Harrison Ford Biography
Harrison Ford is a well-known American actor. His films have grossed more than $5.4 billion in North America and more than $9.3 billion worldwide, ranking him seventh among North American actors. He has received a number of honors, including the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Cecil B. DeMille Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. He has played leading roles in a variety of films.
How old is Harrison Ford?- Age
Ford was born on July 13, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, the United States of America. He is 80 years old as of 13th July 2022.
Harrison Ford Height
Ford stands at a height of 6’1″ (185 cm), tall.
Harrison Ford Family – Parents
Dorothy (nee Dora Nidelman), a homemaker and former radio actress, and Christopher Ford, an advertising executive, and former actor, gave birth to Ford on July 13, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. He is descended from Irish Catholics and Russian Jews. He was born alongside his brother Terrence.
Harrison Ford’s Wife – Married
He is currently married to Calista Flockhart and they have an adopted son Lam. Ford was previously married to his first wife Mary Marquardt 1964–1979), together they have two sons, and his second wife, Melissa Mathison (M. 1983–2004) has two children a son and a daughter.
Harrison Ford Children – Sons – Daughters
Ford has two sons from his marriage to Mary Marquardt (Benjamin and Willard). He has two children with his second wife, Melissa Mathison: Malcolm, an actor and musician, and Georgia, an actress. He is currently married to Calista Flockhart, with whom he has a son, Liam. He has three grandchildren as well.
Harrison Ford Career
Harrison Ford traveled to Los Angeles in 1964 to look for work in radio voice-overs. He got his first bit part as a bellboy in ‘Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round two years later. He had little luck in minor roles as a result of offending producer Jerry Tarkovsky. A Time for Killing, a 1967 Western film, was Harrison Ford’s first credited role. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he appeared on several TV shows, including Gunsmoke, Ironside, The Virginian, The F.B.I., Love, American Style, and Kung Fu. Around this time, he supported his wife and two sons by doing carpentry and working as a stagehand for The Doors.
Ford appeared in a number of 1970s blockbusters, including American Graffiti, Conversation, Apocalypse Now, Heroes, Force 10 from Navarone, Hanover Street, and The Frisco Kid (1979). Collaborations with Ridley Scott, Peter Weir, Roman Polanski, and others resulted in a second wave of hits in the 1980s. Blade Runner, Witness, The Mosquito Coast, and Frantic are among the hits. In the early 1990s, the actor appeared in films by Tom Clancy, Alan Pakula, Andrew Davis, and Sydney Pollack. Patriot Games, Clear, and Present Danger Presumed Innocent, The Devil’s Own, The Fugitive, Sabrina, Air Force One, What Lies Beneath, and Regarding Henry were among these films.
Ford’s work in the late 1990s and early 2000s should be forgotten. Six Days Seven Nights, Random Hearts, K-19: The Widowmaker, Hollywood Homicide, and Firewall are among them. Ford starred in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the second-highest-grossing film of 2008. Extraordinary Measures was released, and he was working on Morning Glory. He co-starred in the wildly successful science-fiction Western Cowboys & Aliens with Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde. To promote the film, the actor was handcuffed and led by security guards through the San Diego Comic-Con International, as if he were being dragged there against his will. He co-starred in the corporate espionage thriller Paranoia with Liam Hemsworth and Gary Oldman. Harrison played Han Solo again in Star Wars Episode VII.
Harrison Ford’s Net Worth
Harrison has an estimated net worth of 300 million dollars.
Harrison Ford Movies
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
2. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3. Star Wars (1977)
4. Apocalypse Now (1979)
5. Witness (1985)
6. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
7. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
8. Blade Runner (1982)
9. The Fugitive (1993)
10. American Graffiti (1973)
