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Edward Allen Harris, who is popularly known as Ed Harris, is an American actor, director and writer. Harris has an estimated net worth of $30 million. Though Ed has worked as a writer and director, his fame and wealth come mostly from his acting career. His performance was memorable in films like Pollock, Appaloosa, The Rock, The Abyss, A Beautiful Mind, and A History of Violence, among many others.
Harris was born on 28th November 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey. His father was a singer who used to sing with Fred Waring Chorus. He used to work at an art bookstore in Chicago as well. Ed’s mother, Margaret, was a travel agent. Harris has two brothers – one elder, Robert, and the other younger, Spencer.
Harris grew up in a middle-class family. Harris’ debut film was Borderline with Charles Bronson. In 1981, he played the role of a hippy motorcycle King based on King Arthur in Knightriders. In 1983, he appeared in the film The Right Stuff where he played the role of John Glen, an astronaut. For his role in Apollo 13, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in the Academy Awards.
He was nominated for the Oscars in later years as well for movies such as The Truman Show (1999), Pollock (2001), and The Hours (2003). Harris also appeared in another 2001 movie “Enemy at the Gates”, where he portrayed a German general. In 2005, he appeared in “A History of Violence”, and in 2007, “Gone, Baby, Gone”. Harris debuted as a director in 2000 with Pollock. He has been directing plays and has been acting on and off on the stage for a long time now.
Harris is married to Amy Madigan for 21 years now. The couple got married in November 1983.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
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2017 |
Others |
Sales of the videos mother! as Man, In Dubious Battle as Joy and Geostorm as Secretary Leonard Dekkom |
$9,050,000 |
2017 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies mother! as Man, Geostorm as Secretary Leonard Dekkom and box office sales of the movie Kodachrome as Ben Ryder |
$266,220,000 |
2016 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Rules Don't Apply as Mr. Bransford |
$3,890,000 |
2016 |
Salary |
Salary for every episode of the HBO series Westworld as The Man in Black |
$175,000 |
2016 |
Others |
Sales of the videos The Adderall Diaries as Neil Elliott and In Dubious Battle as Joy |
$123,050 |
2016 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie In Dubious Battle as Joy and box office sales of the movie The Adderall Diaries as Neil Elliott |
$227,370 |
2015 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Cymbeline as King Cymbeline and Run All Night as Shawn Maguire |
$8,030,000 |
2015 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Run All Night as Shawn Maguire |
$71,660,000 |
2014 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Planes: Fire & Rescue as the voice of Blade Ranger and Frontera as Roy McNary |
$28,870,000 |
2014 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Planes: Fire & Rescue as the voice of Blade Ranger and box office sales of the movie Frontera as Roy McNary |
$156,460,000 |
2013 |
Others |
Sales of the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops as the voice of Jason Hudson (approximately 26.2 million copies sold) |
$1,000,000,000 |
2013 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Pain & Gain as Ed Du Bois, III, Snowpiercer as Minister Wilford, Sweetwater as Sheriff Cornelius Jackson, The Face of Love as Tom Young or Garret Mathis and Gravity as the voice of Mission Control |
$80,020,000 |
2013 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Gravity as the voice of Mission Control, Phantom as Dmitri "Demi" Zubov, Pain & Gain as Ed Du Bois, III, Snowpiercer as Minister Wilford, The Face of Love as Tom Young or Garret Mathis and box office sales of the movie Sweetwater as Sheriff Cornelius Jackson |
$899,810,000 |
2012 |
Others |
Sales of the video Man on a Ledge as David Englander |
$7,650,000 |
2012 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Man on a Ledge as David Englander and box office sales of the movie Virginia as Sheriff Dick Tipton |
$46,230,000 |
2011 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies That's What I Am as Mr. Steven Simon and Salvation Boulevard as Dr. Peter Blaylock |
$34,870 |
2010 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Way Back as Mr. Smith and box office sales of the movie Touching Home as Charlie Winston |
$26,640,000 |
2009 |
Others |
Sales of the video Appaloosa as Virgil Cole and the film's writer, director and producer |
$12,070,000 |
2008 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Cleaner as Eddie Lorenzo and Appaloosa as Virgil Cole and the film's writer, director and producer |
$31,680,000 |
2008 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Gone Baby Gone as Det. Remy Bressant, Cleaner as Eddie Lorenzo and National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Mitch Wilkinson |
$124,600,000 |
2007 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Gone Baby Gone as Det. Remy Bressant and National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Mitch Wilkinson |
$491,950,000 |
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Copying Beethoven as Ludwig van Beethoven and box office sales of the movie Winter Passing as Don Holdin |
$6,700,000 |
2006 |
Others |
Sales of the video A History of Violence as Carl Fogarty |
$38,700,000 |
2005 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie A History of Violence as Carl Fogarty |
$61,480,000 |
2003 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Radio as Coach Harold Jones, The Human Stain as Lester Farley and box office sales of the movie Masked and Anonymous as Oscar Vogel |
$78,710,000 |
2002 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Hours as Richard Brown |
$108,850,000 |
2001 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies A Beautiful Mind as William Parcher, Enemy at the Gates as Major Erwin König and box office sales of the movie Buffalo Soldiers as Colonel Berman |
$415,000,000 |
2000 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Pollock as Jackson Pollock and the film's director and producer and box office sales of the movie Waking the Dead as Jerry Carmichael |
$10,890,000 |
1999 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Third Miracle as Father Frank Shore |
$736,590 |
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Truman Show as Christof and Stepmom as Luke Harrison |
$423,870,000 |
1997 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Absolute Power as Det. Seth Frank |
$50,070,000 |
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Rock as Gen. Francis X. Hummel and box office sales of the movie Eye for an Eye as Mack McCann |
$362,950,000 |
1995 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Nixon as E. Howard Hunt, Apollo 13 as Gene Kranz and Just Cause as Blair Sullivan |
$426,760,000 |
1994 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Milk Money as Tom Wheeler and China Moon as Kyle Bodine |
$21,180,000 |
1993 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Firm as Wayne Tarrance and box office sales of the movie Needful Things as Sheriff Alan Pangborn |
$285,530,000 |
1992 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Glengarry Glen Ross as Dave Moss |
$10,730,000 |
1990 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie State of Grace as Frankie Flannery |
$1,910,000 |
1989 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Abyss as Virgil "Bud" Brigman and box office sales of the movies To Kill a Priest as Police Captain Stefan and Jacknife as David "Dave" Flannigan |
$92,080,000 |
1987 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Walker as William Walker |
$257,040 |
1985 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Code Name: Emerald as Gus Lang, Alamo Bay as Shang Pierce and Sweet Dreams as Charlie Dick |
$10,040,000 |
1984 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Swing Shift as Jack Walsh and Places in the Heart as Wayne Lomax |
$41,600,000 |
1983 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies The Right Stuff as John Glenn and Under Fire as Oates |
$27,200,000 |
1982 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Creepshow as Hank Blaine |
$20,040,000 |
1978 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Coma as a Pathology Resident |
$50,000,000 |