2011 | Co-starred with Daniel Craig in the sci-fi western, "Cowboys & Aliens" |
2010 | Played a morning show anchor in the comedy, "Morning Glory" |
2010 | Portrayed research scientist Robert Stonehill in "Extraordinary Measures," which is based on a true story; also produced |
2009 | Played Immigrations officer Max Brogan in "Crossing Over" |
2008 | Nominated for the 2008 People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Star |
2008 | Reprised role of Indy for the fourth installment of the adventure series, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"; film re-teamed Ford with George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg |
2006 | Cast as a security specialist, forced into robbing a bank in order to protect his family in the thriller, "Firewall" |
2003 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (June) |
2002 | Received a reported $25 million salary to star as a Russian submarine officer in "K-19: The Widowmaker" |
2000 | Played a professor whose wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) is haunted by a ghost in "What Lies Beneath" |
1999 | Starred as widower cop obsessed with learning details of his late wife's affair in Pollack's "Random Hearts" |
1998 | Played a cargo pilot opposite Anne Heche in the romantic comedy "Six Days, Seven Nights" |
1997 | Portrayed the President of the United States in Wolfgang Petersen's "Air Force One" |
1997 | Starred as a NYC detective opposite Brad Pitt's Irish terrorist in "The Devil's Own" |
1995 | Played role originated by Humphrey Bogart in Sydney Pollack's ill-advised remake of "Sabrina" |
1994 | Reprised role of Jack Ryan in "Clear and Present Danger" |
1993 | Cast as Dr. Richard Kimble in big screen adaptation of "The Fugitive" |
1992 | Assumed the Jack Ryan Character (replacing Alec Baldwin) in Tom Clancy's "Patriot Games" |
1991 | Played a ruthless litigator transformed by a brain injury in Mike Nichols' "Regarding Henry" |
1990 | Played an adulterous husband with a terrible secret in Alan J Pakula's "Presumed Innocent" |
1989 | Donned the fedora again for "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" |
1988 | Did rare comic turn opposite Melanie Griffith in Mike Nichols' "Working Girl" |
1986 | Teamed with Weir again for "The Mosquito Coast" |
1985 | Earned a Best Actor Academy Award nomination as a detective in Peter Weir's "Witness" |
1984 | Reprised role of Indy for "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" |
1983 | Returned to the role of Han Solo for "Return of the Jedi" |
1982 | Portrayed android bounty hunter in Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" |
1981 | First feature starring role, playing the swashbuckling archaeologist, Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"; executive produced by Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg |
1980 | Reprised the role of Han Solo for "The Empire Strikes Back" |
1977 | Breakthrough role, playing Han Solo in George Lucas' "Star Wars" |
1973 | First major success, George Lucas' "American Graffiti" |
1970 | TV-movie debut, "The Intruders" (NBC) |
1968 | Gave up acting and worked as a carpenter; built Sergio Mendes' $100,000 recording studio; also built elaborate entrance for Francis Ford Coppola's offices at Goldwyn Studios |
1968 | Moved over to Universal from Columbia; featured in film "Journey to Shiloh" |
1966 | Film acting debut, a one-line appearance as a bellboy in "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round" |
1964 | Signed a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures at $150 per week |
1964 | Moved to Laguna Beach, California and appeared in a local production of "John Brown's Body" |
1963 | Professional debut in a variety of musicals and dramas in summer stock in Williams Bay, Wisconsin |
| Grew up in Park Ridge and Morton Grove, Illinois |
