Born in Chicago, Illinois, Harrison Ford started acting at school in Wisconsin and during nearby summer tours. His school years over, he moved to California and proceeded with his acting activities on the stage of the “Laguna Beach Playhouse”. Under contract with Columbia, he appeared in several feature films, particularly in Bernard Girard’s “Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round” (1965), opposite James Coburn, and Clive Donner’s “Luv” (1967). He also took part in TV series such as “Ironside”, “The FBI” or “Dynasty”. After a small role in Richard Rush’s “Getting Straight” (1970), Ford resolved not to let his career choices be dictated by financial concerns, so he turned to carpentry while he waited for the right role. In 1973, George Lucas cast him in “American Graffiti”. The film was critically and commercially acclaimed and definitely launched his career. The next year, he landed a prominent supporting part in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation”, the 1974 Palme d’Or.
1977 is the year of the triumph of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” trilogy’s first opus, soon followed by Steven Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981). With Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” (1982), Ford added “a quasi mythical dimension to his acting job” to quote Steven Spielberg. And with the Star Wars and Indiana Jones’ sagas, Harrison Ford became one of Hollywood’s major actors in the middle of the 80s. He starred in Peter Weir’s “Witness” in 1985, as a police detective who has to blend into an Amish community in order to solve a murder case. He received an Oscar and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for this role. In 1986, Peter Weir cast him again in “Mosquito Coast” as the head of a family fighting Central America’s invading nature. One year later he starred in “Frantic”, a Hitchcockian thriller shot in Paris by Roman Polanski, before showing his flair for romantic comedy in Mike Nichols’ “Working Girl” (1988), opposite Sigourney Weaver and Melanie Griffith. In 1989 he was back to his adventurer’s outfit for the third time in Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” before shooting “Presumed Innocent” (1990), a thriller directed by Alan J. Pakula.
In the 90s Ford shot numerous action films such as Phillip Noyce’s “Patriot Games” (1992), Andrew Davis’ “The Fugitive” (1993), Phillip Noyce’s “Clear and Present Danger” (1994), Alan J. Pakula’s “The Devil’s Own” (1997) and Wolfgang Petersen’s “Air Force One” (1997). But he also turned again to comedy with films such as Sydney Lumet’s “Sabrina” (1995) and Ivan Reitman’s “Six Days Seven Nights” (1998). He worked again with Sydney Pollack in 1999’s “Random Hearts”, before starring as Michelle Pfeiffer’s criminal husband in Robert Zemeckis’ “What Lies Beneath” (2000). In 2002, the Deauville American Film Festival paid tribute to him while presenting, amongst others films, Kathryn Bigelow’s “K19: The Widowmaker”. The following year he starred next to Josh Hartnett in Ron Shelton’s “Hollywood Homicide”. After acting in Richard Loncraine’s “Firewall” (2006), Ford played Indiana Jones for the fourth time in Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008).

A Deauville

Hommage en 2009
As actor :
APOCALYPSE NOW
STAR WARS (LA GUERRE DES ÉTOILES)
HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE
K-19 : THE WIDOWMAKER (K-19 LE PIÈGE DES PROFONDEURS)
WITNESS
THE MOSQUITO COAST (MOSQUITO COAST)
FRANTIC
WORKING GIRL
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (DANGER IMMÉDIAT)
THE DEVIL’S OWN (ENNEMIS RAPPROCHÉS)
RANDOM HEARTS (L’OMBRE D’UN SOUPÇON)
WHAT LIES BENEATH (APPARENCES)
K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER (K19 : LE PIÈGE DES PROFONDEURS)

As producer :
K-19 : THE WIDOWMAKER ( K-19 LE PIÈGE DES PROFONDEURS)
K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER ( K19 : LE PIÈGE DES PROFONDEURS)