There are not many actors in the history of Hollywood capable of appearing in films as disparate as Blade Runner y sole witness o The Empire Strikes Back y About Henry, to name just four. Although Harrison Ford’s range of roles is enormous and today no one doubts his talent, he has never won an Oscar. Yes many other awards (you can consult them here) but never the prized statuette. It doesn’t seem to affect him too much; In some interviews he has described her filmography simply as a job, stripping her of the charisma and glory that the public gives her. All in all, he is surely the highest grossing actor in history. By the way, you will always see his name written Harrison J. Ford in the credit titles: the jot is to distinguish himself from a silent film actor of the same name, whom he discovered for a star on the Walk of Fame.
Fireproof with the whip
The character he is most proud of is Indiana Jones: he plays him again in the fifth installment of the saga devised by Steven Spielberg
During the filming of ‘Indiana Jones 5’ in Cefalu, Sicily, last October.
The son of an advertising executive and a radio actress, he considers himself to be of “Democratic” religion, he jokes when asked about his Catholic ancestry on his father’s side and Jewish on his mother’s side. Like Sean Connery, his father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadewas a carpenter as well as an actor and has the rank of Life Scout, the highest of the Boy Scouts: that is why young Indy belongs to the corps in the film, who is played by the ill-fated River Phoenix, Ford’s son in The Mosquito Coast.
He has a pilot’s license
In his own helicopter he rescued a lost hiker in a mountainous area of Idaho
He began taking flight classes in the 1960s and today he pilots small planes and helicopters. Maybe that’s why he was the fastest in the galaxy in Star Wars.
Ford began receiving flight classes in the 1960s and today he has the title of private pilot of airplanes and helicopters; perhaps that is why he has been the best commander the Millennium Falcon could have had. However, Ford proposed to George Lucas to kill Han Solo at the end of return of the jedi. Fortunately, the creator of Star Wars he refused and so he was only recovered in the last trilogy.
By the way, he hasn’t saved human lives by piloting not only the Millennium Falcon: in 2000, he climbed into his helicopter to rescue Sarah George, a hiker who had become trapped in a mountain range in Idaho. Ford owned a ranch nearby and offered to join the search operation to save authorities money.
Broke up with Mary Marquardt
When Princess Leia said “I love you” on the screen, she had already told him in private: that affair with Carrie Fisher led to a divorce
His love affair with Princess Leia transcended the screen, became real, and led to his divorce from his first wife.
With Mark Hamill and George Lucas being honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
After American GraffitiGeorge Lucas himself launched him to fame in Star Wars and he returned the favor by being Colonel G. Lucas in Apocalypse NowDirected by Francis Ford Coppola. Plays President James Marshall in Air Force One because Kevin Costner gave him the role while Ford refused to intervene in The patriot, which Mel Gibson did. He didn’t want to be in either. Jurassic Park, Life test y The perfect Storm. It was Indiana Jones because Tom Selleck was not available and Jack Ryan because Alec Baldwin asked for an exorbitant cache.
He was Colonel G. Lucas in ‘Apocalypse now’ as a tribute to George Lucas.
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It was Indiana Jones because Tom Selleck was not available, he plays the president in ‘Air Force One’ because Kevin Costner gave him the role and Jack Ryan because Alec Baldwin asked for an exorbitant cache
He married Mary Marquardt and had two children with her, Benjamin and William. The marriage lasted from 1964 to 1979, when she caught him with Carrie Fisher: indeed, the love story between Han Solo and Princess Leia has a real background. Also his friendship with Billy Dee Williams, Lando Calrissian in Star Wars. They are intimate.
In 1983, the year of the premiere of return of the jedimarries Melissa Mathison, screenwriter of ET the alien among other titles. With her he had Malcolm and Georgia. The divorce came in 2004 and was then the fourth most expensive in Hollywood: Ford got it for $85 million at the time. He began dating Calista Flockhart after meeting at a Golden Globes gala, they married in 2010 and he adopted Liam as his own.
With his second wife, Melissa Mathison, screenwriter of ‘ET’.
Since 2010 he has been married to fellow actress Calista Flokhart.
Famed environmental advocate
Pheidole Harrisonfordi and Calponia Harrisonford are the names of a spider and an ant, respectively, named after him.
Harrison Ford pierced his ear at the age of 55 after a meal with his friend Jimmy Buffett, who was wearing an earring. He liked the idea and that same afternoon he walked into a Claire’s Accessories boutique in Los Angeles. Apart from riding, what fascinates him most is speed on a motorcycle: he has five BMWs, two Harleys, a Triumph and a few smaller ones.
Among its most striking curiosities are the Pheidole Harrisonfordi. This is the name of a species of ant cataloged by Dr. Edward O. Wilson in 2002 and Calponia Harrisonfordi is that of a spider discovered by Norman Platnick in 1993. In both cases, the honor corresponds to the help that the actor has always given to the American Museum of Natural History. Ford is also an accomplished environmentalist and environmental advocate.
Together with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez at the COP25 Climate Summit in Madrid.
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