Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford’s secret may well be that he’s always played himself a bit. His most important creations –Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard and Jack Ryan– have the common point of being unintentionally heroic. The key to success is that in them he commands the character and not what he does; all his adventures come back to him and that is why his exploits are so human, so fallible. That makes it tremendously attractive. Well, that and certain types of gestures as his as the peculiar and exaggerated puckering of the lips when his patience runs out, or the sardonic lopsided smile that he exhibits in the scenes where he is caught red-handed .

Born in Chicago on July 13, 1942, to an Irish father and a Russian mother, Harrison Ford’s childhood was lonely and thoughtful, and in his youth he enrolled in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. However, already at that stage he was part of theater groups and in the mid-60s he decided to travel to California to become an actor. His beginnings were not very rosy – series like The Virginian (Series) or his film debut in Thief and Lover (1966) –, so he tried to earn a living as a carpenter. Apparently, while doing some cabinet work at Glenn Ford ‘s house one day, an unknown man named George Lucas showed up.. They became friends, and in 1973, Lucas offered Harrison Ford a role in the wacky, summeryAmerican Graffiti . She later worked for Coppola inThe conversation (1974) and continued making television series. Then the role of his life came to him.

WithStar Wars (1977) Harrison Ford became the quintessential hero of the American people, the guy all men wanted to be like. the last straw wasRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Enrollments in the archeology career were all the rage among adolescents. Everyone imitated him. With the completion of the Star Wars and Indie Jones trilogies,there was no longer any doubt that a new charisma had been born, someone who was going to make history.

In 1982 he starred, with a role à la Bogart, in the mythicalBlade Runner , soon turned into a cult film. Then Harrison Ford cast assorted police roles –Only witness (1985)–, of a guy in serious trouble – Frantic (1988),The fugitive (1993)– or as a CIA agent:Patriot Game (1992) andImminent Danger (1994). But with the passage of time, Harrison Ford has also been forging a celebrated image of a leading man in notable comedies:Women’s Guns (1988),Sabrina (and her loves) (1995),Six days and seven nights (1998). In 2000 she starred in an atypical role inWhat the truth hides and then re-emerged as a man of action in the recentK-19: The Widowmaker . At sixty years old, he is still walking his wrinkles without complexes and it seems that he will have sane for a while. He is currently shooting Hollywood: Homicide .