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 |