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Ed Harris Biography

Birth Name:Edward Allen Harris

Birth Place:Englewood, New Jersey, United States

Profession Actor, Producer, Soundtrack, Director, Writer, Script department

Fast Facts

Was honored by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 2012
Was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015
Attended University of Oklahoma to study drama and later graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelors of Fine Arts
Born to singer Robert Lee Harris
Quote: "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․"
Voices the character Jason Hudson in the video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops" in 2010
During the filming of "Pollock," he allegedly threw a chair at fellow actress Marcia Gay Harden to garner a stronger performance from her, an action that she thanked him later for

Awards

1983NYFCC Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
1988ACE-Actor in a Movie or Miniseries: nominated
1990Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
1991Saturn Award-Best Actor: nominated
1992Best Actor-: winner
1995ACCA-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
1995ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
1996Oscar-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
1996Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast: nominated
1996Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast: winner
1996Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: winner
1996CFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
1996Critics Choice Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
1996DFWFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
1996Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
1996SEFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
1997Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries: nominated
1997Bronze Wrangler-Television Feature Film: winner
1998ACCA-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
1998NBR Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
1999Oscar-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
1999Saturn Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
1999BAFTA Film Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
1999Blockbuster Entertainment Award-Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama: winner
1999Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: winner
1999OFTA Film Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
1999OFCS Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
1999SEFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
2000ACCA-Best Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
2000Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year-: nominated
2001Oscar-Best Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
2001ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
2001OFTA Film Award-Best Actor: nominated
2001Golden Satellite Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: nominated
2001TFCA Award-Best Performance, Male: winner
2002Actor-Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: nominated
2002ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: winner
2002ACCA-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
2002Golden Satellite Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama: nominated
2003Oscar-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
2003Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
2003Actor-Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: nominated
2003BAFTA Film Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
2003Critics Choice Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
2003DFWFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2003Gold Derby Film Award-Supporting Actor: nominated
2003Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: winner
2003Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
2003IOMA-Best Supporting Actor (Miglior attore non protagonista): winner
2003PFCS Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
2004ALFS Award-Actor of the Year: nominated
2005Camie-: winner
2005Gold Derby TV Award-TV Movie/Mini Lead Actor: nominated
2005OFTA Television Award-Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
2005Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: nominated
2005Satellite Award-Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
2005VVFP Award-Best Supporting Performance: nominated
2005WIN Award-Actor in Made-for-TV Movie/Miniseries: winner
2006Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: nominated
2006Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
2006NSFC Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
2008Festival Prize-Best Screenplay Adaptation: winner
2008Critics Choice Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
2009Bronze Wrangler-Theatrical Motion Picture: winner
2012ACCA TV-Best Supporting Actor (TV Movie or Mini-Series): winner
2012Gold Derby TV Award-TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actor: nominated
2012Golden Nymph-Television Films - Best Performance by an Actor: nominated
2012OFTA Television Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: winner
2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: nominated
2013Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: nominated
2013Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: winner
2017Saturn Award-Best Supporting Actor on Television: winner
2017Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
2018Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
2019Saturn Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series: nominated