Ed Harris is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 28 november 1950 at Englewood (USA)
Ed Harris
Ed Harris participated to
94 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
19 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor
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Directed by Alfonso CuarónOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
AdventureThemes Space adventure films,
L'action se déroule en une journée,
La fin du monde,
Dans l'espace,
Space opera,
Disaster filmsActors Sandra Bullock,
George Clooney,
Ed Harris,
Phaldut SharmaRoles Mission Control (voice)
Rating76%
Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a biomedical engineer aboard the NASA space shuttle Explorer for her first space mission, STS-157. Veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) is commanding his final mission. During a spacewalk to service the Hubble Space Telescope and Stone's upgrades to the Telescope, Mission Control in Houston warns the team about a Russian missile strike on a defunct satellite, which has inadvertently caused a chain reaction forming a cloud of debris in space. Mission Control orders that the mission be aborted and the crew begin re-entry immediately because the debris is speeding towards the shuttle. Communication with Mission Control is lost shortly thereafter., 2h8
Directed by Jon TurteltaubOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Politique,
Political films,
Children's films,
White House in fictionActors Nicolas Cage,
Diane Kruger,
Justin Bartha,
Jon Voight,
Harvey Keitel,
Ed HarrisRoles Mitch Wilkinson
Rating64%
Five days after the end of the Civil War, John Wilkes Booth and Michael O'Laughlen, both members of the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC), enter a tavern and approach Thomas Gates to decode a message. Thomas recognizes the message as using the Playfair cipher and begins to translate it. While he does so, Booth leaves for Ford's Theatre to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Thomas solves the puzzle and realizes the men are still loyal to the Confederacy. A fight breaks out, and Thomas rips several pages from the diary and throws them in the fireplace. Thomas is shot, and the gunman retrieves only a page fragment., 2h20
Directed by Ron HowardOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Disaster,
Documentary,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Space adventure films,
La fin du monde,
Transport films,
Dans l'espace,
Films about the Apollo program,
Sur la Lune,
Aviation films,
Space opera,
Disaster films,
American disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Tom Hanks,
Gary Sinise,
Kevin Bacon,
Bill Paxton,
Ed Harris,
Kathleen Denise QuinlanRoles Gene Kranz
Rating76%
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Jim Lovell hosts a party, where guests watch on television as Neil Armstrong takes his first steps on the Moon during Apollo 11. After the party, Lovell, who had orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, tells his wife Marilyn that he intends to walk on the Moon's surface., 2h16
Directed by Michael BayOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Prison films,
Films about terrorism,
Political films,
Buddy films,
Se déroulant à AlcatrazActors Sean Connery,
Nicolas Cage,
Ed Harris,
Michael Biehn,
William Forsythe,
John SpencerRoles Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC
Rating73%
A group of rogue U.S. Force Recon Marines, led by disenchanted Brigadier General Frank Hummel and his adjutant Major Tom Baxter, seize a stockpile of deadly VX gas–armed M55 rockets. The next day, Hummel and his men seize control of Alcatraz Island and take several tourists hostage. Hummel threatens to launch the rockets against San Francisco unless the government pays $100 million from a military slush fund, which he will distribute to his men and the families of Recon Marines who died on clandestine missions under his command and whose deaths were not compensated., 2h15
Directed by Ron HowardOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Medical-themed films,
Films about mathematics,
Psychologie,
Films about psychiatryActors Russell Crowe,
Ed Harris,
Jennifer Connelly,
Paul Bettany,
Christopher Plummer,
Josh LucasRoles William Parcher
Rating78%
In 1947, John Nash (Crowe) arrives at Princeton University. He is co-recipient, with Martin Hansen (Lucas), of the prestigious Carnegie Scholarship for mathematics. At a reception, he meets a group of other promising math and science graduate students, Richard Sol (Goldberg), Ainsley (Jason Gray-Stanford), and Bender (Rapp). He also meets his roommate Charles Herman (Bettany), a literature student., 2h34
Directed by Sydney PollackOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Mafia films,
Films about the labor movement,
Gangster filmsActors Tom Cruise,
Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Gene Hackman,
Ed Harris,
Holly Hunter,
Hal HolbrookRoles Wayne Tarrance
Rating68%
Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is a young man from an impoverished background, but with a promising future in law. About to graduate from Harvard Law School near the top of his class, he receives a generous job offer from Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a small, boutique firm in Memphis specializing in accounting and tax law. He and his wife, Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn), move to Memphis and Mitch sets to work studying to pass the Tennessee bar exam. Avery Tolar (Gene Hackman), one of the firm's senior partners, becomes his mentor and begins introducing Mitch to BL&Ls professional culture, which demands complete loyalty, strict confidentiality, and a willingness to charge exceptional fees for their services. Seduced by the money and perks showered on him, including a house and car, he is at first totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his new employer, although Abby has her suspicions. Mitch passes the bar exam and begins working long hours that put a strain on his marriage. Working closely with Avery, Mitch learns that most of the Firm's work involves helping wealthy clients hide large amounts of money in off-shore shell corporations and other dubious tax-avoidance schemes. While on a trip to the Cayman Islands on behalf of a client, Mitch lets himself be seduced by a local woman. But the encounter is a set-up and their tryst on the beach is photographed by people working for the firm's sinister "head of security", Bill DeVasher (Wilford Brimley), who uses it to blackmail Mitch into keeping quiet about what he knows., 1h43
Directed by Peter Weir,
David CronenbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Social science fiction,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Comic science fictionThemes Films about families,
Films about television,
Comedy science fiction films,
La téléréalité,
Dystopian filmsActors Jim Carrey,
Laura Linney,
Ed Harris,
Noah Emmerich,
Natascha McElhone,
Holland TaylorRoles Christof
Rating81%
Truman Burbank is the unsuspecting star of The Truman Show, a reality television program in which his entire life, since before birth, is filmed by thousands of hidden cameras, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and is broadcast live around the world. The show's creator and executive producer Christof is able to capture Truman's real emotion and human behavior when put in certain situations. Truman's coastal hometown of Seahaven is a giant set built under a giant arcological dome in the Los Angeles area. Truman's family and friends are all played by actors, allowing Christof to control every aspect of Truman's life., 2h5
Directed by Chris ColumbusOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about children,
Films about families,
Feminist films,
Medical-themed films,
Films about cancer,
Political films,
Buddy filmsActors Julia Roberts,
Susan Sarandon,
Ed Harris,
Jena Malone,
Liam Aiken,
Lynn WhitfieldRoles Luke Harrison
Rating68%
Jackie and Luke Harrison (Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris) are a divorced New York couple that are struggling to help their children Anna (Jena Malone) and Ben (Liam Aiken) be happy with this sudden change of lifestyle. This is far from easy, as Luke, an attorney, is living with his new girlfriend, Isabel Kelly (Julia Roberts), an NYU alumna and a successful fashion photographer several years his junior. Isabel tries very hard to make Anna and Ben feel comfortable and happy with her, but Anna repeatedly rejects her overtures while Ben, who loves Isabel (not as much as his actual mother), adds extra complication with his mischievous nature. Isabel behaves with contempt tempered by caution around Jackie, believing she overcompensates for her divorce by spoiling her children., 2h11
Directed by Jean-Jacques AnnaudOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Politique,
Political filmsActors Jude Law,
Joseph Fiennes,
Rachel Weisz,
Bob Hoskins,
Ed Harris,
Ron PerlmanRoles Major König
Rating74%
In 1942, Vasily Zaytsev (Jude Law), a shepherd from the Ural Mountains who is now a soldier in the Red Army, finds himself on the front lines of the Battle of Stalingrad. Forced into a suicidal charge by barrier troops against the invading Germans, he uses impressive marksmanship skills—taught to him at a young age by his grandfather—to save himself and commisar Danilov (Joseph Fiennes). Nikita Khrushchev (Bob Hoskins) arrives in Stalingrad to coordinate the city's defences and demands ideas to improve morale. Danilov, now a Senior Lieutenant, suggests that the people need figures to idolize and give them hope, and publishes tales of Vasily's exploits in the army's newspaper that paint him as a national hero and propaganda icon. Vasily is transferred to the sniper division, and he and Danilov become friends. They also both become romantically interested in Tania (Rachel Weisz), a citizen of Stalingrad who has become a Private in the local militia. Danilov has her transferred to an intelligence unit away from the battlefield., 2h19
Directed by James CameronOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Underwater action films,
Submarine films,
Children's films,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Disaster films,
Films about seafaring accidents or incidentsActors Ed Harris,
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Michael Biehn,
J. C. Quinn,
Leo Burmester,
Todd GraffRoles Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Rating74%
In 1988 a US ballistic missile submarine, the USS Montana, sinks near the edge of the Cayman Trough after an accidental encounter with an unidentified submerged object. As Soviet ships and submarines head toward the area in an attempt to salvage the sub, and with a hurricane moving in, the Americans decide that the quickest way to mount a rescue is to insert a SEAL team onto the Deep Core, a privately owned, experimental underwater oil drilling platform, located 1,700 feet (518 meters) below sea level, which will serve as their base of operations. The designer of the platform, Dr. Lindsey Brigman, insists on accompanying the SEAL team, even though her estranged husband, Virgil "Bud" Brigman, is currently serving as the platform's foreman., 2h9
Directed by Michael BayOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Films about drugs,
Films about religion,
Sports films,
Transport filmsActors Mark Wahlberg,
Dwayne Johnson,
Ed Harris,
Rob Corddry,
Anthony Mackie,
Tony ShalhoubRoles Ed DuBois
Rating63%
In 1995, schemer Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a recently released convict who had served time for Medicare fraud. Sun Gym owner John Mese (Rob Corddry) hires him to increase membership and make the gym more fitness-based. Lugo increases the gym's membership by 75% within six weeks and befriends trainer Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie), a bodybuilder who uses steroids, which render him impotent. Lugo soon lusts after the earnings and lifestyle achieved by Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), a sleazy, new gym member he begins to train who Lugo believes is a crook. Inspired by motivational speaker Johnny Wu (Ken Jeong), Lugo decides to be a "do-er" and hatches a plan to extort Kershaw for his assets by kidnapping and torturing him., 1h36
Directed by David CronenbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about immigration,
Mafia films,
Superhero films,
Super-héros inspiré de comics,
Gangster filmsActors Viggo Mortensen,
Maria Bello,
Ed Harris,
William Hurt,
Ashton Holmes,
Peter MacNeillRoles Carl Fogarty
Rating73%
Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is a restaurant owner in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, with a loving wife Edie (Maria Bello), teenage son Jack (Ashton Holmes), and young daughter Sarah (Heidi Hayes). One night two men (Stephen McHattie and Greg Bryk) attempt to rob the restaurant. When a waitress is threatened, Tom deftly kills both robbers with surprising skill and precision. He is hailed as a hero by his family and the townspeople, and the incident makes him a local celebrity., 1h54
Directed by Stephen DaldryOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about writers,
Films about families,
Feminist films,
Medical-themed films,
Films about sexuality,
Films about suicide,
LGBT-related films,
Films about psychiatry,
Political films,
LGBT-related films,
Sida et LGBT,
HIV/AIDS in film,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Meryl Streep,
Julianne Moore,
Nicole Kidman,
Ed Harris,
John C. Reilly,
Lyndsey MarshalRoles Richard Brown
Rating74%
With the exception of the opening and final scenes, which depict the 1941 suicide by drowning of Virginia Woolf in the River Ouse, the action takes place within the span of a single day in three different years and alternates between them throughout the film. In 1923, Virginia has begun writing the book Mrs Dalloway in her home in the town of Richmond outside London. In 1951, troubled Los Angeles housewife Laura Brown escapes from her conventional life by reading Mrs Dalloway. In 2001, New Yorker Clarissa Vaughan is the embodiment of the novel's title character, as she spends the day preparing for a party she is hosting in honor of her former lover and friend Richard, a poet and author living with AIDS who is to receive a major literary award. Richard tells Clarissa he has stayed alive for her sake, and the award is meaningless because he didn't get it sooner, until he was on the brink of death. She tells him she believes he would have won the award regardless of his illness. Richard often refers to Clarissa as "Mrs. Dalloway" - her namesake - because she distracts herself from her own life the way the Woolf character does., 1h52
Directed by Robert BentonOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about the labor movementActors Sally Field,
Lindsay Crouse,
Danny Glover,
John Malkovich,
Ed Harris,
Amy MadiganRoles Wayne Lomax
Rating73%
It is the year 1935 and Waxahachie, Texas is a small, segregated town in the midst of a depression. One evening the local sheriff, Royce Spalding, leaves the family dinner table to investigate trouble at the rail yards. He dies after being accidentally shot by a young black boy, Wylie. Local white vigilantes tie Wylie to a truck and drag his body through town, for all the community to see, before hanging him from a tree., 1h53
Directed by Ben AffleckOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Casey Affleck,
Michelle Monaghan,
Morgan Freeman,
Ed Harris,
Amy Ryan,
John AshtonRoles Sgt. Det. Remy Bressant
Rating75%
Private investigator Patrick Kenzie and his partner/girlfriend Angie Gennaro witness a televised plea by a woman named Helene McCready for the return of her missing daughter Amanda, who was abducted with her favorite doll "Mirabelle". Patrick and Angie are then hired by the child's aunt Beatrice to find Amanda and discover that Helene and her boyfriend "Skinny Ray" had recently stolen money from Cheese, a local Haitian drug lord. After Ray is murdered, Patrick and Angie join the police detectives investigating the case, Remy Bressant and Nick Poole, to arrange a trade of the money for Amanda. Captain Jack Doyle reads Patrick a telephone transcript of the drug lord setting up an exchange for Amanda. The exchange at a nearby quarry in Quincy is botched and Amanda is believed to have drowned, as her doll is found in the quarry and returned to Helene. Doyle, whose own daughter was killed years before, takes responsibility for the death and goes into early retirement.