Personal details
- Birth Date: 1950-11-28
- Height: 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Birth Location: Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
- Children: (1 child) Lily Harris
- Parents: Margaret Harris
- Professions: Actor, Producer, Director
Man, Ed Harris is just one of those actors who never seems to miss. The guy practically disappears into every role, making you forget you’re watching Ed Harris at all. Born in Tenafly, New Jersey, to a travel agent mom and a dad who sold books and belted out tunes for a living—both Oklahoma natives, by the way—he totally had that middle-child energy growing up. Dude was a football player at Columbia University, but that didn’t last long. After catching some theater shows, he got bit by the acting bug, ditched Columbia, and made his way back to Oklahoma, where his folks had ended up. He jumped into the University of Oklahoma’s theater scene and never looked back. Once he snagged his degree, Ed packed up for LA, ready to grind it out. He hustled in theater and scored random TV gigs until he landed his first leading part in George Romero’s Knightriders in ‘81—definitely not your average debut. Just a couple years later, Hollywood started to sit up and notice when he played John Glenn in The Right Stuff. That same year, he hit the New York stage in Sam Shepard’s “Fool for Love” and walked away with an Obie for Outstanding Actor. After that, his career basically hit the gas. By 2000, Ed was not just acting, but directing too, kicking things off with Pollock, which ended up snagging an Oscar. Pretty wild journey, right? The man’s just relentless.
referencennHere’s something you might not know—Ed Harris, the guy with that intense stare and voice that could cut through steel, didn’t become a dad until he was 42. Wild, right? He and Amy Madigan, who’s also an actress and honestly just as cool as he is, welcomed their daughter Lily Dolores Harris on May 3, 1993. That’s pretty late in the game for Hollywood standards, where people usually have kids in their twenties or thirties, if they even bother at all. Harris, always the committed type—whether he's playing a tough-as-nails astronaut or a haunted sheriff—waited until he was damn good and ready. Maybe he was too busy making iconic movies, or maybe he just wanted to do it on his own terms. Either way, Lily’s got two seriously talented parents, and Harris was more than ready to dive into fatherhood, even if it meant losing a little sleep at age 42.
You ever look at Pollock’s stuff and think, “He just tossed paint around, right?” Nah, man, that’s not it at all. The dude was all about intention—every single wild-looking streak and chaotic drop, he meant it. There’s this whole philosophy he had: no happy accidents. He didn’t just let paint fall where it may and call it art. He’d control those pours, those splashes, those wild shakes of the wrist. It’s almost like he was dancing with the canvas, but every move was planned, every mess was on purpose. People might assume it was random, but honestly, you can’t nail that look unless you’re ridiculously deliberate. So, while it might seem like chaos, there’s a method to the madness—one hundred percent. Pollock just lived in that space between control and freedom, and somehow, he made art out of it. Wild, right?
November 28, 1950
5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
Yes, Lily Harris
Margaret Harris and Surekha
74 years old