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Flixster members are collaborating to create the definitive resource for Harrison Ford information on the Internet. We're adding all the images, info, and ideas that best tell this actor's unique story. To add your knowledge of Harrison Ford, just log in and click the EasyEdit button at the top of the wiki pages. (Click here for help.) | | Harrison Ford biography: |  His father was Irish-Catholic, his mother Russian-Jewish. He was a lackluster student at Maine Township High School East in Park Ridge Illinois (no athletic star, never above a C average). A member of the class of 60' at Maine Township High School East, he participated in few sports or theatrics and wasn't exactly a dream date. He then went to Ripon College in Wisconsin and was expelled from there a couple of weeks before graduation because he was not getting very good grades. He then did some acting and later summer stock, he signed a Hollywood contract with Columbia and later Universal.
His roles in movies and TV ("Ironside" (1967), "The Virginian" (1962)) remained secondary and, discouraged, he turned to a career in professional carpentry. He came back big four years later, however, as Bob Falfa in American Graffiti (1973). Four years after that he hit colossal with the role of Han Solo in Star Wars (1977). Another four years and Ford was Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Four years later and he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his role as John Book in Witness (1985). Harrison Ford  was also Golden Globe nominated for his parts in The Mosquito Coast (1986),The Fugitive (1993) and Sabrina (1995). He played Indiana Jones again, for the third time, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). He took over from Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan in Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). He starred as President James Marshall in the action movie Air Force One (1997). He reprised his role of Indiana Jones for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
His talent for romantic comedy was seen in Working Girl (1989), Sabrina (1995) and Six Days, Seven Nights (1998). He has also played in several dramatic roles including Witness (1985), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), Regarding Henry (1991) and Random Hearts (1999). He can also be seen in the blockbuster horror movie What Lies Beneath (2000). He is clearly a well established Hollywood superstar. He also maintains an 800 acre ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
"I haven't purposefully set out to play heroes - I'm interested in playing the character that finds himself in extraordinary circumstances" - Harrison Ford
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| Eye color: | Hazel | | Height: | 6' 1" (185cm) | | Nickname(s): | Harry | | Notable feature(s): | Scar on chin | | Education: | Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin, Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois | | Family: | Ex-Wives: Mary Marquardt, Melissa Mathison
Fiance: Calista Flockhart
Sons: Willard, Benjamin, Malcolm.
Daughter: Georgia.
| | Resides in: | Jackson Hole, Wyoming | | Religious affiliations: | Agnostic | | Political affiliation: | Democrat | | Personal interests/hobbies: | carpentry, private pilot, | | Charities/Causes: | Sits on the Board of Directors for Conservation International | | Other: | Was voted sexiest man alive by People magazine in 1998.
Attended high school with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Karen Black.
He has a spider named after him called Harrisonfordi.
Was Academy-Award nominated for his role as John Book in Witness (1985). | | |
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