Harrison Ford filmography
Harrison Ford is an American actor who has had a long and varied career in the entertainment industry across six different decades. Ford made his film debut in 1966 and spent most of the first ten years of his career in small supporting roles in both films and television before rising to stardom for his portrayal of the iconic and heroic character Han Solo in the epic space opera films Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), and then again 32 years later in The Force Awakens (2015) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). In the early 1980s, his career soared to even bigger heights when he claimed the starring role of another heroic character Indiana Jones in the adventure films Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Crusade (1989) and then again 19 years later in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). He has also famously portrayed two literary characters brought to the silver screen: the anti-hero detective Rick Deckard in the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel 35 years later Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and CIA analyst Jack Ryan in the spy thrillers Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994).
Ford also played a small role in the acclaimed war film Apocalypse Now in 1979 before becoming a very high-profile movie star in leading roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s with such films as the romantic dramatic thriller Witness with Kelly McGillis for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, the romantic comedy-drama Working Girl with Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver, the recovery drama Regarding Henry with Annette Bening, the man-on-the-run action-thriller The Fugitive with Tommy Lee Jones, and the romantic comedy-drama remake Sabrina with Julia Ormond, earning Golden Globe nominations for the latter two films.
In 1997, Ford starred as fictional U.S. President James Marshall opposite Gary Oldman in the political action-thriller Air Force One and then went on to play Russian submarine Captain Alexei Vostrikov opposite Liam Neeson in the Cold War-era thriller K-19: The Widowmaker in 2002, a film based on true events in which he also served as executive producer. He continued to diversify his choice of roles throughout the 2000s and 2010s, transitioning from leading man to character actor with such parts as cantankerous newsman Mike Pomeroy in the romantic comedy Morning Glory with Rachel McAdams and Diane Keaton, Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde in the science fiction/western hybrid Cowboys & Aliens with Daniel Craig, real-life Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey in the historical sports drama 42 with Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, the no-nonsense Colonel Hyrum Graff in the science fiction adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel Ender's Game with Ben Kingsley and Viola Davis, and the wounded aging lover William Jones in the romantic drama The Age of Adaline with Blake Lively and Ellen Burstyn. In 2019, Ford had his first voice performance in the animated film The Secret Life of Pets 2, and starred as John Thornton in an adaptation of Jack London's 1903 novel The Call of the Wild in 2020. He is set to reprise his role as Indiana Jones in a planned fifth installment of the franchise due for release in 2022.
In addition to feature films and television, Ford has also narrated and participated in several documentaries.
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Distributor | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Bellhop | Bernard Girard | Columbia Pictures | Uncredited role | |
| 1967 | Luv | Irate Motorist | Clive Donner | Uncredited role | ||
| A Time for Killing | Lt. Shaffer | Roger Corman | Credited as Harrison J. Ford | |||
| 1968 | Journey to Shiloh | Willie Bill Bearden | William Hale | Universal Pictures | ||
| 1970 | Getting Straight | Jake | Richard Rush | Columbia Pictures | ||
| Zabriskie Point | Arrested Student (unconfirmed) | Michelangelo Antonioni | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Deleted scene;[1] uncredited role | [2] | |
| 1973 | American Graffiti | Bob Falfa | George Lucas | Universal Pictures | [3] | |
| 1974 | The Conversation | Martin Stett | Francis Ford Coppola | Paramount Pictures | [3] | |
| 1977 | Star Wars | Han Solo | George Lucas | 20th Century Fox | [3] | |
| Heroes | Ken Boyd | Jeremy Kagan | Universal Pictures | |||
| 1978 | Force 10 from Navarone | Lt. Colonel Mike Barnsby | Guy Hamilton | Columbia Pictures | ||
| 1979 | Hanover Street | David Halloran | Peter Hyams | |||
| Apocalypse Now | Colonel Lucas | Francis Ford Coppola | United Artists | [3] | ||
| The Frisco Kid | Tom Lillard | Robert Aldrich | Warner Bros. Pictures | |||
| More American Graffiti | Bob Falfa | Bill L. Norton | Universal Pictures | Uncredited role | ||
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Han Solo | Irvin Kershner | 20th Century Fox | [3] | |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures | [4] | |
| 1982 | Blade Runner | Rick Deckard | Ridley Scott | Warner Bros. Pictures | [4] | |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Han Solo | Richard Marquand | 20th Century Fox | [4] | |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1985 | Witness | Det. Capt. John Book | Peter Weir | [3][5] | ||
| 1986 | The Mosquito Coast | Allie Fox | Warner Bros. Pictures | |||
| 1988 | Frantic | Dr. Richard Walker | Roman Polanski | |||
| Working Girl | Jack Trainer | Mike Nichols | 20th Century Fox | [3] | ||
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures | [3] | |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent | Rusty Sabich | Alan J. Pakula | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| 1991 | Regarding Henry | Henry Turner | Mike Nichols | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1992 | Patriot Games | Jack Ryan | Phillip Noyce | [3] | ||
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Dr. Richard David Kimble | Andrew Davis | Warner Bros. Pictures | [3] | |
| 1994 | Jimmy Hollywood | Himself | Barry Levinson | Paramount Pictures | Uncredited cameo | |
| Clear and Present Danger | Jack Ryan | Phillip Noyce | [3] | |||
| 1995 | Sabrina | Linus Larabee | Sydney Pollack | |||
| 1997 | The Devil's Own | Tom O'Meara | Alan J. Pakula | Columbia Pictures | ||
| Air Force One | President James Marshall | Wolfgang Petersen | [3][6] | |||
| 1998 | Six Days, Seven Nights | Quinn Harris | Ivan Reitman | Walt Disney Studios | ||
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Dutch Van Den Broeck | Sydney Pollack | Columbia Pictures | ||
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | Dr. Norman Spencer | Robert Zemeckis | DreamWorks Pictures | ||
| 2002 | K-19: The Widowmaker | Alexei Vostrikov | Kathryn Bigelow | Paramount Pictures | Also Executive Producer | |
| 2003 | Hollywood Homicide | Sgt. Joe Gavilan | Ron Shelton | Columbia Pictures | ||
| 2006 | Firewall | Jack Stanfield | Richard Loncraine | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 2009 | Crossing Over | Max Brogan | Wayne Kramer | The Weinstein Company | ||
| 2010 | Extraordinary Measures | Dr. Robert Stonehill | Tom Vaughn | CBS Films | Also Executive Producer | |
| Morning Glory | Mike Pomeroy | Roger Michell | Paramount Pictures | |||
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Colonel Dolarhyde | Jon Favreau | Universal Pictures | ||
| 2013 | 42 | Branch Rickey | Brian Helgeland | Warner Bros. Pictures | [3] | |
| Paranoia | Jock Goddard | Robert Luketic | Relativity Media | |||
| Ender's Game | Colonel Hyrum Graff | Gavin Hood | Summit Entertainment | |||
| Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Mack Tannen | Adam McKay | Paramount Pictures | |||
| 2014 | The Expendables 3 | Max Drummer | Patrick Hughes | Lionsgate | [7] | |
| 2015 | The Age of Adaline | William Jones | Lee Toland Krieger | [8] | ||
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Han Solo | J.J. Abrams | Walt Disney Studios | [9] | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Rick Deckard | Denis Villeneuve | Warner Bros. Pictures | [10] | |
| 2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Rooster (voice) | Chris Renaud | Universal Pictures | First voice-acting role for an animated film | [11] |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Han Solo | J.J. Abrams | Walt Disney Studios | Uncredited cameo | [12] | |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild | John Thornton | Chris Sanders | 20th Century Studios | [13] | |
| 2022 | Untitled fifth Indiana Jones film | Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. | James Mangold | Walt Disney Studios | Pre-Production | [14] |
Documentary
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The World of Jacques Demy | Himself | [15] | |
| 1996 | The Immortal Beaver | Himself | [16] | |
| 2004 | Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy | Himself | ||
| 2007 | Dalai Lama Renaissance | Narrator | [17] | |
| 2013 | Milius | Himself | [18] | |
| 2014 | Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project | Himself | [19] | |
| 2015 | Living in the Age of Airplanes | Narrator | [20][21] | |
| 2017 | Toxic Puzzle - Hunt for the Hidden Killer | Narrator | [22] | |
| Spielberg | Himself | |||
| Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold | Himself | |||
| 2019 | Armstrong | Narrator (Words of Neil Armstrong) | [23][24] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Virginian | Young Rancher / Cullen Tindall | 2 episodes | |
| Ironside | Tom Stowe | Episode: "The Past Is Prologue" | ||
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Beach Patrol Cop (unconfirmed) | Uncredited Episode: "The Teeth of the Barracuda" |
|
| 1969 | My Friend Tony | Episode: "The Hazing" | ||
| The F.B.I. | Everett Giles / Glen Reverson | 2 episodes | ||
| Love, American Style | Roger Crane | Episode: "Love and the Former Marriage" | ||
| 1970 | The Intruders | Carl | Television film | |
| 1971 | Dan August | Hewett | Episode: "The Manufactured Man" | |
| 1972–1973 | Gunsmoke | Hobey / Print | 2 episodes | |
| 1974 | Kung Fu | Mr. Harrison | Episode: "Crossties" | |
| Petrocelli | Tom Brannigan | Episode: "Edge of Evil" | ||
| 1975 | Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley | Frank Crowder | Television film | [3] |
| 1976 | Dynasty | Mark Blackwood | ||
| 1977 | The Possessed | Paul Winjam | ||
| 1978 | The Star Wars Holiday Special | Han Solo | Television special | |
| 1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. | Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" | |
| 2014 | Years of Living Dangerously | Himself | 2 episodes |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Han Solo (voice) | Ford recorded all new altered lines | [25] |
Audio CD
| Year | Title | Voice role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Emperor's New Clothes: An All-Star Illustrated Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale | The Weaver Thief Husband | |
References
- "Zabriskie Point - Behind the scenes photo of Harrison Ford". Pinterest. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- "Zabriskie Point". American Film Institute Catalog. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- Scott Feinberg (December 18, 2013). "'42' Supporting Actor Harrison Ford: 'I Don't Have to Be 'Harrison Ford' Anymore'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- Vic Armstrong (May 23, 2011). "'Raiders of the Lost Ark': 30 years later, a stuntman's memories". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- "Harrison Ford Awards List". IMBD. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- "Bambi Award Winners". Bambi Awards. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- Justin Kroll (August 12, 2014). "'The Expendables 3' Premiere: 'Break a Leg,' Says Sylvester Stallone to Harrison Ford". Variety. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- Laura Prudom (August 15, 2014). "Blake Lively, Harrison Ford Drama 'Age of Adaline' Scheduled for January Release". Variety. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- Camilla Turner (November 7, 2014). "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens - fans are left wondering 'where it all went wrong'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- "2017 Award Winners". awardscircuit.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- Truitt, Brian (June 5, 2019). "Harrison Ford is cool with being a dog in 'The Secret Life of Pets 2': 'I don't like cats'". USA Today. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- Breznican, Anthony (December 20, 2019). "How Han Solo's Legacy Looms Over The Rise of Skywalker". Vanity Fair. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- "Harrison Ford Eyes 'Call of the Wild' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. July 16, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 15, 2016). "Steven Spielberg & Harrison Ford Team Up For 'Indiana Jones 5', Disney Sets July 2019 Release". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- "The World of Jacques Demy Review". 'Variety'. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- "The Immortal Beaver". 'YouTube'. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
- "Dalai Lama Renaissance Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- "Milius Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- Pope, Stephen (January 22, 2015). "Bob Hoover Documentary Released on DVD, Blu-ray". Flying Magazine. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- "Age of Airplanes Official Website". Age of Airplanes. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- "Age of Airplane Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Harrison-Ford-Narrates-Documentary-TOXIC-PUZZLE-HUNT-FOR-THE-HIDDEN-KILLER-20170801
- https://www.slashfilm.com/armstrong-trailer/
- "Armstrong Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- McMillan, Graeme (May 4, 2016). "'Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Writer Talks New Mythology and Celebrity Voices". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
