Harrison Ford - Biography

Nickname: Harry

Religion: Agnostic

Ethnicity: White

Profession: Actor, Producer

Nationality: American

Claim to fame: As Han Solo in Star Wars (1977)

Harrison Ford was born on July 12, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Christopher Ford was a former actor who died on February 10, 1999 and his mother, Dorothy Ford was a Russian Jewish. Harrison Ford's brother, Terence Ford was a actor and was born on April 21, 1945.

In 1960, Harrison Ford completed his graduation from Maine Township High School in Park Ridge, Illinois. After that he attended Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he took a drama class in first year.

In 1964, Harrison Ford married with his college sweetheart, Mary Marquardt and divorced in 1979. They have two children, Benjamin is a chef, and another one is Willard who is writer and born on May 14, 1969. Willard has a son, Eliel, who makes Harrison Ford a grandfather.

On March 14, 1083, Harrison Ford married with Melissa Mathison who is a screenwriter and born on June 3, 1950 and got separated in August 2001. Harrison has a son, Malcolm was born on March 10 1987 and a daughter, Georgia was born on June 30, 1991 by Melissa. With two wives, he has three girlfriends including Calista Flockhart, Minnie Driver, and Lara Flynn Boyle.

Before becoming a movie star, Harrison Ford was a master carpenter. In 1973, he played a role of Bob Falfa in his first movie "American Graffiti". In 1975, director George Lucas hired Harrison Ford for building some cabinets in his home. And there he got the role of Han Solo in the movie "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope". After that he played lots of great roles including Martin Stett, Ken Boyd, David Halloran, Indiana Jones, The Evil Andws, Jack Ryan, etc.

In 1997, Harrison Ford was chosen as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by "People" magazine. In 2001, Harrison Ford was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the richest male actor.

In 2006, his movie, "Firewall" was just released and in this movie, he played a role of Jack Stanfield. His two movies, "Ratatouille", "Indiana Jones 4" are announced.