Ed Harris
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An intense performer, he has the ability to submerge himself into challenging roles. The star of The Truman Show and Pollock reveals his motivation.
Ed Harris
born: 28-11-1950
birth place: Englewood, New Jersey
A keen sportsman in high school, Ed's football skills won him a scholarship to Columbia University.
However, in 1971 he dropped out to follow his parents to Oklahoma, and enrolled at Oklahoma University, where he developed an interest in theatre, first as a spectator and later as a participant.
Convinced that he had discovered the path his life was meant to follow, Ed moved to Los Angeles, where he entered the California Institute of the Arts, which granted him a fine-arts degree in 1975.
Over the course of the next several years he compiled an impressive list of stage credits, and then moved into features in 1978, with a small part in 'Coma', and offered an impressive turn two years later, in his first leading role, in George Romero's 'Knightriders'.
His first major film role came in 1980, when he played a killer in the Charles Bronson movie, 'Borderline'.
In 1986, he returned to his stage roots and made his Broadway debut, opposite Judith Ivey, as the stern but loving father in George Furth's autobiographical 'Precious Sons', for which he earned a Tony Award nomination.
The 1990s saw Harris deliver more complex and chilling roles. He appeared alongside Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, and Jack Lemmon in 'Glengarry Glen Ross'; was a double-dealing FBI agent in the Tom Cruise vehicle, 'The Firm'; and stepped to the other side of the law as a creepy serial killer, in 'Just Cause'.
In 1995, Ed nailed the role of NASA mission control flight director, Gene Kranz, in director Ron Howard's astronaut homage 'Apollo 13', and his performance earned him his first Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
Ed received a second Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination, as the God-like creator-director of a popular 24-hour-a-day TV series, in 'The Truman Show'.
He received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the artist Pollock, in a film by the same name, which he also directed.
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born: 28-11-1950
birth place: Englewood, New Jersey
A keen sportsman in high school, Ed's football skills won him a scholarship to Columbia University.
However, in 1971 he dropped out to follow his parents to Oklahoma, and enrolled at Oklahoma University, where he developed an interest in theatre, first as a spectator and later as a participant.
Convinced that he had discovered the path his life was meant to follow, Ed moved to Los Angeles, where he entered the California Institute of the Arts, which granted him a fine-arts degree in 1975.
Over the course of the next several years he compiled an impressive list of stage credits, and then moved into features in 1978, with a small part in 'Coma', and offered an impressive turn two years later, in his first leading role, in George Romero's 'Knightriders'.
His first major film role came in 1980, when he played a killer in the Charles Bronson movie, 'Borderline'.
In 1986, he returned to his stage roots and made his Broadway debut, opposite Judith Ivey, as the stern but loving father in George Furth's autobiographical 'Precious Sons', for which he earned a Tony Award nomination.
The 1990s saw Harris deliver more complex and chilling roles. He appeared alongside Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, and Jack Lemmon in 'Glengarry Glen Ross'; was a double-dealing FBI agent in the Tom Cruise vehicle, 'The Firm'; and stepped to the other side of the law as a creepy serial killer, in 'Just Cause'.
In 1995, Ed nailed the role of NASA mission control flight director, Gene Kranz, in director Ron Howard's astronaut homage 'Apollo 13', and his performance earned him his first Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
Ed received a second Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination, as the God-like creator-director of a popular 24-hour-a-day TV series, in 'The Truman Show'.
He received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the artist Pollock, in a film by the same name, which he also directed.
Courtesy of SkyMovies.com
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