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See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline At the end of the 1940's, abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is featured in Life magazine. Flashback to 1941, he's living with his brother in a tiny apartment in New York City, drinking too much, and exhibiting an occasional painting in group shows. That's when he meets artist Lee Krasner, who puts her career on hold to be his companion, lover, champion, wife, and, in essence, caretaker. To get him away from booze, insecurity, and the stress of city life, they move to the Hamptons where nature and sobriety help Pollock achieve a breakthrough in style: a critic praises, then Life magazine calls. But so do old demons: the end is nasty, brutish, and short. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com> A True Portrait of Life and Art.

Genres: Rated R for language and brief sexuality | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 23 March 2001 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Pollock, o asymvivastos See more » Filming Locations: $44,244 (USA) (15 December 2000) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Second film that Marcia Gay Harden and Jeffrey Tambor appear in together. The first being Meet Joe Black (1998) See more » Goofs Camera shadow on Jackson's face as he starts the mural. See more » Quotes Performed by The Port of Harlem Jazzmen Courtesy of Blue Note Records By Arrangement with EMI Capitol Music Special Markets Art versus Life...and Life Magazine 26 December 2003 | by ThurstonHunger (Palo Alto, CA, USA) – See all my reviews I think it is very hard in general to make a "based on a true story" sort of film, that alone can clamp a pretty heavy anchor to your ankles. Moreso when that true story is one that means a lot to you as Ed Harris has said about Jackson Pollock's biography.

Based upon those precepts, I feel Harris succeeded, however I cannot say this film is an unqualified success. It is sprawling, but unlike Pollock...for cinema circulation, Harris could not stretch his canvas so wide. He gets over two hours here...but I suspect he could have filled six easily. Based upon early buzz when this came out, including the snippet shown at the Oscars for Marcia Gay Harden, I had trepidation that this would be reduced to a shout and spittle film; that the rage and angst of Pollock and Krasner would be the story. Certainly this is one aspect presented, but not the sole one. Interestingly to me, it seemed that the more halcyon Pollock's life was, the better his exploration of his art. I went in expecting that alcohol-oiled turmoil would be presented as the key to complicated creation. An artist must suffer and so on. This shows that while I was familiar with Pollock, I was not that familiar. I could recognize his later chaotic, laced and dripped paintings...but I did not know anything about his personal life. But in the course of two hours, I did enjoy... 1) Seeing a progression in Pollock's paintings.

I had not seen many of his earlier works that had more blocks to them, that were more easily seen as assemblages of images. The way these were filmed, in the act of creation was well done here. Same is true for the latter works. 2) The importance of Pollock's family. I loved seeing his Mother come to the openings. I did not know that two other brothers also painted; Sande alone seems to understand Jackson's talent and torment. Their relationship could have made a film of its own. 3) Jeffrey Tambor's portrayal of Clem, a critic/king-maker of sorts. Us posters here, run the risk of being posers as well. And I think the best of us realize how subjective our comments are, a function of when we watch films, and who we are with, or how we are feeling as much as the films themselves. 4) Following on that notion, to me one thread of "Pollock" is how the circle of critics destroys artists with either persecution or praise. It is not a revelation, that much art is highly personal, both for the purveyor, but painfully so for the artists. Not a revelation, but still worth repeating...

When we see Pollock "drunk" on his ascent, reading from an Italian magazine during a family reunion, that really got to me. Maybe that was more dangerous than alcohol. Even if that critical acceptance is not essential, eating is. Another thread alluded to in this film, how to "work" and to live as an artist. That scene also drove home the obsessive nature of being an artist, how it is hard at the same time to be a brother, or uncle, husband or perhaps impossible to be a father. Thus that obsession helps to contrast Sande and Jackson, and certainly sets up the power of Marcia Gay Harden's performance. Krasner too is an artist, who has had some success. She retains her name, and her dreams, but fully embraces Pollock, and Pollock's artwork. Her support of him, while aware of her limits, was presented without martyring her. She was not a saint wandering into Pollock's hell. 5) Talking to an artist about his/her obsession is problematic. They are already communicating in their chosen medium, and presumably they are communicating that way as it is easier than using words.

I thought the interview with Life magazine in this film, and Pollock's notion of viewing his art as one views a field of flowers helped me. Maybe that was obvious to others, I think that way in music/sound...but in art too often I am hunting for images, for mirrors to our world. The radio interview that Pollock conducted, halting and awkward could have underscored the travails of talking about art, or it seemed like he was trying to read from a manifesto of sorts (perhaps in real life one exists). Finally, the documentary film is painted as an undoing of Pollock. Fascinating as we ourselves are watching a film about Pollock. It's as if Ed Harris the actor in character could be talking to Ed Harris the film auteur. The documentary film was to Pollock, what a zoo can be to a wild animal. The habitat corrupts the inhabitant. How Pollock puts on his shoes, when he's done painting, all control is lost...the private process made public, is made impure. No, that's not the point to this film. If you are looking for a film with one tidy point, go elsewhere.

But for an abridged but admirable biopic on Jackson Pollock, with many tangled and tantalizing threads...this is one to rent. And now a book for me to read. Rarely do I watch the deleted scenes and wish they had been in the film, as I did in this case. There was a great shot early in the film where Pollock is pacing before the mural commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim. From the plot, we know he's worried about looms before him, and we get eerie shots of his shadow projected on the empty canvas to reinforce that. Harris too may have felt this was an ominous undertaking, I hope he pleased himself as he did me. 7/10 19 of 23 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Ed Harris | American actor | Britannica.com American actor Alternative Title: Edward Allen Harris Ed Harris Sir Anthony Hopkins Ed Harris, in full Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950, Tenafly, New Jersey , U.S.), American actor acclaimed for the intensity of his performances, most notably his portrayal of American painter Jackson Pollock in Pollock (2000), a film he also directed.

Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock. © Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; photo David Lee Harris attended Columbia University , where he played football for two years until he became interested in acting . He then studied at Oklahoma State University and appeared in a number of theatre performances before moving to California, where he graduated from the California Institute of the Arts (B.F.A., 1975). He performed in productions of A Streetcar Named Desire and The Grapes of Wrath and took small roles on a variety of television shows. In 1978 Harris made his film debut with a small part in Michael Crichton ’s Coma, but his first leading role came three years later in George A. Romero ’s Knightriders (1981), about a band of itinerant motorcycle jousters. Harris returned to New York City to join the Circle Repertory Company, making his Off-Broadway debut in 1983 in Sam Shepard ’s Fool for Love; he won an Obie Award for his performance.

That same year he achieved broad recognition and critical praise for his role as astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff (1983), the story of the Mercury space program based on Tom Wolfe ’s book of the same name. In 1986 Harris made his Broadway debut in a production of George Furth’s Precious Sons and was nominated for a Tony Award . Throughout the late 1980s and ’90s, Harris worked primarily in film. He starred as a deep-sea drill operator in the science-fiction thriller The Abyss (1989), appeared alongside Tom Hanks as flight director Gene Kranz in Apollo 13 (1995; Academy Award nomination), and played U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon ’s aide E. Howard Hunt in Oliver Stone ’s Nixon (1995). In 1998 Harris starred in The Truman Show , for which he received a second Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. Two years later he starred in and made his directorial debut with Pollock . His performance resulted in an Oscar nomination for best actor.

Harris appeared in a number of critically acclaimed films in the 2000s, including A Beautiful Mind (2001), about the mathematician John F. Nash ; The Hours (2002; Academy Award nomination), in which Harris played a writer dying of AIDS; and A History of Violence (2005), a film that portrayed a small-town family man attempting to escape his criminal past. He also headlined the cast of Empire Falls (2005), a television miniseries based on a novel by Richard Russo. His subsequent movies include Gone Baby Gone (2007), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), and Appaloosa (2008), which he also directed. Britannica Stories Scientists Ponder Menopause in Killer Whales In 2010 Harris reteamed with The Truman Show director Peter Weir in The Way Back , about a group of men who escape from a Siberian Gulag camp during World War II . He then appeared in the drama Virginia (2010), in the thriller Man on a Ledge (2012), and as Sen.

John McCain in the HBO movie Game Change (2012), which dramatized the final months of the 2008 U.S. presidential race from the McCain campaign’s perspective. In the Cold War thriller Phantom (2013) Harris starred as a Soviet submarine captain suffering from hallucinatory seizures, and in the action caper Pain & Gain (2013) he portrayed a private investigator. Harris’s other films from 2013 include the sci-fi drama Gravity , in which he provided the voice of mission control, and Snowpiercer, a dystopian thriller in which he portrayed the inventor of a train carrying the last surviving humans. Harris then played a former sheriff whose wife is accidentally killed in the drama Frontera (2014) and a Brooklyn crime boss intent on eliminating a former henchman ( Liam Neeson ) in the action-packed Run All Night (2015). FanPal.com | Contact Ed Harris | Write to Any Star Don't have an account yet? Join FanPal.com Today! Biography Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter.

He is known for his performances in films such as The Right Stuff (1983), The Abyss (1989), Nixon (1995), The Rock (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Radio (2003), A History of Violence (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Way Back (2010), Man on a Ledge (2012), Gravity (2013), and Run All Night (2015). Harris is set to star in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's upcoming Starz drama series The One Percent. He is a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for playing artist Jackson Pollock in his directorial debut Pollock (2000). He also won a Golden Globe Award for playing Senator John McCain in Game Change (2012).

In 2015, Harris received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read more... Early life Harris was born November 28, 1950, at the Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey, and was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, the son of Margaret (née Sholl), a travel agent, and Bob L. Harris (1922-2014), who sang with the Fred Waring chorus and worked at the bookstore of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has two brothers, Paul and Robert. His parents were originally from Oklahoma. Harris was raised in a middle class Presbyterian family. He graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969, where he played on the football team, serving as the team's captain in his senior year. A star athlete in high school, Harris competed in athletics at Columbia University in 1969. When his family moved to New Mexico two years later, Harris followed, having discovered his interest in acting in various theater plays. He enrolled at the University of Oklahoma to study drama.

After several successful roles in local theaters, he moved to Los Angeles and enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts, where he spent two years and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1975. Career Harris began his career on the stage. Harris' first film role came in 1978 with a minor part in the suspense film Coma, starring Michael Douglas . His first major role in a film came two years later with Borderline (1980), in which he starred alongside Charles Bronson . In 1981, Harris played the lead, William "Billy" Davis, a king of a motorcycle-riding renaissance-fair troupe (a role modeled after King Arthur), in Knightriders. The following year, he co-starred as Hank Blaine in the black comedy horror anthology film Creepshow, directed by George A. Romero . In 1983, Harris became well-known after portraying astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff. In 1984, he co-starred in the Robert Benton -directed drama film Places in the Heart; during production of this film, Harris met and married his wife Amy Madigan .

In 1986, he received a Tony Award nomination in the Best Actor in a Play category for his role in George Furth's Precious Sons. He also won the Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his performance. Harris then portrayed William Walker, a 19th-century American who appointed himself President of Nicaragua, in Walker (1987). That same year, he played the main role of Harry Nash in the HBO television thriller film The Last Innocent Man. In 1989, his role as David "Dave" Flannigan in Jacknife earned him his first Golden Globe Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture. Also in 1989, he portrayed Virgil "Bud" Brigman in the sci-fi film The Abyss, directed by James Cameron . In 1992, Harris co-starred as Dave Moss in the drama film Glengarry Glen Ross, based on the play of the same name by David Mamet . He won the Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film.

He next appeared in the films The Firm (1993) and Needful Things (1993), before portraying the lead role of Kyle Bodine in the neo-noir film China Moon (1994). In 1995, Harris portrayed Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic Nixon, and received his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance as NASA flight director Gene Kranz in Apollo 13. The following year, Harris starred in and executive produced the television adaptation of Riders of the Purple Sage . Also in 1996, Harris returned to the Broadway stage, appearing as Major Steve Arnold in the Ronald Harwood play Taking Sides. In 1998, his co-starring role in The Truman Show earned him a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture win. Harris made his directorial debut in 2000 with the drama biopic Pollock, in which he also starred as artist Jackson Pollock. He was nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Actor (and third Oscar overall) for his performance.

To prepare for the role, he built a small studio in which to copy the painter's techniques. Two years later, Harris was nominated for his fourth Academy Award (third in the Best Supporting Actor category) for his role as Richard Brown in the British-American drama film The Hours. In between the two Oscar nominated roles, he appeared in the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind (2001) and portrayed German sniper Major Erwin König in the war thriller Enemy at the Gates (2001). For his lead role as Miles Roby in the 2005 miniseries Empire Falls, Harris was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film. He then appeared as a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg 's A History of Violence (2005). In 2006, he portrayed composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the film Copying Beethoven, and starred in the television documentary film The Armenian Genocide as American diplomat Leslie Davis.

He next appeared alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in the Ben Affleck -directed neo-noir mystery film Gone Baby Gone (2007). Harris then co-starred as the antagonist Mitch Wilkinson in National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), alongside Nicolas Cage . In 2010, he and wife Amy Madigan appeared together in Ash Adams' independent crime drama Once Fallen. Later that same year, Harris starred in the survival drama The Way Back as Mr. Smith. His performance received much critical praise, and he was suggested by critics to receive a fifth Oscar nomination. In 2012, he co-starred alongside Sam Worthington in the thriller film Man on a Ledge for Summit Entertainment. He then won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his performance as Senator John McCain in the HBO made-for-television drama Game Change. The following year, he appeared in the western thriller Sweetwater, and starred opposite Annette Bening in the romantic drama film The Face of Love.

Harris then voiced Mission Control in Alfonso Cuarón's sci-fi epic Gravity (2013), starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney . In 2015, he portrayed the title character in the film version of the Shakespeare tragedy Cymbeline. In 2016, he appeared alongside Madigan and Taissa Farmiga in The New Group's revival of Sam Shepard's Buried Child, for which he was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play. Harris is then set to co-star in James Franco 's In Dubious Battle, based on the novel of the same name by John Steinbeck . Also in 2016, he will portray the villainous Man in Black in HBO's sci-fi thriller series Westworld, and will have a role in the ensemble cast of Warren Beatty 's romantic comedy-drama Rules Don't Apply, also starring Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich . In 2017, he is set to appear in Dean Devlin 's sci-fi film Geostorm, alongside Gerard Butler and Andy García.

That same year, Harris will star in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Starz drama series The One Percent with Hilary Swank and Ed Helms . Harris has also been cast in Darren Aronofsky 's untitled drama film, alongside Jennifer Lawrence and Domhnall Gleeson. Personal life Harris married actress Amy Madigan on November 21, 1983, while they were filming Places in the Heart together. They have one daughter, Lily Dolores Harris, born on May 3, 1993. On March 20, 2012, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) completed a merger of equals to form a new union SAG-AFTRA. Harris, along with Edward Asner , Martin Sheen , Valerie Harper , Michael Bell , and Wendy Schall (to name a few) were adamantly opposed to such a merger and filed a lawsuit against SAG President Ken Howard and several SAG Vice Presidents, seeking to have the merger overturned and the two unions separated to their pre-merger organizations. The lawsuit was dismissed on May 22, 2012.

Harris has a reputation for being serious on the film set. He told a journalist in 2006: "I don't like bullshittin'... so, I guess that comes across as serious." He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 13, 2015. Harris received an honorary degree from Muhlenberg College on May 17, 2015. Filmography Top movies about artists and what actors did to prepare FacebookEmail Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Top movies about artists and what actors did to prepare We look at several movies about artists and what the actors did to prepare for their challenging roles. Post to Facebook Top movies about artists and what actors did to prepare We look at several movies about artists and what the actors did to prepare for their challenging roles. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Nation's Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Top movies about artists and what actors did to prepare Maria Puente , USA TODAY Published 4:04 p.m.

ET June 24, 2014 | Updated 8:02 p.m. ET June 24, 2014 Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 'Pollock' (2000):Ed Harris directed, wrote and starred as the abstract painter Jackson Pollock. He studied Pollock's life for years, analyzed his paintings and learned to paint in Pollock's distinctive style, reproducing it on screen. Demmie Todd, Sony Pictures Classics 'Frida' (2002): Salma Hayek starred (and co-produced) as Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Hayek, who reproduced Kahlo's look down to her unibrow and mustache, told USA TODAY that's her hand doing the brush strokes on screen. Peter Sorel, Miramax 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'(2003):Colin Firth practiced painting to play Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, and Scarlett Johansson learned the technique of paint grinding to play the girl in one of the most famous paintings in the world.

Japp Buitendijk, Lions Gate Films Fullscreen 'Basquiat'(1996):Jeffrey Wright learned how to paint like the Haitian-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who started as a street artist in New York, from director Julian Schnabel, a famous artist himself and a friend of the young artist whose success proved his undoing. Eric Liebowitz, Miramax Films 'Surviving Picasso' (1996):One of the ways Anthony Hopkins got into character was by eating what Picasso ate every day. But Hopkins IS a painter in real life, which came in handy for playing the ferocious genius. Seth Rubin, Warner Bros Fullscreen 'Camille Claudel' (1988): The French sculptor and lover of Rodin, made great art until she was confined by her family to an insane asylum for 30 years and never made art again. French actress Isabelle Adjani was nominated for an Oscar playing her in a biopic about what happened before the asylum.

Lilith/Renn/Fechner via The Kobal Collection 'The Agony and the Ecstasy'(1965):Charlton Heston studied marble sculpting, learned how to wield a chisel and hammer, and practiced fresco painting to play Michelangelo in this story of the grumpy artist's troubles with the pope while painting the Sistine Chapel. 20th Century Fox 'Lust for Life' (1956): Kirk Douglas, a dead ringer for tragic, troubled Vincent van Gogh, practiced painting crows, under the direction of a French artist, so he could reasonably imitate the artist's style. MGM Fullscreen 'My Left Foot'(1989): Playing paralyzed Irish painter-writer Christy Brown, Daniel Day-Lewis lived in a wheelchair during the shoot, even injuring his ribs from hunching in the chair. Famous for his preparation, Day-Lewis also learned to paint and type with his right foot; the movie was shot with mirrors to reflect Brown's real disability.

Miramax/The Kobal Collection 'Black Swan' (2010):Natalie Portman, playing a ballet dancer going mad, spent more than a year training for the role, and much was made of the claim that she did most of the dancing on screen.But her dance double disputed that. Niko Tavernise Fox Searchlight 'The Pianist' (2002):That's really Adrien Brody playing in the Holocaust drama, after grueling preparation. Director Roman Polanksi insisted he practice playing for four hours a day until he was able to play specific passages by Chopin. Guy Ferrandis, Focus Features Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries: Replay Actress Salma Hayek in the role of Mexican painter Frida Khalo for the film 'Frida.' (Photo: Miramax) From Michelangelo and Van Gogh to Warhol and Basquiat, movies about artists often focus more on their tumultuous personal lives and not as much on how they made their art. A recent exception is Words and Pictures, in which Juliette Binoche, an Oscar-winning actress who is also an artist, plays a painter — and does her own painting on camera.

But actors who are not artists nevertheless have to figure out how to plausibly present their character's art-making. USA TODAY's Maria Puente looks at other actors who have portrayed artists in top movies: STORY: Story is fiction, but Juliette Binoche's art is real Pollock (2000): Ed Harris directed, wrote and starred as the abstract painter Jackson Pollock. He studied Pollock's life for years, analyzed his paintings and learned to paint in Pollock's distinctive style, reproducing it on screen. He was nominated for an Oscar, and Marcia Gay Harden, who played Pollock's wife, Lee Krasner, won the Oscar for best supporting actress. Frida(2002): Salma Hayek starred (and co-produced) as Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Hayek, who reproduced Kahlo's look down to her unibrow and mustache, told USA TODAY that's her hand doing the brush strokes on screen. Moreover, she said, it was easier to learn that than to learn to smoke like Kahlo. Hayek was nominated for an Oscar and the film won two for music and makeup.

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003): Colin Firth practiced painting to play Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, and Scarlett Johansson learned the technique of paint grinding to play the girl in one of the most famous paintings in the world. The film won three Oscars, including for art direction. Basquiat (1996): Jeffrey Wright learned how to paint like the Haitian-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who started as a street artist in New York, from director Julian Schnabel, a famous artist himself and a friend of the young artist whose success proved his undoing. Wright won an Independent Spirit Award for his debut. David Bowie, playing Basquiat mentor Andy Warhol, wore Warhol's personal wigs for the film. Surviving Picasso (1996): One of the ways Anthony Hopkins got into character was by eating what Picasso ate every day. But Hopkins IS a painter in real life, which came in handy for playing the ferocious genius. Picasso was one of the greatest artists ever and one of the least admirable when it came to his relationships with women, which is what the movie is about.

Camille Claudel (1988): The French sculptor and lover of Rodin made great art until she was confined by her family to an insane asylum for 30 years and never made art again. French actress Isabelle Adjani was nominated for an Oscar playing her in a biopic about what happened before the asylum. And Juliette Binoche played her, too, in the 2013 movie Camille Claudel 1915, about what happened after she was in the asylum. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965): Charlton Heston studied marble sculpting, learned how to wield a chisel and hammer, and practiced fresco painting to play Michelangelo in this story of the grumpy artist's troubles with the pope while painting the Sistine Chapel. The movie was nominated for five Oscars. Lust for Life (1956): Kirk Douglas, a dead ringer for tragic, troubled Vincent van Gogh, practiced painting crows, under the direction of a French artist, so he could reasonably imitate the artist's style. The film also used huge color photos of van Gogh's paintings and copies made by American artist Robert Andrew Parker.

Douglas was nominated for an Oscar and co-star Anthony Quinn, playing van Gogh's artist friend Paul Gauguin, won best supporting actor. My Left Foot(1989): Playing paralyzed Irish painter-writer Christy Brown, Daniel Day-Lewis lived in a wheelchair during the shoot, even injuring his ribs from hunching in the chair. Famous for his preparation, Day-Lewis also learned to paint and type with his right foot; the movie was shot with mirrors to reflect Brown's real disability. The movie won two Oscars, including the first of Day-Lewis' three Oscars. Other actors have learned other difficult art forms to play movie roles. Two recent and memorable examples: Black Swan (2010): Natalie Portman, playing a ballet dancer going mad, spent more than a year training for the role, and much was made of the claim that she did most of the dancing on screen. But her dance double disputed that. Even if it is only Portman from the waist up, she dances remarkably well for someone not trained from childhood. And she won an Oscar. The Pianist(2002): That's really Adrien Brody playing in the Holocaust drama, after grueling preparation.

Director Roman Polanksi insisted he practice playing for four hours a day until he was able to play specific passages by Chopin. Nominated for seven Oscars, the movie won three, including best actor for Brody and best director for Polanski. 79 CONNECT TWEET 2 LINKEDIN COMMENTEMAILMORE Read or Share this story: NEVER MISS OUT Life Be a pop culture maven. Get the news, reviews and the juiciest celebrity stories that keep you in the know, Monday-Friday.

Ed Harris | Biography and Filmography | 1950 Joined the cast of HBO's sci-fi western series "Westworld" 2015 Co-starred alongside Liam Neeson in the action film "Run All Night" 2013 Starred in the western "Sweetwater" 2012 Co-starred in the action-thriller "Man on a Ledge" 2010 Played an American inmate in Peter Weir's "The Way Back" 2008 Directed and co-wrote the Western "Appaloosa"; also co-starred with Viggo Mortensen 2007 Played a Boston detective in Ben Affleck's feature directing debut "Gone, Baby, Gone" 2006 Portrayed Ludwig van Beethoven in Agnieszka Holland's "Copying Beethoven" 2005 Starred as Miles Roby in the HBO film adaptation of "Empire Falls," based on Richard Russo's Pulitzer Prize winning novel; earned Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries 2005 Co-starred with Viggo Mortensen in David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" 20

03 Starred as a football coach in the southern drama "Radio" 2003 Portrayed the ex-husband of Nicole Kidman's character in the film adaptation of Philip Roth's novel "The Human Stain" 2002 Co-starred with Meryl Streep in "The Hours"; received supporting role nominations for a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a SAG and an Oscar 2001 Cast as an American battalion commander in 1980s Germany in "Buffalo Soldiers"; (released theatrically in USA in 2002) 2001 Played a German assassin sent to kill a Russian marksman in "Enemy at the Gates"; premiered at the Berlin Film Festival 2001 Had featured role opposite Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind"; directed by Ron Howard 2000 Feature directorial debut, "Pollock"; also portrayed the artist; received first Best Actor Oscar nomination 1999 Cast as a disillusioned priest sent to investigate claims of miracles performed by a woman proposed for sainthood in "The Third Miracle" 1998 Received critical acclaim and his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as the God-like Christ

of, the creator and director of "The Truman Show" 1998 Co-starred with Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts in "Stepmom" 1996 Producing debut (as executive producer) of the TNT movie "Riders of the Purple Sage"; also co-starred with Madigan 1996 Returned to Broadway in "Taking Sides" 1995 Received Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as NASA mission control flight director Gene Krantz in "Apollo 13" 1994 Appeared in the ABC miniseries "Stephen King's 'The Stand'" 1994 Returned to the New York stage in the Off-Broadway staging of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico"; co-starred Beverly D'Angelo and Marcia Gay Harden 1992 Co-starred opposite Diane Keaton in the poitically-themed "Running Mates" (HBO) 1992 Co-starred in the feature version of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" 1991 Appeared in the Showtime movie "Paris Trout" 1989 First lead in a major feature, "The Abyss"; directed by James

 Cameron 1986 Broadway debut in "Precious Sons"; received Tony nomination 1985 Delivered solid turn as Charlie Dick, husband of Patsy Cline in "Sweet Dreams" 1984 Met future wife Amy Madigan, starring opposite her in "Places in the Heart" 1984 Credited as script consultant on the independent feature "A Flash of Green"; also starred 1983 NY stage debut in the Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love" 1981 First feature lead role, "Knightriders" 1978 Ed Harris (Actor) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Ed Harris Male Born Nov 28, 1950 Edward Allen "Ed" Harris is an American actor, writer, and director.

He is best known for his performances in Pollock, Appaloosa, The Rock, The Abyss, A Beautiful Mind, A History of Violence, Enemy at the Gates, The Right Stuff, Gone, Baby, Gone, Jackknife, Empire Falls, and Game Change. Harris has also narrated commercials for Home Depot and other companies.… Read More related links "Rules Don't Apply" Is Beatty's Folly Huffington Post - Nov 27, 2016 'Movie Review - Jackie K Cooper \n\"Rules Don\'t Apply\" (20th Century Fox) \n \nWarren Beatty hasn\'t been seen on screen since his 2001 film \"Town &amp; Country\" and that was not a major hit. His star power has diminished a bit over the years and there is no reason to think his latest film \"Rules Don\'t Apply\" will bring back any of the old glitter. Mr. Beatty stars in this film and also was the director. Plus he was one of the writers of the screenplay and was a co-prod...

The 'gravest' Detail You Totally Missed On 'westworld' Huffington Post - Oct 25, 2016 ' \n Good luck ever having a deep and dreamless slumber after this. \n A lot of messed up things happen on âWestworld.â On Sundayâs episode, âDissonance Theory,â you saw, as always, a ton of robots get shot and killed, one guy get his face blown off with a cigar and Maeve (Thandie Newton)Â get shot while getting her romance on. \n Yup.Â Itâs messed up. But through all of that, itâs easy to miss one of the most disturbing details. \n On the show, Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) is on a bounty hunt...

'westworld's' Ed Harris Has Had Hollywood Success, Angered Mickey Mantle And May Eye A Musical Next LATimes - Sep 30, 2016 ' When <mark>Ed Harris</mark> hits the screen inÂ âWestworld,â premiering Sunday on HBO, it wonât be the veteran actorâs first time working in the world of Michael Crichton. The New JerseyÂ nativeâs first film role was in the sci-fi writer-directorâsÂ 1978Â film, âComa.â Â He played âPathology Resident #2.â Â âI was... ' All Star Cast For New Sci Fi Series "Westworld" Reuters.com - Sep 29, 2016 'LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - An all-star cast, including\nAnthony Hopkins, <mark>Ed Harris</mark> and Thandie Newton, come together in\ntelevision drama \"Westworld\", an HBO sci-fi thriller series\ninspired by Michael Crichton\'s 1973 film.

\n \n ' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Ed Harris. CHILDHOOD 1950 Birth Born on November 28, 1950. TEENAGE 1969 18 Years Old He graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969, where he played on the football team, serving as the team's captain in his senior year. … Read More A star athlete in high school, Harris competed in athletics at Columbia University in 1969. When his family moved to New Mexico two years later, Harris followed, having discovered his interest in acting in various theater plays. He enrolled at the University of Oklahoma to study drama. Read Less TWENTIES 1975 24 Years Old After several successful roles in local theaters, he moved to Los Angeles and enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts, where he spent two years and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1975. … Read More Harris began his career on the stage. Harris' first film role came in 1978 with a minor part in the suspense film Coma, starring Michael Douglas.

His first major role in a film came two years later with Borderline (1980), in which he starred alongside Charles Bronson. In 1981, Harris played the lead, William "Billy" Davis, a king of a motorcycle-riding renaissance-fair troupe (a role modeled after King Arthur), in Knightriders. The following year, he co-starred as Hank Blaine in the black comedy horror anthology film Creepshow, directed by George A. Romero. In 1983, Harris became well-known after portraying astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff. Read Less THIRTIES 1983 32 Years Old Harris married actress Amy Madigan on November 21, 1983, while they were filming Places in the Heart together. … Read More They have one daughter, Lily Dolores Harris, born on May 3, 1993.<br /><br /> On March 20, 2012, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) completed a merger of equals to form a new union SAG-AFTRA.

Harris, along with Edward Asner, Martin Sheen, Valerie Harper, Michael Bell, and Wendy Schall (to name a few) were adamantly opposed to such a merger and filed a lawsuit against SAG President Ken Howard and several SAG Vice Presidents, seeking to have the merger overturned and the two unions separated to their pre-merger organizations. The lawsuit was dismissed on May 22, 2012.<br /><br /> Harris has a reputation for being serious on the film set. He told a journalist in 2006: "I don't like bullshittin'... so, I guess that comes across as serious." On March 13, 2015, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in motion pictures, located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard. Harris received an honorary degree from Muhlenberg College on May 17, 2015. Read Less 1984 33 Years Old In 1984, he co-starred in the Robert Benton-directed drama film Places in the Heart; during production of this film, Harris met and married his wife Amy Madigan.

1986 35 Years Old In 1986, he received a Tony Award nomination in the Best Actor in a Play category for his role in George Furth's Precious Sons. … Read More He also won the Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his performance. Harris then portrayed William Walker, a 19th-century American who appointed himself President of Nicaragua, in Walker (1987). That same year, he played the main role of Harry Nash in the HBO television thriller film The Last Innocent Man. Read Less Show Less In 1989, his role as David "Dave" Flannigan in Jacknife earned him his first Golden Globe Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actor â Motion Picture. Also in 1989, he portrayed Virgil "Bud" Brigman in the sci-fi film The Abyss, directed by James Cameron. … Read More In 1992, Harris co-starred as Dave Moss in the drama film Glengarry Glen Ross, based on the play of the same name by David Mamet. He won the Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film.

He next appeared in the films The Firm (1993) and Needful Things (1993), before portraying the lead role of Kyle Bodine in the neo-noir film China Moon (1994). In 1995, Harris portrayed Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic Nixon, and received his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance as NASA Flight director Gene Kranz in Apollo 13. The following year, Harris starred in and executive produced the television adaptation of Riders of the Purple Sage. Also in 1996, Harris returned to the Broadway stage, appearing as Major Steve Arnold in the Ronald Harwood play Taking Sides. Read Less FORTIES 1998 47 Years Old In 1998, his co-starring role in The Truman Show earned him a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor â Motion Picture win. 2000 49 Years Old Harris made his directorial debut in 2000 with the drama biopic Pollock, in which he also starred as artist Jackson Pollock.

… Read More He was nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Actor (and third Oscar overall) for his performance. To prepare for the role, he built a small studio in which to copy the painter's techniques. Two years later, Harris was nominated for his fourth Academy Award (third in the Best Supporting Actor category) for his role as Richard Brown in the British-American drama film The Hours. In between the two Oscar nominated roles, he appeared in the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind (2001) and portrayed German sniper Major Erwin KÃ¶nig in the war thriller Enemy at the Gates (2001). Read Less FIFTIES 2005 54 Years Old For his lead role as Miles Roby in the 2005 miniseries Empire Falls, Harris was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor â Miniseries or Television Film. … Read More He then appeared as a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence (2005).

Read Less 2006 55 Years Old In 2006, he portrayed composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the film Copying Beethoven, and starred in the television documentary film The Armenian Genocide as American diplomat Leslie Davis. … Read More He next appeared alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in the Ben Affleck-directed neo-noir mystery film Gone Baby Gone (2007). Harris then co-starred as the antagonist Mitch Wilkinson in National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), alongside Nicolas Cage. Read Less 2010 59 Years Old In 2010, he and wife Amy Madigan appeared together in Ash Adams' independent crime drama Once Fallen. … Read More Later that same year, Harris starred in the survival drama The Way Back as Mr. Smith. His performance received much critical praise, and he was suggested by critics to receive a fifth Oscar nomination. Read Less LATE ADULTHOOD 2012 61 Years Old In 2012, he co-starred alongside Sam Worthington in the thriller film Man on a Ledge for Summit Entertainment.

… Read More He then won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor â Series, Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his performance as Senator John McCain in the HBO made-for-television drama Game Change. The following year, he appeared in the western thriller Sweetwater, and starred opposite Annette Bening in the romantic drama film The Face of Love. Harris then voiced Mission Control in Alfonso CuarÃ³n's sci-fi epic Gravity (2013), starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Read Less 2015 64 Years Old In 2015, he portrayed the title character in the film version of the Shakespeare tragedy Cymbeline. Actor Bob L. Harris, Father of Ed Harris, Dies at 91 | Variety Actor Bob L. Harris, Father of Ed Harris, Dies at 91 Print February 16, 2014 | 07:58PM PT Bob L. Harris, an actor who appeared on stage and screen and was the father of actor Ed Harris , died February 14 in Evanston, Ill.

He was 91. Bob Harris appeared in a number of Ed Harris’ films, most recently “Pollock” in 2000 and “Appaloosa” in 2008. Others included “A Flash of Green,” which was presented on PBS’ “American Playhouse” in 1983; HBO telepic “The Last Innocent Man” in 1987; and TNT Western telepic “Riders of the Purple Sage” in 1996. In 1985, while working in the bookstore of the Chicago Art Institute, Bob Harris sent Jeffrey Potter’s biography of Jackson Pollock “To a Violent Grave” to actor son Ed and suggested he make a film about Pollock.

Fourteen years later, Ed directed and starred in the acclaimed film “Pollock.” Decades earlier, Bob Harris had worked in early television, appearing on “The Fred Waring Show” (1950-1954) as a member of Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians; on “The Perry Como Show” (1955-59) as member of the Ray Charles Singers; in the 90-minute special “Max Liebman Presents”; on “The Martha Raye Show.” On “The Garry Moore Show” (1959-64), he did skits with the Carol Burnett (pictured with Harris), Dom DeLuise, among others; he also co-starred with Burnett in a CBS adaptation of “Calamity Jane” in 1963 and again in the 1964 series “The Entertainers.” Onstage he was a member of the Northminster Players of Evanston, Ill., from 1983-2005.

He was also the manager of the Oklahoma City Symphony from 1972-75, of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Symphony from 1975-78 and of the Orchestra of Illinois. Bobby Lee Harris was born in Walters, Oklahoma, where he was the president of his high school class, and he served in the U.S. Army during WWII with the 384th Field Artillery Division of the 103rd Infantry Division. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Engineering in 1947 and earned a degree from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago in 1949. Harris was a member of SAG, AFTRA and Actors Equity. In addition to son Ed and Ed’s wife, actress Amy Madigan, survivors include Bob Harris’ wife Margaret; sons Paul and Robert; and two granddaughters. A memorial will be held at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2515 Central Park Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, on Saturday, February 22 at 2 p.m.

Question: US actor Ed Harris directed and starred in which 2000 film about an American artist?
Answer: Pollock