Harrison Ford

His goal was to prevent China from gaining Most Favored Nation because of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Soon afterwards, the media reported that another of his co-stars, Gouthami, living in his house. Senate subcommittee on behalf of the people of Tibet. They have two teenage daughters and their marriage lasted until 2002, when media attention to his relationship with the young actress Simran resulted in their separation. He dislikes public speaking but once appeared before a U.S. Kamal then married Sarika. He sits on the Board of Directors of Conservation International. He married Vani Ganapathy, another actress, but they divorced almost immediately when Sarika, his co-star in the movie Tic, Tic, Tic claimed that she was pregnant with his child.

Ford also gives of his time and money for environmental causes. In his early years, he was much spoken about for his relationship with Sri Devi, a famous actress of that time. He is the current Chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagle program, taking over after Chuck Yeager retired. Like many actors, his personal life has been the subject of media gossip. In one instance, he rescued a hiker overcome by dehydration. He was the first Indian actor to promise that he won't act in smoking scenes in movies. On several occasions he has personally provided emergency helicopter services at the behest of local authorities. Along with his daughter, Kamal has donated his eyes and also offered his body for research after his death, the first Indian celebrity to do so.

Ford is a private pilot of both planes and helicopters, and owns an 800 acre (3.2 km²) ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Though born to an affluent Iyengar family, he denied his caste identity. He is engaged to actress Calista Flockhart. Kamal is the first actor to turn his fan club into a service organization. He married again, to Melissa Mathison, in 1983, divorcing in 2003, and had with her another two children, a son, Malcom, and a daughter, Georgia. Some of his movies, especially Anbe Sivam (Love alone is god), have put forward his atheistic views. He married Mary Marquadt in 1964 and divorced in, 1979, and had two children with her, Benjamin and Willard. He is a self-professed rationalist, atheist, activist, and a follower of Periyar.

Ford has been married twice. His unfinished projects include Maruda Naayagam. The modern-day Harrison Ford received a star on Hollywood Boulevard on June 2, 2003. Both "Virumandi" and "Vasool Raja" were successes. The first Ford has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of famed eatery Musso & Frank. Kamal Hassan renamed his recent venture Sandiyar to Virumandi owing to a protest from a community in Tamil Nadu. He then gave a stunning performance in "Vasool Raja M.B.B.S", a remake of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's "Munnabhai M.B.B.S". He was credited as such to avoid confusion with another actor named Harrison Ford, a silent-film actor who died in 1957. He wrote screenplays for several of his films and ventured into film direction with Hey Ram, a film depicting the conflict between revolutionaries and proponents of non-violence during the Indian independence movement.

Ford does not have a middle name. He has also involved himself in film production. Ford" for a small role in a 1967 Western A Time for Killing, but the "J" didn't stand for anything. Seven of his movies have been sent as India's official entry to the Oscars, more than any other person. Ford was credited as "Harrison J. He has also received the best actor award at the Asian Film festivals held in 1983 and 1985 for Saagara Sangamam and Swathi Muthyam, respectively. Ford assisted musician Jimmy Buffett by recording whip cracks (a skill learned for Raiders of the Lost Ark) used in the song "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana).". He is a three time winner of the Indian National award for best actor, for the films Nayakan, Moonram Pirai, and Indian.

However, in 2000, he received the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. He has played a wide range of characters including a ventriloquist, an under-world don, a freedom-fighter, a classical dancer, a blind violinist, a dwarf clown, and a mentally challenged man. Despite being arguably the most successful actor of his generation, he has received only one Oscar nomination, for Best Actor for Witness. Besides Tamil, he has also performed in movies in the Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada languages. His reported salary for the 2002 movie K-19: The Widowmaker was over $25,000,000. Balachander's Telugu hit Maro Charithra. The Guinness Book of Records (2001) listed Ford as the richest actor alive. However, he got his break with K.

He has also starred in Blade Runner, Witness, The Fugitive (1993), and the remake of Sabrina, among others. 16 Vayathinile, in which he co-acted with Rajinikanth, established him as a popular actor. He starred as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark and two further movies, and as Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy's Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. He made his screen debut with the Tamil movie Kalathur Kannamma at the age of 5. Ford went on to star as Han Solo in the first three Star Wars films. Kamal Haasan (born November 7, 1954) is an Indian movie star working mainly in the Tamil film industry. Not happy with the acting jobs being offered to him, Ford became a self-taught professional carpenter to better support his wife and two small sons before his break through role in American Graffiti.

He then went to Universal Studios and did minor television roles. Ford (and his new wife) moved to Los Angeles, California, and he contracted with Columbia Pictures for $150 a week in the studio's New Talent program where he had bit parts in three films. He married his college sweetheart, Mary Marquardt, in 1964. Ford, a self-described "late bloomer," became fascinated with acting.

He attended Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he took a drama class in his junior year. He graduated from Maine Township High School in Park Ridge, Illinois in 1960 where he reportedly was picked on by bullies and ignored by girls. His mother, Dorothy Ford was a Russian Jew, while his father, Christopher Ford, was Irish and Roman Catholic (and a former actor). Ford was born in Chicago, Illinois.

In most of his roles, Ford plays a tough, wise-cracking action hero, and is especially well known for his repeated performances of the characters of Han Solo of the Star Wars films, and Indiana Jones of Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels. Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor who between 1977 and 1983 appeared in what were then four of the top ten highest-grossing movies ever. American Graffiti (1973) - $500/week. Presumed Innocent (1990) - $12,500,000.

Devil's Own, The (1997) - $20,000,000. Air Force One (1997) - $22,000,000. Six Days Seven Nights (1998) - $20,000,000. Random Hearts (1999) - $20,000,000.

What Lies Beneath (2000) - $20,000,000. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) - $25,000,000 + 20% of the Gross. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966). A Time for Killing (1967).

Luv (1967) (uncredited). Journey to Shiloh (1968). The Intruders (1970) (TV). Zabriskie Point (1970).

Getting Straight (1970). The Intruders (1970) (TV). American Graffiti (1973). The Conversation (1974).

Judgement: The Court Martial of Lt William Calley (1975) (TV). Dynasty (1976) (TV). Heroes (1977). The Possessed (1977) (TV).

Star Wars (1977). Force 10 from Navarone (1978). The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV). More American Graffiti (1979).

The Frisco Kid (1979). Apocalypse Now (1979). Hanover Street (1979). The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Blade Runner (1982). Return of the Jedi (1983). Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

Witness (1985). The Mosquito Coast (1986). Working Girl (1988). Frantic (1988).

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Presumed Innocent (1990). Regarding Henry (1991). L'Envers du décor: Portrait de Pierre Guffroy (1992).

Patriot Games (1992). Earth and the American Dream (1992). Commercial Entertainment Product (1992). The Fugitive (1993).

Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom (1994) (TV). A Century of Cinema (1994). Clear and Present Danger (1994). Jimmy Hollywood (1994).

Les Cent et une nuits (1995). Sabrina (1995). The Devil's Own (1997). Air Force One (1997).

Six Days Seven Nights (1998). Random Hearts (1999). What Lies Beneath (2000). K-19: The Widowmaker (2002).

Hollywood Homicide (2003). Indiana Jones 4 (2006) (in pre-production).