Ed Harris

Directed and co-wrote the Western "Appaloosa"; also co-starred with Viggo Mortensen

Played a Boston detective in Ben Affleck's feature directing debut "Gone, Baby, Gone"

Portrayed Ludwig van Beethoven in Agnieszka Holland's "Copying Beethoven"

Co-starred with Viggo Mortensen in David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence"

Starred as Miles Roby in the HBO film adaptation of "Empire Falls," based on Richard Russo's Pulitzer Prize winning novel; earned Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Portrayed the ex-husband of Nicole Kidman's character in the film adaptation of Philip Roth's novel "The Human Stain"

Starred as a football coach in the southern drama "Radio"

Co-starred with Meryl Streep in "The Hours"; received supporting role nominations for a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a SAG and an Oscar

Cast as an American battalion commander in 1980s Germany in "Buffalo Soldiers"; (released theatrically in USA in 2002)

Had featured role opposite Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind"; directed by Ron Howard

Played a German assassin sent to kill a Russian marksman in "Enemy at the Gates"; premiered at the Berlin Film Festival

Feature directorial debut, "Pollock"; also portrayed the artist; received first Best Actor Oscar nomination

Cast as a disillusioned priest sent to investigate claims of miracles performed by a woman proposed for sainthood in "The Third Miracle"

Co-starred with Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts in "Stepmom"

Received critical acclaim and his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as the God-like Christof, the creator and director of "The Truman Show"

Producing debut (as executive producer) of the TNT movie "Riders of the Purple Sage"; also co-starred with Madigan

Returned to Broadway in "Taking Sides"

Received Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as NASA mission control flight director Gene Krantz in "Apollo 13"

Appeared in the ABC miniseries "Stephen King's 'The Stand'"

Returned to the New York stage in the Off-Broadway staging of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico"; co-starred Beverly D'Angelo and Marcia Gay Harden

Co-starred in the feature version of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross"

Co-starred opposite Diane Keaton in the poitically-themed "Running Mates" (HBO)

Appeared in the Showtime movie "Paris Trout"

First lead in a major feature, "The Abyss"; directed by James Cameron

Broadway debut in "Precious Sons"; received Tony nomination

Delivered solid turn as Charlie Dick, husband of Patsy Cline in "Sweet Dreams"

Credited as script consultant on the independent feature "A Flash of Green"; also starred

Met future wife Amy Madigan, starring opposite her in "Places in the Heart"

NY stage debut in the Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love"

First feature lead role, "Knightriders"

Feature acting debut, "Coma"

TV-movie debut, "The Amazing Howard Hughes" (CBS)

Appeared in the West Coast productions, "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Grapes of Wrath"

Professional stage debut as King Arthur in "Camelot" at the Jewel Box Theater in Oklahoma City