Daily Crack - Actor Ed Harris Supports All His Films
The wonderful actor Ed Harris is a big support in every film in which he acts whether he’s playing a supporting role or a lead character. He’s one of my favorite people to watch. He always seems so intense and studied. I first became aware of Ed Harris when he played the role of John Glenn in the movie “The Right Stuff.” From that day forward I have been following his career and career choices believing him to be one of the top actors of today.
Oscar nominated several times over, Harris spent many years as a somewhat unknown. Getting his first Oscar nod in 1995 for his supporting role in “Apollo 13” he went on to be nominated again in 1998 for his supporting role in “The Truman Show,” again a Best Supporting Actor nomination in 2002 for his part in “The Hours,” along side Meryl Streep; and finally a Best Actor nomination for his role portraying the artist Jackson Pollack, in what was also his directorial debut, the movie “Pollack” that came out in 2000.
Born in New Jersey in 1950 Ed Harris started out as a star athlete and jock rather than an artist actor. He played football in High School and while attending Columbia University. It wasn’t until his family moved to New Mexico and Harris transferred to the University of Oklahoma did Harris begin to study acting and appearing in summer stock theater. He later moved to Los Angeles to continue his education by enrolling in the California Institute of the Arts. In 1984 Harris met and soon married the actress Amy Madigan while working on the film “Places in the Heart,” along side actress Sally Field. Madigan and Harris have one child together.
Some of my favorite films for which Ed Harris is best known besides the previously mentioned movies include “The Abyss,” “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “The Firm,” and the Clint Eastwood directed film “Absolute Power;” also “A Beautiful Mind,” “Buffalo Soldiers,” “The Human Stain,” “A History of Violence,” and his role in the HBO mini-series adaptation of the book “Empire Falls” which co-starred Helen Hunt. Playing both villainous and sympathetic roles this intense blue-eyed actor is one to keep an eye on as his performances are usually flawless and almost always electrifying.