Harrison Ford Net Worth, Career and Movies

Harrison Ford is an American actor, producer, and pilot. He is famous as a cultural icon in the film industry, having performed in many high-grossing films across a variety of genres. Ford has a 60-year on-screen career that includes both television and movies. He became well-known throughout the world for playing Han Solo in the epic space opera Star Wars.

Ford is also a qualified pilot who helps the local emergency services with rescue operations. He has been the first vice chair of Conservation International since 1991 and is an environmental activist.

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Harrison Ford Net Worth

Harrison Ford net worth is estimated to be $300 million. In the early and mid-1990s, Harrison often made $10–12 million a film. He received $9 million for Patriot Games in 1992 and $10 million for Clear and Present Danger in 1994. His pay for The Devil's Own increased to $20 million in 1997. He also received $20 million for What Lies Beneath, Random Hearts, Six Days Seven Nights, and Air Force One.

Harrison received $25 million for the 2002 film K-19 The Widowmaker. He received $25 million for his final performance in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" after accepting a $40 million salary cut.

Personal Life

Ford has been married three times. He has four biological children and one adopted child. Mary Marquardt was the first Harrison Ford wife, whom he wed in 1964 and divorced in 1979. Both of their sons were born in 1966 and 1969. The older Harrison Ford son is a co-owner of Ford's Filling Station. The younger son is the proprietor of Ludwig Clothing.

In March 1983, Ford married screenwriter Melissa Mathison, a relationship that ended in divorce in 2004. They separated in 2000. They had a son and a daughter. After meeting actress Calista Flockhart at the Golden Globes in 2002, Ford started dating her. They were married on June 15, 2010. The couple has a son who was born in 2001.

Early Life

On July 13, 1942, Harrison was born in Chicago, Illinois. Harrison Ford younger brother, Terence, was born in 1945. Their mother was an Ashkenazi Jew, and their father was an Irish Catholic.

Ford earned the second-highest Life Scout rank while he was a Boy Scout. He served as a counselor for the Reptile Study merit badge at the Napowan Scout Camp. In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, he and director Steven Spielberg chose to show the youthful Indiana Jones as a Life Scout.

Ford completed his education at Maine East High School in Illinois in 1960. His voice was the first student voice to be aired on the new radio station at his high school. He majored in philosophy at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Professional Career

After his work in American Graffiti, Ford was hired by Lucas to read lines for performers, which led to his first major motion picture role. After being impressed by Ford's performance during these line reads, Lucas cast him as Han Solo. Star Wars gained Ford a lot of fame and became one of the most popular and innovative films ever made.

In the late 1970s, Ford started to play larger parts in films. Raiders of the Lost Ark secured Ford's position as a top actor. Ford continued to play the part for the rest of the decade. Ford's serious roles in films like Witness, The Mosquito Coast, and Frantic proved his array of talents throughout the 1980s.

Ford portrayed a romantic character in Sabrina and more direct serious parts in Presumed Innocent and About Henry. During this period, Ford had working relationships with many renowned filmmakers. Ford began starring in many box office failures in the late 1990s that fell short of his previous hits.

Ford played Han Solo again in the much-expected and wildly popular Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In 2019, Ford voiced the dog Rooster in The Secret Life of Pets 2, his first animated movie voiceover. In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Ford played Indiana Jones once more, claiming it was his final appearance in the role.

Harrison Ford Movies in Order

• The Fugitive - 1993
• Clear and Present Danger - 1994
• Sabrina - 1995
• The Devil's Own - 1997
• Air Force One - 1997
• Six Days, Seven Nights - 1998
• What Lies Beneath - 2000
• K-19: The Widowmaker - 2002
• Firewall - 2006
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 2008
• Extraordinary Measures - 2010
• Morning Glory - 2010
• Cowboys & Aliens - 2011
• 42 - 2013
• The Age of Adaline - 2015
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 2015
• Blade Runner 2049 - 2017
• The Call of the Wild - 2020
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - 2023

Awards

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How tall is Harrison Ford?

Harrison Ford height is 1.85 in meters and 6’1 in feet.

Q. Is Harrison Ford Jewish?

In response to the question of what religion he was raised in, he said, "As a man I've always felt Irish, as an actor I've always felt Jewish”.

Q. What is Harrison Ford's most famous movie?

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.