The Ed Harris Handbook - Everything you need to know about Ed Harris

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Edward Allen ""Ed"" Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his performances in Appaloosa, The Rock, The Abyss, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, A History of Violence, and The Truman Show.

Harris has also narrated commercials for The Home Depot and other companies.

This book is your ultimate resource for Ed Harris. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away: Coma (film), Borderline (1980 film), Knightriders, Dream On!, Creepshow, The Right Stuff (film), Under Fire (film), Swing Shift (film), Places in the Heart, Code Name: Emerald, Alamo Bay, Sweet Dreams (1985 film), Walker (film), To Kill a Priest, Jacknife, The Abyss, State of Grace (film), Paris Trout, Glengarry Glen Ross (film), The Firm (1993 film), Needful Things, Milk Money (film), China Moon, The Stand (TV miniseries), Nixon (film), Apollo 13 (film), Just Cause (film), The Rock (film), Eye for an Eye (1996 film), Absolute Power (film), Stepmom (film), The Truman Show, The Third Miracle, Pollock (film), The Prime Gig, Waking the Dead (film), A Beautiful Mind (film), Buffalo Soldiers (film), Enemy at the Gates, The Hours (film), Radio (film), The Human Stain (film), Masked and Anonymous, Empire Falls (TV miniseries), Winter Passing, A History of Violence (film), Two Tickets to Paradise (film), Copying Beethoven, Gone Baby Gone, Cleaner (film), National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Touching Home, Appaloosa (film), Once Fallen, The Way Back, Call of Duty: Black Ops, That's What I Am, Man on a Ledge

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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• EAN13: 9781743447246
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Ed Harris Coma (film) Borderline (1980 film) Knightriders Dream On! Creepshow The Right Stuff (film) Under Fire (film)

Swing Shift (film) Places in the Heart Code Name: Emerald Alamo Bay Sweet Dreams (1985 film) Walker (film) To Kill a Priest Jacknife The Abyss State of Grace (film) Paris Trout Glengarry Glen Ross (film) The Firm (1993 film) Needful Things Milk Money (film) China Moon The Stand (TV miniseries) Nixon (film) Apollo 13 (film) Just Cause (film) The Rock (film) Eye for an Eye (1996 film) Absolute Power (film) Stepmom (film) The Truman Show The Third Miracle

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Pollock (film) The Prime Gig Waking the Dead (film) A Beautiful Mind (film) Buffalo Soldiers (film) Enemy at the Gates The Hours (film) Radio (film) The Human Stain (film)

Masked and Anonymous

Empire Falls (TV miniseries) Winter Passing A History of Violence (film) Two Tickets to Paradise (film) Copying Beethoven Gone Baby Gone Cleaner (film) National Treasure: Book of Secrets Touching Home Appaloosa (film) Once Fallen The Way Back Call of Duty: Black Ops That's What I Am Man on a Ledge

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Edward Allen "Ed" Harris(born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his performances inAppaloosa,The Rock,The Abyss,Apollo 13,A Beautiful Mind,A History of Violence, andThe Truman Show. Harris has also narrated commercials for The Home Depot and other companies.

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Harris at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival Edward Allen HarrisNovember 28, 1950Englewood, New Jersey, United States.

Actor, director, screenwriter

Early and personal life [1] Harris was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and raised in Tenafly, the son of Margaret, a travel agent, and Robert [2] L. Harris, who sang with the Fred Waring chorus and worked at the bookstore of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has an older brother, Robert, and a younger brother, Spencer. Harris was raised in a middle-class Presbyterian [3] [4] [5] family. He graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969, where he played on the football team, serving as [6] [7] the team's captain in his senior year. He was a star athlete in high school and competed in athletics at Columbia University in 1969. Two years later his family moved to New Mexico 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 wife is actress Amy Madigan. The couple married on November 21, 1983 while they were filmingPlaces in the Heartin which they played an adulterous couple. They have a daughter, Lilly Dolores Harris, born on May 3, 1987.

Amy Madigan (1983-present)

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Career Harris's first important film role was inBorderlinewith Charles Bronson. InKnightridershe played the king of a motorcycle-riding renaissance-fair troupe in a role modeled after King Arthur. In 1983, the actor became a star, playing astronaut John Glenn inThe Right Stuff. Twelve years later, a film with a similar theme led to Harris being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of NASA flight director Gene Kranz inApollo 13. Further Oscar nominations arrived in 1999, 2001 and 2003, forThe Truman Show,PollockandThe Hours, respectively. He also portrayed a German sniper, Major Erwin K`nig, inEnemy at the Gates. More recently, he appeared as a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg'sA History of Violenceand as a police officer alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman inGone, Baby, Gone, directed by Ben Affleck. In 2007, he appeared inNational Treasure: Book of Secretsas antagonist Mitch Wilkinson. Along with theatrical films, he has starred in television adaptations of Riders of the Purple Sage(1996) andEmpire Falls(2005).

Harris made his cinema directing debut in 2000 withPollock, in which he starred as the acclaimed American artist Jackson Pollock. He also has portrayed such diverse real-life characters as William Walker, a 19th Century American who appointed himself president of Nicaragua, in the filmWalker; Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopicNixonand composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the film Copying Beethoven.

Harris has directed a number of theater productions as well as having an active stage acting career. Most notably, he starred in the production of Neil LaBute's one-man playWrecksat the Public Theater in New York City.Wreckspremiered at the Everyman Theater in Cork, Ireland and then in the US at the Public Theater in New York.

Harris at the premiere ofA History of Violenceat the Toronto International Film Festival, 2005

Harris and wife Amy Madigan starred together in Ash Adams' indie crime dramaOnce Fallen, alongside Brian Presley, Sharon Gless, Adams himself, and a large all-star cast. It was released in 2010.

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards a 1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz inApollo 13, nominated) a 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" inThe Truman Show, nominated) a 2000: Best Actor (for playing Jackson Pollock inPollock, nominated) a 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" inThe Hours, nominated)

BAFTA Awards a 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" inThe Truman Show, nominated) a 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" inThe Hours, nominated)

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Emmy Awards • 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or Movie (for playing "Miles Roby" inEmpire Falls, nominated)

Golden Globe Awards

Film awards • 1989: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "David Flannigan" inJacknife, nominated) • 1995: Best Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz inApollo 13, nominated) • 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" inThe Truman Show,won) • 2002: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" inThe Hours, nominated)

Television awards • 2006: Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" inEmpire Falls, nominated)

London Film Critics Circle • 2003: Actor of the Year (for playing "Richard Brown" inThe Hours, nominated)

National Board of Review • 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" inThe Truman Show,won)

National Society of Film Critics • 2005: Best Supporting Actor (forA History of Violence,won)

Online Film Critics Society • 1998: Best Supporting Actor (for playing "Christof" inThe Truman Show, nominated)

Phoenix Film Critics Society • 2002: Best Cast (forThe Hours, nominated)

San Francisco International Film Festival [8] • 2006: Harris received the Peter J. Owens Award, which honors an actor whose work exemplifies brilliance, [9] independence and integrity.A Flash of Greenwas screened at the festival in his honor.

Satellite Awards

Film awards • 2000: Best Actor - Drama (for playing Jackson Pollock inPollock, nominated) • 2001: Best Supporting Actor - Drama (for playing "Parcher" inA Beautiful Mind, nominated)

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Television awards • 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" inEmpire Falls, nominated)

Screen Actors Guild

Film awards • 1995: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing Gene Kranz inApollo 13,won) • 2001: Outstanding Cast (forA Beautiful Mind, nominated) • 2002: Outstanding Cast (forThe Hours, nominated) • 2002: Outstanding Supporting Actor (for playing "Richard Brown" inThe Hours, nominated)

Television awards • 1996: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Jim Lassiter" inRiders of the Purple Sage, nominated) • 2005: Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (for playing "Miles Roby" inEmpire Falls, nominated)

Filmography •Coma(1978) •Borderline(1980) •Knightriders(1981) •Dream On!(1981) •Creepshow(1982) •The Right Stuff(1983) •Under Fire(1983) •Swing Shift(1984) •Places in the Heart(1984) •A Flash of Green(1984) •Code Name: Emerald(1985) •Alamo Bay(1985) •Sweet Dreams(1985) •Walker(1987) •The Last Innocent Man(1987) •To Kill a Priest(1988) •Jacknife(1989) •The Abyss(1989) •State of Grace(1990) •Paris Trout(1991) •Glengarry Glen Ross(1992) •Running Mates(1992) •The Firm(1993) •Needful Things(1993) •Milk Money(1994) •China Moon(1994) •The Stand(1994) •Nixon(1995) •Apollo 13(1995) •Just Cause(1995)

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The Rock(1996) Eye for an Eye(1996) Absolute Power(1997) Physical Graffiti(1998) Stepmom(1998) The Truman Show(1998) The Third Miracle(1999) Pollock(2000) (also director) The Prime Gig(2000) Waking the Dead(2000) A Beautiful Mind(2001) Buffalo Soldiers(2001) Enemy at the Gates(2001) The Hours(2002) Radio(2003) The Human Stain(2003) Masked and Anonymous(2003) Empire Falls(2005) Winter Passing(2005) A History of Violence(2005) Two Tickets to Paradise(2006) Copying Beethoven(2006) Gone Baby Gone(2007) Cleaner(2007) National Treasure: Book of Secrets(2007) Touching Home(2008) Appaloosa(2008) (also Writer-Director) Once Fallen(2009) The Way Back(2010) Call of Duty: Black Ops(2010) (video game; voice only) That's What I Am(2011) Man on a Ledge(2011)

References [1] "Ed Harris".Inside the Actors Studio. Bravo. ; can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWQVpomxuW8&feature=related [2] Ed Harris Biography - Yahoo! Movies (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800012404/bio) [3] Stein, Ruthe (2000-01-09). "Ed Harris Has the Righteous Stuff, Too: Actor plays a particularly convincing priest in `The Third Miracle'" (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/01/09/PK101712.DTL). San Francisco Chronicle. . Retrieved 2007-12-10. [4] Pearlman, Cindy (2000-02-06). "Love the sinner: Harris repents for `money' roles" (http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/ Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB424609562EF70& p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM). Chicago Sun-Times. . Retrieved 2007-12-10. [5] Ed Harris Biography (http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/ed_harris_biog/2) [6] Rohan, Virginia. "North Jersey-bred and talented too" (http://www.northjersey.com/page. php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxOTMmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxNTE5NDcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3), The Record (Bergen County), June 18, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2007. "Ed Harris: Class of 1969, Tenafly High School" [7] Stein, Ruthe. They're Ready For Their Close-Ups: Camped out at Oscars, the starstruck wait to sneak a peek (http://www.sfgate.com/ cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/25/MN92739.DTL&type=movies),San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 2001. Accessed May 31, 2007. "She's hoping to score a seat near the front and catch the eye of Oscar nominee Ed Harris, who went to Tenafly High

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School in New Jersey with her mother." [8] AWARDS | OWENS AWARD | San Francisco Film Festival (http://fest06.sffs.org/awards/ed_harris.php) [9] A Flash of Green | San Francisco Film Festival (http://history.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=1761)

External links • Ed Harris (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000438/) at the Internet Movie Database • Ed Harris (http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=81668) at the TCM Movie Database • Ed Harris (http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=44228) at the Internet Broadway Database • Ed Harris (http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Ed&last=Harris& middle=) at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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Coma (film)

Coma (film)

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Coma

Michael Crichton

Martin Erlichman

Robin Cook (novel), Michael Crichton (screenplay)

Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, and Richard Widmark

Jerry Goldsmith

Victor J. Kemper

David Bretherton

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

[1] February 1, 1978

United States

English

Comais a 1978 suspense film based on the novel of the same name by Robin Cook. The film rights were acquired by director Michael Crichton, and the movie was produced by Martin Erlichmann for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cast included Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Meshach Taylor, Richard Widmark, and Rip Torn. The film is in color with stereo sound and runs for 113 minutes. It is notable for the intense paranoia which pervades the film, similar to other films of the 1970s such asInvasion of the Body Snatchers,The Conversation,The Stepford Wives, and earlier,Rosemary's Baby.

Plot Susan Wheeler (Geneviève Bujold) is a surgical resident at Boston Memorial Hospital, a close analogue of Massachusetts General Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Her closest friend, Nancy (Lois Chiles), goes to the hospital for a routine abortion but ends up in a chronic vegetative state. Aided by an alcoholic but observant maintenance man and a computer analyst whom she persuades to produce a report not required by his job, Wheeler begins an investigation and discovers a number of similar accidents, certainly more than would occur at random. All of them were healthy, young patients having elective surgery, such as abortions; all wound up

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