Born to Dorothy Ford, a homemaker, and former radio actress, and Christopher Ford was an advertising executive and a former actor, Harrison Ford is an American actor and producer. He attended a drama class in his senior year at college to overcome his shyness. In 1964, Ford traveled to Los Angeles to apply for the job of a radio voice-over. He ended up staying in California and eventually signed a $150 a week contract with Columbia Pictures` New Talent program, playing small roles in films. His first known appearance was a minor role as a bellhop in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966). He gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the Star Wars film series and as the title character of Indiana Jones movie series.

He was a struggling actor who taught himself carpentry to make ends meet. While building a doorway in a studio one day, Ford was spotted by George Lucas who was casting for his sci-fi adventure movie Star Wars. This became one of the most successful films of all time and Ford`s role as the rash yet lovable rogue smuggler, Han Solo, set him on the path to super-stardom.

Harrison Ford has starred in some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters and has been acting for more than 40 years. He played Indiana Jones in Steven Spielberg`s Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which produced several sequels, including Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). The Star Wars sequels: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), saw him reprise his role as the lovable Han Solo. Harrison received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his work in Witness (1985), a crime drama. He returned to action with Patriot Games (1992) and then the huge hit The Fugitive, in 1993. American Graffiti (1973), Apocalypse Now (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Working Girl (1988), The Fugitive (1993), Six Days and Seven Nights (1998), What Lies Beneath (2000), Cowboys And Aliens (2011), 42 (2013) and Enders Game (2013) are considered among his best performances. Later, he appeared in Expendables 3 (2014), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and The Call Of The Wild (2020).