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7	[[caption-width-right:300:[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Never tell him the odds.]]]]
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9	->''"I remember the flight deck was on a sound stage and there was a big sign that said NO DRINKING, NO SMOKING AND NO EATING ON SET. At one point I looked over and Harrison was in the doorway beneath the sign with [[RefugeInAudacity a burrito, a cigar and a cup of coffee]], which I thought was hilarious. I could never get the image out of my head."''
10	-->-- '''Creator/GaryOldman''' on working with Ford in ''Film/AirForceOne''
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12	Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, pilot, and environmental activist.
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14	Ford spent his early acting career in a degree of minor roles while working as a carpenter. In fact, he was so successful as a contractor he would pick and choose movies versus carpentry projects, the latter of which included creating a massive customized bookshelf for Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's home office. Thanks to his friend, casting director Fred Roos, his earliest notable film work was in Creator/GeorgeLucas' ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and ''Film/TheConversation'', directed by Coppola. Later he came in to read lines for Lucas' next project, a SpaceOpera called ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'', and Creator/StevenSpielberg persuaded Lucas to cast Ford as LovableRogue Han Solo.
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16	The rest, as they say, is history.
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18	Following ''Star Wars'', Ford was kept pretty busy with smaller films, and soon was cast as AdventurerArchaeologist Franchise/IndianaJones in the Lucas-produced and Spielberg-directed ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (after original choice Creator/TomSelleck was unable to get released from his ''Series/MagnumPI'' contract). It became the biggest box office hit of 1981 and cemented him as an A-List star. With Indy, it made him one of the few actors who are recognizable for ''two'' incredibly iconic movie characters. He followed up with three more ''Franchise/StarWars'' films and four more ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' films. In 1982 he starred in Creator/RidleyScott's "future noir", ''Film/BladeRunner'', which initially lost money and received mixed reviews but has since become one of the critical darlings of the 1980's and has achieved a cult following.
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20	Many of his roles in TheEighties and TheNineties were as BadassBookworm and BadassBureaucrat characters. In 1985 he played a cop hiding among the Pennsylvania Amish in ''Film/{{Witness}}''. It earned him his first and so far only UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Actor. ''Witness'' was directed by Creator/PeterWeir, who next made ''Film/TheMosquitoCoast'' with Ford. Based on the Paul Theroux novel about an American inventor who uproots his family to live in a Central American jungle, it also starred Creator/HelenMirren and Creator/RiverPhoenix as his wife and eldest son. It was followed by ''Frantic'', a thriller set in Paris directed by Creator/RomanPolanski, a supporting role in Creator/MikeNichols' comedy ''Film/WorkingGirl'', and the CourtroomDrama ''Film/PresumedInnocent'' by Creator/AlanJPakula.
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22	Ford has become a very bankable actor (his work across 36 films has grossed a total of $3.6 billion; he was statistically the most bankable actor for many years until Creator/TomHanks and Creator/SamuelLJackson surpassed his numbers, though he regained the honor after the spectacular success of ''Film/TheForceAwakens''), starring in many famous and successful films, including ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''Film/AirForceOne''. He took over the Creator/TomClancy character Literature/JackRyan from Alec Baldwin (for ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'') in ''Film/PatriotGames'' and ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''.
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24	While no longer headlining those big movies nearly every year as he once did, he can still be seen frequently in newer films, experimenting with character-pieces alongside the big blockbusters. But he has no intention of stopping, even well into his 80's.
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26	Once married to Melissa Matheson, screenwriter of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. Ford is currently married to Creator/CalistaFlockhart (''Series/AllyMcBeal'', ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'', and ''Series/{{Supergirl\|2015}}'', with the latter featuring her character annoyed that Ford keeps hitting on her despite being married...to someone). He has a ranch in Wyoming and is a licensed pilot, at least twice used his helicopter to rescue hikers in distress. In 2015 he was injured when he crashed a World War II vintage plane onto a golf course (an investigation by the NTSB later revealed that Ford was trying to make an emergency landing after his plane lost power). Jokes about piloting the Millennium Falcon or Air Force One were made. It has been noted by many individuals that while he is a friendly guy he is actually rather quiet and reserved in real life, contrasting the roguish and charismatic characters he plays.
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28	Ford is also notable for having worked on more [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Academy Award for Best Visual Effects]]-winning movies than any other actor. (The first three ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies, the first two ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies, ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', and ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' all won). [[note]]''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and ''Film/BladeRunner'' were nominated but did not win, and he appears in a DeletedScene in ''ET'' that [[DeletedRole didn't make it to the final cut.]][[/note]]
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30	Despite being delighted to return for the ''Star Wars'' Sequel Trilogy, in the decades since the Original Trilogy, he's apparently developed a long standing feud with Chewbacca, [[SitcomArchnemesis the Wookiee sack of shit]]. [[NoodleIncident Something involving his wife]]. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0vs9gYydo here]] for more details. However, they eventually made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDM4XVrAAgA peace]] in time for the release of ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. He's also apparently become good friends with his [[Creator/AldenEhrenreich successor]] in the role of Han Solo, even interrupting him during an interview to tell him that he couldn't be happier with the job the younger man did (after first yelling at him to get out of his chair, of course.)
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32	Side note, he is not the first famous film actor with the name "Harrison Ford"; there was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford_(silent_film_actor) an unrelated silent film and Broadway star of the same name]] (1884–1957) who even got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame before this Ford, who did not even know about the older Ford's existence until he saw the star. The present-day Ford received his own star in 2003. As with the two actresses from the silent era [[Creator/BabyPeggy called Peggy Montgomery]], the credits of the two Harrison Fords are sometimes mistakenly combined. The lives of the two Harrison Fords did actually overlap as the older Ford died when the younger Ford was a fifteen-year-old boy.
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34	!!Filmography:
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36	* ''Film/GettingStraight'' (1970) - Jake
37	* ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' (1973) - Bob Falfa
38	** ''More American Graffiti'': A cameo reprising his character, who had become a cop.
39	* ''Film/TheConversation'' (1974) - Martin Stett
40	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' - [[Characters/StarWarsHanSoloCharacterSheet Han Solo]]
41	** ''Film/ANewHope'' (1977)
42	** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (1980)
43	** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' (1983)
44	** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' (2015)
45	** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' (2019) [[note]]UncreditedRole[[/note]]
46	* ''Film/ForceTenFromNavarone'' (1978) - Lt. Col. Mike Barnsby
47	* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' (1979) - Colonel Lucas; a cameo as one of the officers giving Willard his assignment; his name tag read [[Creator/GeorgeLucas Lucas]].
48	* ''Film/TheFriscoKid'' (1979) - Tom Lillard
49	* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr.
50	** ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (1981)
51	** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' (1984)
52	** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' (1989)
53	** ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'': "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" (1993) TheCameo as 50-year-old Indy
54	** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' (2008)
55	** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'' (2023)
56	* ''Film/BladeRunner'' (1982) - Rick Deckard
57	** ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' (2017)
58	* ''Film/{{Witness}}'' (1985) - Det. Capt. John Book; Academy Award nominee for Best Actor
59	* ''Film/TheMosquitoCoast'' (1986) Allie Fox; his work with Creator/RiverPhoenix had Ford himself recommend him as young Indy for ''Last Crusade''.
60	* ''Film/{{Frantic}}'' (1988) - Dr. Richard Walker
61	* ''Film/WorkingGirl'' (1988) - Jack Trainer
62	* ''Film/PresumedInnocent'' (1990) - Rusty Sabich
63	* ''Film/RegardingHenry'' (1991) - Henry Turner
64	* ''Film/PatriotGames'' (1992) - Literature/JackRyan
65	** ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'' (1994)
66	* ''Film/TheFugitive'' (1993) - Dr. Richard Kimble
67	* ''Film/{{Sabrina\|1995}}'' (1995) - Linus Larabee
68	* ''Film/TheDevilsOwn'' (1997) - Tom O'Meara
69	* ''Film/AirForceOne'' (1997) - President James Marshall
70	* ''Film/SixDaysSevenNights'' (1997) - Quinn Harris
71	* ''Film/WhatLiesBeneath'' (2000) - Dr. Norman Spencer
72	* ''Film/K19TheWidowmaker'' (2002) - Capt. Alexei Vostrikov
73	* ''Film/HollywoodHomicide'' (2003) - Sgt. Joe Gavilan
74	* ''Film/{{Firewall}}'' (2006) - Jack Stanfield
75	* ''Film/ExtraordinaryMeasures'' (2010) - Dr. Robert Stonehill
76	* ''Film/MorningGlory'' (2010) - Mike Pomeroy
77	* ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011) - Colonel Dolarhyde
78	* ''Film/FortyTwo'' (2012) - Branch Rickey
79	* ''Film/EndersGame'' (2013) - Col. Hyrum Graff
80	* ''Film/{{Paranoia\|2013}}'' (2013) - Jock Goddard
81	* ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'' (2013) - Mack Tannen
82	* ''Film/TheExpendables3'' (2014) - Max Drummer
83	* ''Film/TheAgeOfAdaline'' (2015) - William Jones
84	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets2'' (2019) - Rooster (voice); his first role in an animated film.
85	* ''Film/{{The Call of the Wild\|2020}}'' (2020) - John Thornton
86	* ''Series/NineteenTwentyThree'' (2022-present) - Jacob Dutton
87	* ''Series/{{Shrinking}}'' (2023) - Dr. Paul Rhoades
88	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse - [[ComicBook/RedHulk Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross]] (taking over from Creator/WilliamHurt)
89	** ''Captain America: Brave New World'' (2024)
90	** ''Thunderbolts'' (2025)
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92	!!Tropes associated with Harrison Ford’s roles:
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94	* AdamWesting: Outside of acting, he has a reputation for being quite taciturn and even a bit grumpy. He started leaning into this in both his acting roles and talk-show appearances[[note]]would it surprise you that he was in the running to play the functionally mute Leroy Jethro Gibbs on ''Series/{{NCIS}}''?[[/note]] by glaring and growling out short lines before landing zingers or going LargeHam, such as in the climactic rumble in ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues''.
95	* CharacterTic: He has two throughout his career. First, he often gives a half-smile. Second, and more notably, he'll [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger point at people if he's angry enough]].
96	* CreatorsFavorite: Despite being famously unsentimental about the characters he plays, Ford is very fond of Indiana Jones, notably chasing away Creator/ChrisPratt from playing the character in a potential reboot. He's stated in no uncertain terms that Dr. Jones will [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim go with him]].
97	* DeadpanSnarker: Most of his characters, especially Han and Indy.
98	* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: He is known for charismatic quip-a-minute characters like [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]] and Franchise/IndianaJones, but in real life is famous for being a very reserved, thoughtful man who needs a good interviewer asking the right questions to make his interviews interesting. Even then he has a very dry, understated sense of humour.
99	* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: He often does this, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAP3691Hu4Y this supercut]].
100	* GrumpyOldMan: Will jokingly play this up for laughs in interviews, especially with talk show hosts that he knows well.
101	* IAmNotSpock: Ford doesn't hate Han Solo, as he holds a measure of appreciation for what ''Franchise/StarWars'' as a whole did for his career and quality of life, and he gave his blessing to Creator/AldenEhrenreich for ''Film/{{Solo}}'' [[note]] having said that, he did think that Han's character development was finished in the original ''Star Wars'' and had nowhere to go from there, with one of his most common talking points being his belief that Han is a chess piece to be moved around the board and even killed off in service to the greater narrative[[/note]]. What he ''does'' hate is when people act obsessively as though he ''is'' Han, Indiana Jones, or Rick Deckard. He's stated that he has no need for nostalgia and only reflects on characters when he is playing them.
102	* LovableRogue: His most famous roles absolutely epitomize this trope, to the point that there's a solid argument to be made for renaming this trope "The Indy" or "The Han Solo". Few actors can mix effortless charm and sly wit with a disinterest in rules and authority like Ford.
103	* MethodActing: He will sometimes purposefully avoid memorizing his lines when he feels his character should be desperately reacting to the moment. For the most part, Ford jokes that he's from the "let's pretend school of acting."
104	* MoneyDearBoy: He likes to play this up, in large part due to his known annoyance with how the roles of Indy and Han overshadow him as an individual. For instance, when Jimmy Fallon asked him if he got emotional when he put on the Han costume again for ''The Force Awakens'', Ford just shrugged and replied with "No, I got paid." There was also the time on Conan O'Brian where Conan offered him a thousand dollars to leak details about ''The Force Awakens'', as it had come out that he was in it, and after taking the money with a mischievous look in his eyes, all he offered was [[{{Troll}} "I hear they're thinking of doing another one."]] And on ''Good Morning America'', when asked if he was all in for ''Indy 5'', his response was, "How much?"
105	* NoStuntDouble: He has one but reserves them for only the most difficult stunts. He does everything he can himself but calls it "physical acting." He became close friends with his stunt man and stunt coordinator for Franchise/IndianaJones, Vic Armstrong, and their resemblance was well noted.
106	* PlayingAgainstType: He’s mostly known for action roles like Han, Indy, or Jack Ryan, but he did very well in a comedy role in ''Film/WorkingGirl''.
107	* TallDarkAndHandsome: One of the most iconic examples of the 80s with a very good dose of [[TallDarkAndSnarky snark]] for good measure.
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