May 17,2015.
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Ed Harris has received numerous accolades including two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Ed Harris has received nominations for four Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
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Ed Harris has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:.