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Harrison Ford

Arguably the most bankable movie star ever, Harrison Ford came into his success relatively late in life. After discovering drama in college, he did a season of summer stock in Williams Bay, Wisconsin before heading out to Hollywood in 1964. After a series of minor roles, Ford was working as a self-taught carpenter when he got the chance to audition for the low-budget, coming-of-age movie, “American Graffiti.” Ford was still making his living as a carpenter in 1977, when he landed his first major role, as the renegade starship captain Han Solo in George Lucas’ intergalactic adventure movie, “Star Wars.” The film became the largest box-office smash in history up until that time. By the time its sequel, “The Empire Strikes Back,” was released in 1980, Ford had expanded his acting range in several other films, including a smaller role in “Apocalypse Now.” “Return of the Jedi” completed the trilogy of wildly successful “Star Wars” films in 1983. In 1981, Ford starred in a Lucas/Steven Spielberg collaboration—“Raiders of the Lost Ark.” The film, starring Ford as Professor Indiana Jones, transformed the actor into an international sex symbol. It grossed over $231 million and spawned two sequels, 1984’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and 1989’s “Indiana Jones and the Last... Next

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