Harrison Ford's biography

Harrison Ford is 80 years old actor born at Swedish Hospital. He was born on Monday 13th of July 1942. He is often nicknamed as Jethro the Bus Driver, Harrison J. Ford, Harry, Harrison Ford. According to year of birth 1942 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 13th of July means he is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.Harrison was married 3 times.

Harrison Ford's spouse

Harrison is married to Calista Flockhart

He is native english speaker. He is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. He is agnostic. Harrison´s primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as film producer, voice actor, environmentalist, carpenter. He is recently known as aircraft pilot.

Harrison Ford's dad

Harrison Ford's father's name is Chris Ford.

Harrison Ford's mom

Harrison Ford's mother's name is Dorothy Ford. Harrison´s mother was born on Wednesday 17th of October 1917. Harrison Ford was born when she was 25 years old. Harrison´s mother died on Tuesday 10th of February 2004. Dorothy Ford was 62 years old, when this happened.

Harrison Ford's family

Harrison Ford's wife

Calista is known as television actor. His wife was born on Wednesday 11th of November 1964 in Freeport.

Harrison Ford's ex wifes

Melissa Mathison

Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison have been together since 1983 for 21 years. She is known as screenwriter. Harrison´s ex wife was born on Saturday 3rd of June 1950. Harrison´s ex wife died on Wednesday 4th of November 2015 in Los Angeles. Melissa Mathison was 73 years old, when this happened.

Mary Marquardt

Harrison Ford and Mary Marquardt have been together since 1964 for 15 years.

Harrison has 1 son.

Harrison Ford's son: Ben Ford

Harrison Ford's son's name is Ben Ford. He is known as cook. Harrison´s son was born on Thursday 22nd of September 1966.

Harrison Ford's schools

We found 2 schools Harrison attended. Complete list of schools: Ripon College, Maine East High School.

Detailed informations about Harrison´s schools

He graduated high school in the same class as Robert Piepho, the Dean of the UMKC School of Pharmacy.
He attended the same high school as Hillary Clinton and Karen Black (Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois).

Harrison Ford's career

His main focus is to be actor. Harrison is famous thanks to Han Solo on Star Wars series, Indiana Jones in Riders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones movies series..

Is Harrison Ford gay ?

He is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Harrison Ford's Awards

On 6 October 2006, he was awarded the Jules Verne Spirit of Nature Award for his work in nature and wildlife preservation. The ceremony took place at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 30, 2003.

Harrison Ford's Rankings

In October 1997, he was ranked #1 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
In 2003, he was ranked #8 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s.
At the time, his divorce from Melissa Mathison was the most expensive in the history of Hollywood. Today, this is ranked the fourth.
His character, Han Solo, was ranked number 33 in Comedy Central's "Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses".
Premiere magazine ranked him as #35 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005).
Indiana Jones was voted the second greatest screen hero of all time by the American Film Institute, just behind Gregory Peck's Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Han Solo was ranked at #14.
His performance as Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones film series is ranked #7 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Harrison Ford's Nominations

Harrison was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor for work Witness in 1985

What else you don't know about Harrison Ford ?

Harrison´s middle name is J..

What Harrison Ford has done for a first time

He joined a talent agency for the first time in his career in 1999, following the box office failure of Random Hearts (1999).
He and his first wife, Mary Marquardt, had two children: Ben Ford (Benjamin Ford) (b. September 22, 1967) and Willard Ford (b. May 14, 1969).

Harrison Ford's quotes

It's a little-known fact, but I wanted Han Solo to die at the end of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983). I thought it would give more weight and resonance. But George Lucas wasn't sympathetic. He didn't want me killed by those teddy bear guys.
[to theater owners in Las Vegas] I'll make you a deal. I'll try to keep making films that put people in your theatre seats and you try to keep their shoes from sticking to the floor.
[on being a leading man] I'm like a fireman. When I go out on a call, I want to put out a big fire, I don't want to put out a fire in a dumpster.
I used to shake my head, as in "No, I just look like him." But that's not fair. So I said to those little old ladies at Trenton Airport, "Yes, I am Harrison Ford." And they still didn't believe it was me.
[on playing Indiana Jones again in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)] No one wants to see a hero have to pick up his cane to hit someone, but I'm still quite fit enough to fake it.
[on his marriage to Melissa Mathison] It was just part of the continuum of the relationship... I don't know if I ever proposed to her.
I don't do stunts - I do running, jumping and falling down. After 25 years, I know exactly what I'm doing.
I don't think I've mastered anything. I'm still wrestling with the same frustrations, the same issues, the same problems as I always did. That's what life is like.
[when asked, "If heaven exists, what would you want God to say to you at the pearly gates"?] You're a lot better looking in person.
You know you are getting old when all the names in your black book have "MD" [Mother Dearest] after them.
The loss of anonymity is something that nobody can prepare you for. When it happened, I recognized that I'd lost one of the most valuable things in life. To this day, I'm not all that happy about it.
[1997, after the Star Wars trilogy was reissued, explaining his disinterest in repeating the role of Han Solo] Once a film is finished, it's over for me. I'm on to something else.
[on the early days of his career] I started by chasing a Folger's commercial. But I just somehow couldn't manage to say, "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee.".
[on what made him choose acting as a profession] Failure in all other fields.
[People magazine, 6/23/03] There have been times in my life when I have felt I was lonely, but I don't think you want to live your life in order to mitigate against loneliness.
[asked if he would ever play Indiana Jones again] In a New York minute.
[asked if he would ever play Han Solo again] No, because I have outgrown that character.
I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series.
[on how Indiana Jones and Han Solo differed] Different clothes, different character. That's how I feel about it.
[on Blade Runner (1982)] It could have been so much more than a cult movie.
Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
Whoever had the bright idea of putting Indiana Jones in a leather jacket and a fedora in the jungle ought to be dragged into the street and shot.
[on the appeal of Indiana Jones] Indiana Jones is always getting in way over his head and just barely getting out by the skin of his teeth.
[asked if he believes in "The Force"] I think The Force is in you. Force yourself.
[on Star Wars (1977)] I understood the impact of those movies because I had young children who watched them religiously. I saw the Star Wars films so often in my house that I ended up knowing all of the other actors' lines.
I am a kinder, gentler Harrison Ford than I once was.
It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
Before, I was grateful for a job, almost any job. Now, I'm apprehensive but I know I have other options, and when I ask for the money, they pay it. It's that simple.
I don't want to be a movie star. I want to be in movies that are stars.
[1979, on Han Solo] He's not a cardboard character to me at all. He's as real as anything else. I never thought of the character as having only two dimensions until the critics said so. And they're wrong. The third dimension is me.
Identification solely with Star Wars (1977) could have been the beginning and the end, with no middle, to my career.
[on Inside the Actors Studio (1994)] As a man I've always felt Irish, as an actor I've always felt Jewish.
I'm old enough to play my own father in this one. Sean's only twelve years older than I am. In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) I had to play so much younger than I am in order to make it work for him. It was really a strain.
[on The Mosquito Coast (1986)] That's a movie I like very much. It gave me an opportunity to turn people's perception of me on its head.
[on fatherhood]: My first child was born when I was 25. Babies raising babies is not a pretty sight. I'm much better at it now.
[on George Lucas] A fountain from which my career sprang, more or less.
[on acting] - I love it. I don't feel as useful any place as I do on a movie set. I'm very surprised and delighted at the luck I've had. I've been enormously lucky. I've had a long run. And now I have a chance to play old guys.
When I started my career, I thought I would be a character actor. I never thought I had a chance at leading man roles. I thought that was for good-looking guys with talent.
I used to think how great it would be to make a living as an actor, to not have to do something else. But I never thought I'd get to do the breadth of movies I got to do. I was thinking, 'maybe I'll get some parts in television shows.'
[2013] At this point, I'm not thinking I can play the leading man in many of the popular films we see today.
[on Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)] When I read the script I thought, "Man, this is the best thing I've seen - ever."
[lamenting earlier times in his career] People still went to movies in those days. People went to movie theaters. It was a community experience, and that was part of the fun. Now people see a movie on their iPad, alone, with interruptions for snacks.
[on his pierced left ear] I don't think in and of themselves earrings are sexy. If I did, I'd have six of them.
[2010 interview, on Working Girl (1988)] I haven't seen it for a long time but I assume it's a good movie. It sure was fun to make.
[after Donald Trump announced that he admired the way Ford stood up for America in Air Force One (1997)] Donald, it was a movie! In real life it's not actually like that.
[on never winning an Oscar] I think I'll be alright.
I find it impossible to compare directors to each other. With each of them that I've had the opportunity to work with, it was made in the context of a piece of material which makes each experience unique.
[on Carrie Fisher] Carrie was one-of-a-kind...brilliant, original. Funny and emotionally fearless. She lived her life bravely.
'May the Force be with you' is charming, but it's not important. What's important is that you become the Force - for yourself and perhaps for other people.
[Who shot first?] Who cares?
[on Chadwick Boseman's passing]His intelligence, personal dignity and deep commitment inspired his colleagues and elevated the stories he told. He is as much a hero as any he played. He is loved and will be deeply missed.

Harrison Ford's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Harrison Ford looks. We will focus on Harrison´s height, body shape, eye color and hair color. Harrison is tall as 6' 1" (185 cm). Body build is athletic. His eyes are tinted hazel. His hair is shade of salt and pepper.

Harrison Ford