With his characters, Edward Allen Harris – his full name – fell in love, and still does, with two generations of viewers: women, young people, children, also lovers of action films: western and science fiction.
He played the tough guy in the movie or the executive producer and the one who pulls the strings like a puppet, in the case of Truman, as if life were a reality show, an astronaut member of the Apollo 13 team, the inopportune and impertinent guy, in Mother .
Harris received the most notable critical acclaim for films, like Pollock – also its director -, as well as in the western Appaloosa, and he excelled in A Beautiful Mind.
His roles have not only been leading, but secondary, and, in the same way, he manages to get standing ovations from the public, as in The Abyss (1989), State of Grace (1990), Nixon (1995), The Rock ( 1996), Stepmom (1998), Enemy at the Gates (2001), National Treasure: The Book of Secrets (2007) or Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
Television represents her home for Harris and there she found stable work for a time in miniseries, including Empire Falls (2005) or US Senator John McCain in the television film Game Change (2012), the latter earning her the Golden Globe. for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie.
He played the Man in Black in the science fiction and western series Westworld (2016-2022), on the HBO network, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
This charismatic and versatile actor grew up in a middle-class Presbyterian family, graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969 and played on the football team there, being captain in his last year.
A star athlete in high school, he played the same sport at Columbia University.
He discovered his interest in acting in Mexico in several plays and enrolled at the University of Oklahoma to study drama, then moved to Los Angeles and entered the California Institute of the Arts, where he spent two years and graduated in Fine Arts. Arts in 1975.
His filmography has been immense and intense. The nominations and multiple wins, from a candidate for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, to the British Bafta awards, to honorary laurels for his career.
And today, turning 73 years old, he continues to enroll in future projects and is expected to participate in the dramatic film Downtown Owl, a feature film currently in the post-production stage, as well as, he plans to join the cast of Love Lies Bleeding for next year.
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