- Source of Wealth: Film and Television
- Age: 69
- Birth Place: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- Height: 1.75 m (5′ 9″)
- Weight: 160 lbs (73 kg)
- Marital Status: Married (Amy Madigan)
- Full Name: Edward Allen Harris
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: November 28, 1950
- Ethnicity: English, with some German, Scottish, and Welsh
- Occupation: Actor, Film Director and Screenwriter
- Education: University of Oklahoma
- Children: 1 (Lily Dolores)
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.