# Harrison Ford filmography
The Harrison Ford filmography is the record of screen appearances by the American actor [Harrison Ford](https://www.edgepedia.org/harrison-ford) (born 1942), whose credited film career runs from a small part in *Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round* (1966) to leading roles in the *Star Wars*, *Indiana Jones*, *Blade Runner*, Jack Ryan, and Marvel franchises. The American Film Institute Catalog lists 64 titles in his cast filmography, and other databases count well over a hundred credits including documentaries, voice work, and archival appearances.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) • [2](https://cinegraph.org/people/harrison-ford/legacy)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First film role | Uncredited bellboy in *Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round* (1966)[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) |
| Breakthrough | Bob Falfa in *American Graffiti* (1973), his first major break with George Lucas[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) • [3](https://www.knowitalljoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Return-of-the-Jedi-Press-Kit2.pdf) |
| Signature roles | Han Solo (1977, 1980, 1983, 2015, 2019) and Indiana Jones (1981, 1984, 1989, 2008, 2023)[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) • [4](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/) |
| Oscar nomination | Best Actor nomination for *Witness* (1985), his only Academy Award nomination[4](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/) • [5](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/best-harrison-ford-movies-ranked) |
| Box office | His movies have earned more than $2 billion in the United States alone[6](https://www.afi.com/laa/harrison-ford/) |
| Major honors | AFI Life Achievement Award (2000), Cecil B. DeMille Award (2002), Critics Choice Career Achievement Award (2024), SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award (2026)[6](https://www.afi.com/laa/harrison-ford/) • [7](https://apnews.com/article/3d8b13eabc10b59d7ea6e2db25ceff2d) |
| Recent franchise work | President Thaddeus Ross in *Captain America: Brave New World* and *Thunderbolts\** (both 2025)[8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/harrison_ford) |
## Early career, 1966 to 1974
Ford's first screen appearances were small parts. The AFI Catalog credits him as a bellboy in *Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round* (1966), a driver in *Luv* (1967), and Willie Bill Bearden in *Journey to Shiloh* (1968), followed by uncredited or minor work in *Zabriskie Point* and *Getting Straight* (both 1970).[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) During this period he supported himself largely through carpentry, and he has described struggling for about 15 years, going from acting job to carpentry and back.[9](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-movies/harrison-ford-thanks-star-wars-creator-george-lucas-for-giving-him-a-part-in-a-wildly-successful-film-during-emotional-sag-awards-speech/)
**Two Lucas and Coppola films changed his trajectory.** Ford played the hotshot racer Bob Falfa in [George Lucas](https://www.edgepedia.org/george-lucas)'s *American Graffiti* (1973), one of his few villainous roles and, by one retrospective account, his breakout toward a six-decade career.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) • [5](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/best-harrison-ford-movies-ranked) He then played Martin Stet in [Francis Ford Coppola](https://www.edgepedia.org/francis-ford-coppola)'s *The Conversation* (1974). It was while doing carpentry work for Coppola that the director suggested to George Lucas that Ford run lines with actors auditioning for Lucas's new space-set epic.[4](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/)
## Han Solo and Indiana Jones, 1977 to 1989
*Star Wars* (1977) made Ford a global star as the smuggler [Han Solo](https://www.edgepedia.org/han-solo), a role he reprised in *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980) and *Return of the Jedi* (1983).[7](https://apnews.com/article/3d8b13eabc10b59d7ea6e2db25ceff2d) • [1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) The same years produced a dense run of other credits: *Heroes* (1977), *Force 10 from Navarone* (1978), *The Frisco Kid*, *Hanover Street*, *Apocalypse Now* (as a colonel), and *More American Graffiti* (all 1979).[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059)
In 1981 Ford originated the role of [Indiana Jones](https://www.edgepedia.org/indiana-jones), the whip-carrying archaeologist of *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, a collaboration between Lucas and director [Steven Spielberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-spielberg) that, in Lucasfilm's own description, redefined adventure cinema and launched Ford to legendary status.[10](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/raiders-of-the-lost-ark/) He returned for *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984) and *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989), the last of these pairing him with [Sean Connery](https://www.edgepedia.org/sean-connery) as Indy's father and remaining the character's screen adventure for nearly two decades.[11](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/)
Between and around the franchise films he took dramatic and science-fiction parts: [Rick Deckard](https://www.edgepedia.org/rick-deckard) in *Blade Runner* (1982), John Book in *Witness* (1985), Allie Fox in *The Mosquito Coast* (1986), and Dr. Richard Walker in *Frantic* (1988).[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) *Witness*, [Peter Weir](https://www.edgepedia.org/peter-weir)'s thriller about a Philadelphia detective hiding within an Amish community, brought Ford his Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.[4](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/) • [5](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/best-harrison-ford-movies-ranked)
## The 1990s: Jack Ryan and action-lead years
The decade opened with *Presumed Innocent* (1990), in which Ford played prosecutor Rusty Sabich, and *Regarding Henry* (1991).[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) He then took over the role of CIA analyst Jack Ryan in *Patriot Games* (1992) and *Clear and Present Danger* (1994).[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) *The Fugitive* (1993), with Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble, became one of his defining action roles.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) • [4](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/)
Other 1990s credits include *Sabrina* (1995, as Linus Larrabee), *The Devil's Own* (1997), *Air Force One* (1997, as President James Marshall), *Six Days, Seven Nights* (1998), and *Random Hearts* (1999).[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) His presidential turn in *Air Force One* is frequently cited among convincing film portrayals of a U.S. president.[5](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/best-harrison-ford-movies-ranked) In 1997, *Empire* magazine ranked him number one on its "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.[12](https://walkoffame.com/harrison-ford/)
## 2000 to 2014
Ford opened the new century with the thriller *What Lies Beneath* (2000) and the submarine drama *K-19: The Widowmaker* (2002), followed by *Hollywood Homicide* (2003) and *Firewall* (2006).[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) He returned to Indiana Jones after nineteen years in *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008).[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059)
The early 2010s mixed genres: *Crossing Over* (2009), *Morning Glory* and *Extraordinary Measures* (2010, the latter also crediting him as executive producer), *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011), and a 2013 cluster of *42* (as [Branch Rickey](https://www.edgepedia.org/branch-rickey)), *Paranoia*, *Ender's Game* (as Colonel Graff), and *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues*.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059) • [8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/harrison_ford) In 2014 he played Drummer in *The Expendables 3* and narrated documentaries including *Dalai Lama Awakening* and *Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project*.[8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/harrison_ford)
## Returning to his signature roles, 2015 to the present
Ford reprised Han Solo for a fourth time in *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015) and, briefly and uncredited, in *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019).[4](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/) • [2](https://cinegraph.org/people/harrison-ford/legacy) He returned as Rick Deckard in *Blade Runner 2049* (2017) and played John Thornton in *The Call of the Wild* (2020).[4](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/) • [8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/harrison_ford) In 2019 he voiced Rooster in *The Secret Life of Pets 2* and narrated *Living in the Age of Airplanes* (2015) and *Armstrong* (2019) earlier in the decade.[8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/harrison_ford)
He wore the fedora a fifth and final time in *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023), a film whose opening flashback used digital de-aging built from scans of [Lucasfilm](https://www.edgepedia.org/lucasfilm) footage of Ford's younger face; the film premiered at Cannes, where a career tribute reel moved Ford visibly.[4](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/) • [13](https://time.com/6281143/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-review/) He then entered the [Marvel Cinematic Universe](https://www.edgepedia.org/marvel-cinematic-universe) as President Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross in *Captain America: Brave New World* and *Thunderbolts\** (both 2025).[8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/harrison_ford) • [14](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harrison-ford/)
## Honors
Ford's career recognitions include the [American Film Institute](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-film-institute)'s Life Achievement Award in 2000, when he became the AFI's 28th recipient, and the [Hollywood Foreign Press Association](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-foreign-press-association)'s Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2002.[6](https://www.afi.com/laa/harrison-ford/) • [4](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/) • [7](https://apnews.com/article/3d8b13eabc10b59d7ea6e2db25ceff2d) More recently he received the Critics Choice Career Achievement Award in 2024 and the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award, presented on March 1 at the 32nd Actor Awards, where he thanked George Lucas and Steven Spielberg from the stage.[7](https://apnews.com/article/3d8b13eabc10b59d7ea6e2db25ceff2d) • [9](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-movies/harrison-ford-thanks-star-wars-creator-george-lucas-for-giving-him-a-part-in-a-wildly-successful-film-during-emotional-sag-awards-speech/) In 2024 he was named a Disney Legend alongside composer [John Williams](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-williams) and puppeteer Frank Oz.[15](https://www.lucasfilm.com/news/disney-legends-2024/)
## References
1. [Harrison Ford, AFI Catalog of Feature Films](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/229059)
2. [Harrison Ford, Cinegraph](https://cinegraph.org/people/harrison-ford/legacy)
3. [Return of the Jedi production information press kit](https://www.knowitalljoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Return-of-the-Jedi-Press-Kit2.pdf)
4. [Harrison Ford, D23 (Walt Disney Legends)](https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/harrison-ford/)
5. [7 best Harrison Ford movies, ranked, Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/best-harrison-ford-movies-ranked)
6. [Harrison Ford, American Film Institute Life Achievement Award](https://www.afi.com/laa/harrison-ford/)
7. [Harrison Ford to receive SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/3d8b13eabc10b59d7ea6e2db25ceff2d)
8. [Harrison Ford Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/harrison_ford)
9. [Harrison Ford thanks George Lucas during SAG awards speech, GamesRadar](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-movies/harrison-ford-thanks-star-wars-creator-george-lucas-for-giving-him-a-part-in-a-wildly-successful-film-during-emotional-sag-awards-speech/)
10. [Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lucasfilm](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/raiders-of-the-lost-ark/)
11. [Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lucasfilm](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/)
12. [Harrison Ford, Hollywood Walk of Fame](https://walkoffame.com/harrison-ford/)
13. [Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny review, Time](https://time.com/6281143/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-review/)
14. [Harrison Ford, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/harrison-ford/)
15. [Harrison Ford, John Williams, and Frank Oz to Be Named Disney Legends, Lucasfilm](https://www.lucasfilm.com/news/disney-legends-2024/)
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