Harrison Ford

**Harrison Ford**  (born July 20, 1942) is an American movie actor and producer. He is famous for his roles as Han Solo in the original *Star Wars* movie series and the title character of the *Indiana Jones movie series*. He won an Saturn Award in 1981 and an Bambie Award in 1997.

Ford's role in the thriller movie *Witness* (1985) earned him his only Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His other well known roles include *The Mosquito Coast* (1986), *Working Girl* (1988), *Presumed Innocent* (1990), *The Fugitive* (1993), *Sabrina* (1995), ''The Devil's Own* (1997), *Air Force One* (1997), *Six Days, Seven Nights* (1998), *What Lies Beneath* (2000), *K-19: The Widowmaker* (2002), *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011), *42* (2013), *The Age of Adaline* (2015), and *Captain America: Brave New World* (2025). 

Ford has also worked on television, notably in the Paramount+ western series *1923* (2022–present) and the Apple TV+ comedy series *Shrinking'' (2023–present).

## Early life
Harrison Ford was born on July 20, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. His family has Irish, German, Russian and Jewish ancestry. Ford has described himself as "Jewish as an actor, Irish as a person." He studied at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois and at Ripon College in Wisconsin.

## Career
Before he became successful as an actor, he worked as a carpenter during the 1970s. He is one of the most successful actors in the world. During his early years, he used the name '*Harrison J. Ford*'  to stop the confusion between him and silent movie actor Harrison Ford. His movies have made a worldwide profit of US$5.65 billion. He is most known for his roles as Han Solo from *Star Wars* and as Indiana Jones in all four *Indiana Jones movies*. Since then he formed a career relationship with both Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

In 2025, he played Thaddeus Ross / Red Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the movie *Captain America: Brave New World*.

## Personal life
Ford was married to Mary Marquardt from 1964 until they divorced in 1979. Then he was married to Melissa Mathison from 1983 until they divorced in 2004. Then he was married to Calista Flockhart since 2010. He has two sons, Benjamin and Willard with Marquardt and a son, Malcolm and a daughter, Georgia with Mathison. Ford now lives in Los Angeles, California.

## Movies 
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* 1973 *American Graffiti*
* 1974 *The Conversation*
* 1977 *Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope*
* 1979 *Apocalypse Now*
* 1980 *Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back*
* 1981 *Raiders of the Lost Ark*
* 1982 *Blade Runner*
* 1983 *Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi*
* 1984 *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*
* 1985 *Witness*
* 1986 *The Mosquito Coast*
* 1988 *Frantic*
* 1989 *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*
* 1990 *Presumed Innocent*
* 1991 *Regarding Henry*
* 1992 *Patriot Games*
* 1992 *Indiana Jones*
* 1993 *The Fugitive*
* 1997 *Air Force One*
* 1998 *Six Days Seven Nights*
* 2002 *K-19: The Widowmaker*
* 2003 *Hollywood Homicide*
* 2006 *Firewall*
* 2008 *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull*
* 2011 *Cowboys and Aliens*
* 2013 *42*
* 2013 *Anchorman: The Legend Continues*
* 2014 *The Expendables 3*
* 2015 *Star Wars: The Force Awakens*
* 2017 *Blade Runner 2049*
* 2023 *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny*

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