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Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an United
States|American actor.  He was born Edward Allen
Harris in Tenafly, New Jersey, as the son of a
singer. He was a star athlete in high school and
won a sports scholarship to Columbia University.
Two years later his family moved to Oklahoma and
he  followed after 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 the local theater, he
moved to Los Angeles, California, and enrolled at
the California Institute of the Arts.

Harris's first important film role was in
Borderline with Charles Bronson, where he played a
killer. In Knightriders he played a motorcycle
stunt rider in a role modeled after that of King
Arthur. In 1983, he became a star, playing NASA
astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff; in 1996
he would be nominated for an Academy Award for his
portrayal of NASA mission director Gene Kranz, in
the film Apollo 13 (movie)|Apollo 13. Further
Oscar nominations arrived in 1999 and 2001, for
The Truman Show and Pollock (movie)|Pollock
respectively.

More recently, Harris has shown interest in
directing. He made his debut in 2000 with the
Oscar-winning film Pollock. He has been married to
actress Amy Madigan since 1983. They have a
daughter.

==Academy Award Nominations==
*2003 - Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role - The Hours
(movie)
*2001 - Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in
a Leading Role - Pollock (movie)|Pollock
*1999 - Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role - The Truman
Show
*1996 - Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Apollo 13
(movie)|Apollo 13

==Filmography==
*Radio (movie)|Radio (2003) 
*The Human Stain (2003)
*Masked and Anonymous (2003) 
*The Hours (movie)|The Hours (2002)
*A Beautiful Mind (2001)
*Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
*Enemy at the Gates (2001)
*Pollock (movie)|Pollock (2000)
*The Prime Gig (2000)
*Waking the Dead (2000)
*The Third Miracle (1999)
*Stepmom (1998)
*The Truman Show (1998)
*Absolute Power (movie)|Absolute Power (1997)
*The Rock (movie)|The Rock (1996)
*Eye for an Eye (1996)
*Nixon (movie)|Nixon (1995)
*Apollo 13 (movie)|Apollo 13 (1995)
*Just Cause (1995)
*Milk Money (1994)
*China Moon (1994)
*Needful Things (1993)
*The Firm (movie)|The Firm (1993)
*Glengarry Glen Ross (film)|Glengarry Glen Ross
(1992)
*State of Grace (movie)|State of Grace (1990)
*The Abyss (1989)
*Jackknife (1989)
*To Kill a Priest (1988)
*Walker (film)|Walker (1987)
*Sweet Dreams (movie)|Sweet Dreams (1985)
*Code Name: Emerald (1983)
*Alamo Bay (1985)
*A Flash of Green (1984)
*Places in the Heart (1984)
*Swing Shift (1984)
*Under Fire (1983)
*The Right Stuff (1983)
*Creepshow (1982)
*Dream On! (1981)
*Knightriders (1981)
*Borderline (1980)
*Coma (movie)|Coma (1978)

==External link==
*imdb name|id=0000438|name=Ed Harris
*http://www.westlord.com/ed-harris/ Ed Harris
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