Harrison Ford American Actor Born 1942 in Swedish Hospital

Harrison Ford, born 13 July 1942 in Swedish Hospital, is an American actor. He is known for playing Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977).

Early life

Harrison Ford was educated at Ripon College and Maine East High School.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Harrison Ford is Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966). During the 1970s, he worked on The Conversation (1974) and Apocalypse Now (1979, as Colonel G. Lucas). Work from the 1980s includes Blade Runner (1982, as Rick Deckard) and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983, as Han Solo). K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008, as Indiana Jones) are among his 2000s credits. In the 2010s, he appeared in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015, as Han Solo) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017, as Rick Deckard).

His filmography here covers 71 films and 4 TV series from 1966 to 2025. Action is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (16), followed by drama (13) and adventure (12). The most recent title listed is Captain America: Brave New World (2025). Of his 14 titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) has the highest, at $2.07 billion.

Carrie Fisher appears in five of his listed titles, including The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Robert Duvall (three titles) and Liam Neeson (three titles). Steven Spielberg directed four of his titles on record, among them Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). Francis Ford Coppola is credited as director on three of them, including Apocalypse Now Redux (2001).

Recognition

In 2001, he won a Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. He has also won the California Hall of Fame (2016) and the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. Harrison Ford also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1986 for Witness. Awards come to 7 wins and one nomination in total.

Personal life

He has been married to Calista Flockhart since 2010. Earlier marriages on record are to Mary Marquardt (1964 to 1979) and Melissa Mathison (1983 to 2004). He has 5 children on record.