Ed Harris

Edward "Ed" Allen Harris ( born November 28, 1950 in Tenafly, New Jersey ) is an American actor, screenwriter and director who is considered one of the leading American character actor of his generation. He frequently appears as a profiled Supporting Actor in appearance, among other things in the film drama Apollo 13 as Gene Kranz, head of mission control.

Life

Harris studied at Columbia University in New York, where he focused on sports. After the Acting had aroused his interest, he decided to take acting lessons. After his graduation, he went to Los Angeles, where he first played at smaller theaters and the first television actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1983 in Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love, for which he won an Obie Award.

That same year, Harris starred in the movie The stuff of which heroes are based on the novel by Tom Wolfe astronaut John Glenn. Since then, he is considered one of the great character actors of American cinema, which is able to give a distinctive look to small supporting roles with his style of play, so as in Jacknife, Glengarry Glen Ross, The company, Apollo 13, Nixon, The Rock - rock the decision, The Truman Show, A Beautiful Mind - Beautiful Mind, The Hours - From eternity to eternity, and in A History of Violence. Harris often occurs in appearance, are in combat with themselves or they carry dominant aggression outwards as performers complex, even threatening occurring characters.

In 2000, Ed Harris led to the first -time director, and there was Pollock, a film biography of the painter Jackson Pollock. Harris played in even the lead role. In 2008, he staged with the Western Appaloosa his second film. Also in this film, he was involved in the screenplay and beyond as a producer.

Harris is married to actress Amy Madigan, with whom he one daughter ( * 1993).

Filmography (selection)

Video game

• 2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops (voice)

Awards

Theater

Film

TV

German dubbing voice

His German dubbing voice comes mainly from Wolfgang Condrus.