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Ed Harris |
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PROFILE:
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Name: Ed Harris
Birth Name: Edward Allen Harris
Height: 5' 9"
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: November 28, 1950
Birth Place: Englewood, New Jersey
Profession: actor
Education: Tenafly High School, New Jersey
Columbia University (from 1969 to 1971)
University of Oklahoma (majored in Acting; from 1972 to 1973)
California Institute of the Arts (graduated with a Fine Arts degree in 1975)
Husband/Wife: Amy Madigan (actress; born on September 11, 1950; met in 1981; married in Waxahachie Texas, in 1983 during the filming of Places in the Heart)
Father: Robert L. Harris (a singer with the Fred Waring chorus)
Mother: Margaret Harris (travel agent)
Brother: Robert Harris (the eldest) and Spencer (the youngest)
Daughter: Lily Dolores Harris (born on May 3, 1993)
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- Has signed up to join Samuel L Jackson in indie crime thriller CLEANER. (December 15, 2006)
- His interest in acting developed after he transferred to the University of Oklahoma, where he studied acting and gained experience in summer stock.
- Is only the forth person to direct himself in an Oscar Nominated role in POLLOCK (2000)
- His father bought his son a book about Jackson Pollock simply because he felt Pollock bore a strong resemblance to the painter. Ever since then Harris became fascinated with Pollock's life.
- Jack's sidekick, Harry, was originally to be played by him and in this version was going to be revealed as the mad bomber. However, when Ed Harris opted out, and Jeff Daniels signed, the producers felt that the audience would not accept the sudden twist in character so Harry was kept as a good guy throughout and the mad bomber written as a separate character (SPEED (1994)).
- Playing BG Hummel in THE ROCK, he co-starred with Biehn in the THE ABYSS (although not as a Marine).
- Replaced Dennis Hopper in THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) and went on to win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
- The picture of General Hummel (Ed Harris) in Viet Nam was taken from his early movie, BORDERLINE, with Charles Bronson (THE ROCK (1996)).
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at Academy Awards for THE HOURS (2003)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role at BAFTA Awards for THE HOURS (2003)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for THE HOURS (2003)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for THE HOURS (2003)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for THE HOURS (2003)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at Academy Awards for THE TRUMAN SHOW (1999)
- MORE ED HARRIS TRIVIA
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