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Harrison Ford is an American film actor and producer who has an estimated net worth of $230 million. This former carpenter went on to star in some of Hollywood's biggest films and become one of the industry's most bankable stars.

Born July 13, 1942, in Chicago and raised in a middle-class suburb, he had an average childhood. An introverted loner, he was popular with girls but picked on by school bullies. Ford quietly endured their everyday tortures until he one day lost his cool and beat the tar out of the gang leader responsible for his being repeatedly thrown off an embankment. He had no special affinity for films and usually only went to see them on dates because they were inexpensive and dark. Following high school graduation, Ford studied English and Philosophy at Ripon College in Wisconsin. An admittedly lousy student, he began acting while in college and then worked briefly in summer stock. He was expelled from the school three days before graduation because he did not complete his required thesis.

In the mid-'60s, Ford and his first wife, Mary Marquardt (his college sweetheart) moved to Hollywood, where he signed as a contract player with Columbia and, later, Universal.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2015

Sale of Asset

Selling value of his 7,100-square-foot estate in Los Angeles

$12,000,000

2014

Salary

Salary from Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

$25,000,000

2011

Sale of Asset

Selling value of his New York City penthouse

$15,000,000

2011

Sale of Asset

Selling value of his Gerard Colcord-designed house in Brentwood

$8,195,000

2005

Salary

Salary with Firewall

$15,000,000

2005

Asset

Value of his waterfront property in Bowen Island, Vancouver, British Columbia

$13,000,000

2001

Salary

Salary with K-19: The Widowmaker (+ 20% of the Gross)

$25,000,000

1999

Salary

Salary with What Lies Beneath

$20,000,000

1998

Salary

Salary with Random Hearts

$20,000,000

1997

Salary

Salary with Six Days Seven Nights

$20,000,000

1996

Salary

Salary with The Devil's Own

$20,000,000

1996

Salary

Salary with Air Force One

$22,000,000

1993

Salary

Salary with Clear and Present Danger

$10,000,000

1991

Salary

Salary with Patriot Games

$9,000,000

1989

Salary

Salary with Presumed Innocent

$12,500,000

1982

Salary

Salary with Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

$500,000

1976

Salary

Salary with Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

$10,000

1972

Salary

Weekly Salary with American Graffiti

$500,000

1966

Salary

Weekly Salary with A Time for Killing

$150,000

1966

Salary

Weekly Salary with Luv

$150,000

1965

Salary

Salary with Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

$150,000

1963

Salary

Per week earnings in a contract with Columbia Pictures' New Talent program

$150,000

1950

Asset

Value of Gerard Colcord house in Brentwood, Los Angeles upon purchase

$1,000,000