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My Take
Harrison Ford is my favorite argument against giving up early: a carpenter building cabinets for studio people until his mid-thirties, then suddenly the face of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, two myths in one career. What I respect most is how stubbornly unglamorous he stayed; his record still lists carpenter and environmentalist, and both feel true. He flies his own planes, grumbles through interviews, and keeps showing up to work past eighty like a tradesman who simply likes the job. Charisma fades, but craftsmanship compounds, and Ford is living proof. Few movie stars have made reluctance look this magnetic for this long.
Overview
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, Ford's accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, an Emmy Award, five Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He is the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award, Honorary César, Honorary Palme d'Or and SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Harrison Ford
- Name (Japanese)
- ハリソン・フォード
- Reading
- はりそん・ふぉーど
- Born
- July 13, 1942 (age 83)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Horse
- Origin
- Swedish Hospital, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / voice actor / environmentalist / carpenter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Maine East High School
- University
- Ripon College
Awards & achievements
- 2016 California Hall of Fame
- 2000 AFI Life Achievement Award
- 2001 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
- 2010 Honorary César
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2010 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
- 2024 Disney Legends
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.