Harrison Ford Net Worth

Harrison Ford acting career has spanned nearly 6 decades, or 58 years to be precise and counting. The renowned mega movie star actor has impressive records–his films had grossed over US$14.7billion worldwide. As of writing, in 2022, his lead role in the Star Wars franchise playing Han Solo is still the number one top-grossed film of all time in the United States, with over 869 million tickets sold.

Forbes ranked Harrison Ford as the world’s highest-paid actor in 2009, taking home US$65 million thanks to his reprised role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. An incredible difference from the $10,000 Harrison Ford made in the 1977 original Star Wars: A New Hope.

Besides his acting career, Ford is deeply passionate about aviation, a proponent of conservation, and an active environmentalist. He had significantly contributed and played significant roles in preserving nature and the world’s environment.

What is Harrison Ford’s Net Worth?

As of 2022, Harrison Ford’s net worth is in the neighborhood of US$300 million. Ford’s current net worth was boosted mainly by his latest film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Bizarrely, he reprised the role with one condition with the creator and executive producer George Lucas that his character Han Solo will be killed off.

Harrison Ford’s net worth increased by US$70 million between 2019 to 2022. It’s undeniable that the science-fiction film Star Wars franchise paved the way to Ford’s worldwide fame; followed by another mega movie franchise Indiana Jones which was also created by George Lucas in collaboration with Steven Spielberg, hit the total box office earning over US$3 billion on the total budget of US$279 million.

In 14 films that Harrison Ford starred in, they all reached the top 15 in the yearly box office rankings. Of those six films, they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and many other awards.

Who is Harrison Ford?

Harrison Ford doesn’t have a middle name, unlike many actors and people in general. Harrison Ford was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 13, 1942. His father, Christopher Ford, was an advertising executive, and his mother, Dorothy Ford, was a former radio actress.

Harrison Ford is an American actor and a film producer. Ford had thrice marriages. His marriage to his first wife, Mary Marquardt, was in 1964, the 15 years marriage ended in divorce in 1979, and they had two sons together. His second marriage was to screenwriter Melissa Mathison in 1983 until their separation in 2000 with 2 children. His current wife is an American actress Calista Flockhartwho’s best known for her portrayed character Alley McBeal, they adopted a son. As of 2022, Harrison Ford is 80 years old, and the mega Hollywood movie star has no plan on retiring.

Harrison Ford is the oldest sibling in his family, with a brother who is two years younger. He is of Irish Catholic and Russian Jewish ancestry. Even though his parents came from a different religious backgrounds, he doesn’t identify himself with any religion, Ford is best described as a secular person. When asked about his religion, he gave a vague answer and said ‘Democrat.’

In 1960 Harrison Ford graduated from Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois. He went on to study English and Philosophy at Ripon College in Wisconsin. At the end of his senior year, Ford took a drama class, hoping to get an easy grade and in a bid to overcome his shyness. Ford stated in the People Magazine interview, “I was terrified to get up in front of people, but I really enjoyed the storytelling part.”

Harrison Ford Career in the Movie Business

When Ford first moved to LA in 1964, he got rejected when applied for a position as radio voice-over. With some luck, he landed a job with Columbia Pictures with a contract paying him $150 per week playing bit roles in films. In the next few years, I played minor and unaccredited roles in several films. His first role in a Hollywood film was in the 1966’s Dead Heat and a Merry-Go-Round.

Ford was discontent with his roles; he left the film industry and became a self-taught carpenter to support his then-wife and two young children. With the help of a casting director Fred Roos Ford was introduced to The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and secured minor roles in the films The Conversation and Apocalypse Now.

Over the next two decades, Harrison Ford’s career took off into the stratosphere, with more prominent roles being offered.

Impressed with Ford’s role in the 1979’s film Apocalypse Now, Lucas offered him a role, which turned out to be a breakout role in the epic space-opera film Star Wars, playing a charismatic rogue Han Solo, and the rest is history.

He returned to four more sequels with the latest sequel, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, in 2019. Ford’s highly acclaimed role as Han Solo landed him another leading role in his second movie franchise playing Indiana Jones, a brave, globe-trotting archaeologist. It’s also one of the most groundbreaking films of all time to that, Star Wars. The film was also created by George Lucas in collaboration with Steven Spielberg; Harrison Ford went to star in the subsequent 3 sequels. The latest sequel released in 2008, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was ranked the second high-grossing film worldwide for that year raking in US$790.7 million with a budget of US$185 million. The upcoming fifth installment is set to hit the cinemas in 2023.

After working with Lucas in the late 70s’, Ford’s status as an actor solidified and proved his versatility as an actor. He starred in Ridley Scott’s 1982 science-fiction film Blade Runner, Ford reprised the role in 2015 Blade Runner 2049.

In Ford’s many other movies between the 90s and 2000s, he consistently earns between US$14 to $17 million. Notable movies he starred in include Tom Clancy: Patriot Games (1992), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Air Force One (1997), and What Lies Beneath (2000).

Harrison Ford Achievements & Assets

Ford was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award, an institution that honors individuals whose lifetime contribution helps to enrich American culture through motion pictures and TV. Ford was also a winner of four Golden Globe Awards and the recipient of other accolades in show business.

Fords is the vice chairman of Conservation International, an organization that helps to protect endangered forests and create awareness of climate change.

In 2003, Ford received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Harrison Ford currently has six luxury properties in the US, with the low-end one costing in US$10 million range. As Ford has reached a ripe 80, he and his current wife Calista Flockhart prefer to live away from their Hollywood property in LAand spend more time at their massive Wyoming ranch.

Interesting Facts about Harrison Ford

• Harrison Ford has no middle name.
• Ford wanted to kill off Han Solo’s character after the Star Wars sequel Return of the Jedi, but Lucas refused.
• Alex Bald had a long-term resentment towards Ford because he took his roles in Jack Ryan.
• Ford is a big supporter of the Dalai Lama, the head monk of Tibetan Buddhism.
• Harrison Ford is banned from entering China since 1995 because he voiced support for Tibet and Dalai Lama.
• Harrison Ford had a three-month affair with his co-star Carrie Fisher who played Princess Leia Organa during the filming of Star Wars in 1976.

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