HARRIS, Edward (Ed Harris)

Edward Allen Harris was born November 28, 1950 in Englewood, New - Jersey, USA. Success in sports - in school, he was seriously engaged in baseball and American football - let him get a scholarship at Columbia University, . but soon sporting fervor priugas, . and in 1971, Harris left the audience, . gone for parents in Oklahoma,
. There he enrolled at Oklahoma University, where he carried away theater. Nedolgo prozanimavshis here, Ed Harris dropped out for the scene and eventually went to Los - Angeles, where the young actor soon noticed. (To be fair, it's worth noting that later he studied at the California Institute of Arts.)

. In 1978, he played a small role in the film of Michael Crichton "Coma", and in 1983 drew the attention of the audience in the movie by Philip Kaufman's "Right Stuff"
. However, Harris worked more in the theater and the movies he got in the main supporting actor, in which he demonstrated an exceptional gift of acting (for the "Stiletto" (1989) with Robert De Niro was nominated for a Golden Globe).

The situation changed somewhat after the scientific - fantastic tape of James Cameron's "Abyss" (1989), and soon Ed Harris starred in a number of expensive productions in the outstanding acting ensemble, with interesting directors

. Among his works - a role in David Mamet's "Glengarri - Glenn Ross," with Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon and Alec Baldwin in "firm" with Gene Hekmenom and Tom Cruise in the thriller by Stephen King "right things" in the biographical tape Oliver Stone's "Nixon"


. Execution of an actor in the role of Gene Krantz Apollo - 13 "by Ron Howard (who also shot" A Beautiful Mind ") won favorable reviews by critics and film professionals (nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe), . and as a result of Ed Harris was invited to appear in action movie "The Rock" (1996), . where the main roles played by Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage, . Then he worked with Clint Eastwood on the set of political detective "Absolute Power" (1997).,

. Recently, Ed Harris brilliantly played with Jim Carrey in "The Truman Show" (a nomination for an Oscar and British Film Academy Award; Prize Blockbuster Entertainment Awards and a Golden Globe), . "The Stepmother" (with Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon) and "Enemy at the Gates" (with Jude Law),
.

In 2000 he staged the film "Pollock" (nominated for an Oscar) of the outstanding American abstract artist Jason Pollock. He also played and Harris (Best Actor at the Toronto Film Festival).

Ed Harris is married to actress Amy Madigan, whom he met in 1981 at the Los - Angeles scene. In 1993, they had a daughter

. AWARDS:
. BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS
. Winner in the categories: Best Supporting Actor - Drama
. 1999 - The Truman Show / Truman Show, The

. GOLDEN GLOBE
. Winner in the categories:
. Best Supporting Actor
. 1999 - The Truman Show / Truman Show, The

. FILMOGRAPHY:
. Mind Games
. / Beautiful Mind, A, 2001
. Enemy at the Gates
. / Enemy at the Gates, 2001
. Pollock
. / Pollock, 2000
. Third Miracle
. / Third Miracle, The, 1999
. Stepmother
. / Stepmom, 1998
. Truman Show
. / Truman Show, The, 1998
. Absolute Power
. / Absolute Power, 1997
. Scala
. / Rock, The, 1996
. Eye for an Eye
. / Eye For An Eye, An, 1996
. Nixon
. / Nixon, 1995
. Apollo 13
. / Apollo 13, 1995
. Just Cause
. / Just Cause, 1995
. Manufacturer
. / Firm, The, 1993
. Americans
. / Glengarry Glen Ross, 1992
. State of Grace
. / State Of Grace, 1990
. Abyss
. / Abyss, The, 1989
. Stylet
. / Jacknife, 1989
. To Kill a Priest
. / To Kill A Priest, 1988
. Operation: Emerald
. / Code Name: Emerald, 1985
. Sweet Dreams
. / Sweet Dreams, 1985
. Places in the Heart
. / Places In The Heart, 1984
. Under Fire
. / Under Fire, 1983
. Right Stuff
. / Right Stuff, The, 1983
. Coma
. / Coma, 1978