Edward Allen Harris was born on 28 November 1950, in Englewood, New Jersey, USA, and is an actor, director, producer, and screenwriter probably best known for his appearances in films including “Nixon”, “The Rock”, “A Beautiful Mind”, and “Gravity”. He’s also known for his directorial debut film “Pollock”, which earned him a nomination for an Academy Award. All of his endeavors have helped in raising his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Ed Harris? As of early-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $30 million, mostly earned through a successful career in film. He’s been nominated and awarded multiple times, worked with both film and on television. Aside from that, he’s done stage productions and video games, all of which have helped increase his wealth further.
Ed Harris Net Worth $30 Million
Harris attended and matriculated from Tenafly High School in 1969, playing football and becoming the team captain during his final year. He then attended Columbia University, mostly competing as an athlete, and later moved to New Mexico with an interest in acting. He studied drama at the University of Oklahoma, playing in theaters and later enrolling and graduating from the California Institute of the Arts.
While Ed was working on stage productions, his first film came as a minor role in the movie “Coma” with Michael Douglas. Two years later he was cast in “Borderline” and the following year he became a part of “Knightriders”. Harris was also part of the horror anthology “Creepshow”, and started to earn popularity in the 1983 film “The Right Stuff”. In 1986, Harris would receive his first Tony Award nomination for the play “Precious Sons”, which earned him multiple awards. He continued making appearances in films and television, such as “The Last Innocent Man”, “Walker”, and also gained significant recognition in the James Cameron film “The Abyss”.
Harris continued to work during the 90s and was cast in the film “Apollo 13” which earned him his first nomination for an Academy Award, as a supporting actor. While continuing to do Broadway plays, he was then cast in the film “The Truman Show” which earned him another nomination and won him a Golden Globe. In 2000, he would direct and star in the biopic “Pollock”, for which he was nominated him for an Academy Award for Best Actor. The following year he was nominated once again, for the film “The Hours”. He continued his appearances in major films such as “A Beautiful Mind” and “Enemy at the Gates”.
Throughout his career he’s worked with high profile actors such as Morgan Freeman, Ben Affleck, Nicolas Cage, and Russel Crowe. He was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during 2015.
For a few of his latest projects, he and his wife appeared in the indie crime drama “Once Fallen”. He then appeared in “Game Change”, which won multiple awards and later “Gravity” with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. He’s currently working on “In Dubious Battle” with James Franco, and “Geostorm” with Gerard Butler and Andy Garcia.
For his personal life, it is known that he has been married to actress Amy Madigan since 1983 and they have one daughter. He has an honorary degree from Muhlenberg College.
Golden Globe Award (2012), Hollywood Walk of Fame (2015)
Nominations
Tony Award nomination (1986), Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (1995,1998,2002), Academy Award for Best Actor (2000)
Movies
“Nixon”, “The Rock”, “A Beautiful Mind”, “Gravity”, “Pollock”, "Run All Night" (2015), "The Abyss" (1989), "Appaloosa" (2008), “The Right Stuff” (1983)
TV Shows
Westworld, David Cassidy: Man Undercover, Cassie & Co, The Truman Show (1998)
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Trademark
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Often plays characters that have dramatic backgrounds, even in comedies
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Bright blue eyes
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Deep commanding voice
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Quote
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[on Senator John McCain, whom he portrayed in Game Change (2012)] He's a man with a tremendous sense of honor and duty. And I think, when he decided to go into politics, his ambition and his ego were in constant conflict with this sense of honor and duty and patriotism.
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Acting is not a competition to me. One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
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I don't intentionally choose movies that aren't going to be successful commercially. It just happens that the most interesting scripts I read are outside the mainstream. I like characters who have an edge to them, who are going to do something unexpected.
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I was very happy playing sports until I was 18, and then there were a couple of years where I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I saw some theatre in Oklahoma and made a decision to learn about acting. It wasn't really with an eye on making films or even making a living; it was really about trying to focus on something that had the potential of taking the place of sport in terms of something to penetrate.
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As soon as I went on stage, I wanted to do nothing else with my life but act. I always liked the attention that playing sports had brought, but acting fulfilled that need even better.
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[on painter Jackson Pollock]: One thing I learned about Mr. Pollock's art, which any art student knows I'm sure, but was indeed a revelation to me, is that Jackson fully believed and lived by "Don't use the accident, because I deny the accident." One cannot even approximate Pollock's work unless every stroke, every pour, every slap, every fling, every shake, every splash, every splatter and every flick has a specific intention.
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Fact
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He was nominated for the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performance Arts category.
New York: Announced that he, wife Amy Madigan, Glenne Headly and Bill Pullman will co-star in the to New York City premiere of Beth Henley's play "The Jacksonian", for a limited run from October to December in the The New Group's Off-Broadway Acorn Theater. Robert Falls is set to direct. [August 2013]
Has three films on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time. They are: A Beautiful Mind (2001) at #93, The Right Stuff (1983) at #19, and Apollo 13 (1995) at #12.
Has an older brother, Robert Harris, and a younger brother, Spencer Harris.
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1986 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "Precious Sons".
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In 1973, he moved to Los Angeles, California and attended the California Institute of the Arts, receiving his Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.
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Was ready to star in Danny Boyle's firefighter drama "Worcester Cold Storage" with Woody Harrelson, but the project never came to fruition.
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Originated the role of Eddie in the stage production of "Fool for Love" by Sam Shepard. He later worked with Shepard himself in The Right Stuff (1983) and then Shepard went on to succeed him in the film adaptation of the play.
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Due to injuries he sustained while filming The Abyss (1989), he was almost unable to accept the role of Frankie Flannery in State of Grace (1990).
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Was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (2001).
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Credits acting for helping him get over his shyness as a young man.
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To learn how to paint in Jackson Pollock's style and portray his art in the film Pollock (2000), he had a studio built on his property and spent some time painting and working on Pollock pieces.
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Is the second of three sons of Robert Lee and Margaret Harris.
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His father was a singer with the Fred Waring chorus.
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He and Amy Madigan were married by a justice of the peace in Waxahachie, Texas, during the filming of Places in the Heart (1984).
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Became a father for the 1st time at age 42 when his wife Amy Madigan gave birth to their daughter Lily Dolores Harris on May 3, 1993.
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Attended and graduated from Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey in 1969.
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Attended Columbia University, New York and the University of Oklahoma.
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He won an Obie Award for his performance in "Fool for Love".