I don't really recall the cast from the Seinfield supporting doing much before that show. The only one at all I can recall doing anything before was Kramer. He was on this late night short lived comedy show called Fridays. I don't ever recall the George Catanza or Helen actors doing anythng before that show.
Harrison Ford making movies and some TV in his early years for over 40 years.
A young Harrison Ford was also in Apocalypse Now.
Harrison Ford Filmography:
Year Film Role Notes
1966 Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round Bellhop uncredited
1967 Luv Hippy uncredited
A Time for Killing Lt. Shaffer
The Virginian Cullen Tindall/Young Rancher TV series
Ironside Tom Stowe TV series
1968 Journey to Shiloh Willie Bill Bearden
The Mod Squad Beach Patrol Cop TV series — uncredited
1969 My Friend Tony TV series
The F.B.I. Glen Reverson/Everett Giles TV series
Love, American Style Roger Crane segment "Love and the Former Marriage"
1970 Zabriskie Point Airport Worker uncredited
Getting Straight Jake
The Intruders Carl TV
1971 Dan August Hewett TV series
1972–1973 Gunsmoke Print/Hobey TV series
1973 American Graffiti Bob Falfa
1974 Kung Fu Harrison TV series
The Conversation Martin Stett
Petrocelli Tom Brannigan TV series
1975 Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley Frank Crowder TV
1976 Dynasty Mark Blackwood TV
1977 The Possessed Paul Winjam TV
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Han Solo
Heroes Ken Boyd
1978 Force 10 from Navarone Lieutenant Colonel Mike Barnsby
The Star Wars Holiday Special Han Solo TV
1979 Apocalypse Now Colonel Lucas
Hanover Street David Halloran
The Frisco Kid Tommy Lillard
More American Graffiti Bob Falfa uncredited
1980 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Han Solo
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones
1982 Blade Runner Rick Deckard
1983 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Han Solo
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones
1985 Witness Det. Capt. John Book Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1986 The Mosquito Coast Allie Fox Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1988 Frantic Dr. Richard Walker
Working Girl Jack Trainer
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones
1990 Presumed Innocent Rusty Sabich
1991 Regarding Henry Henry Turner
1992 Patriot Games Jack Ryan
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Indiana Jones — age 50 TV series
The Fugitive Dr. Richard David Kimble Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Ford as a Bladerunner (kind of a futuristic bounty hunter) named Rick Deckard from the cult favorite futureistic Sci Fi flick Bladerunner.
1994 Clear and Present Danger Jack Ryan
1995 Sabrina Linus Larabee Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1997 The Devil's Own Tom O'Meara
Air Force One President James Marshall
1998 Six Days Seven Nights Quinn Harris
1999 Random Hearts Sergeant William 'Dutch' Van Den Broeck
2000 What Lies Beneath Dr. Norman Spencer
2002 K-19: The Widowmaker Alexei Vostrikov
2003 Hollywood Homicide Sgt. Joe Gavilan
2004 Water to Wine Jethro the Bus Driver
2006 Firewall Jack Stanfield
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Indiana Jones
Dalai Lama Renaissance Narrator Theatrical documentary
2009 Crossing Over Max Brogan
Brüno Himself Uncredited cameo
2010 Extraordinary Measures Dr. Robert Stonehill
Morning Glory Mike Pomeroy
Ford received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Witness, for which he also received "Best Actor" BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. He received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards and on June 2, 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has received three additional "Best Actor" Golden Globe nominations for The Mosquito Coast, The Fugitive and Sabrina.
In 2006, Ford was awarded the Jules Verne Spirit of Nature Award for his work in nature and wildlife preservation. The ceremony took place at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
He received the first ever Hero Award for his many iconic roles, including Han Solo and Indiana Jones, at the 2007 Scream Awards, and in 2008, the Spike TV's Guy's Choice Award for Brass Balls.
Harrison Ford received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2000.
I have no problem with people who are not Harrison Ford fans, that is their perrogative but to say he didn't pay his dues is IMHO inaccurate.
Oustanding or very popular roles in bold typeface. Sleeper role many over look: Rick Dekard principle actor in Blade Runner.
Ford received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Witness, for which he also received "Best Actor" BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. He received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards and on June 2, 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has received three additional "Best Actor" Golden Globe nominations for The Mosquito Coast, The Fugitive and Sabrina.
In 2006, Ford was awarded the Jules Verne Spirit of Nature Award for his work in nature and wildlife preservation. The ceremony took place at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
Thanks to his unprecedented popularity in Star Wars and the Indiana Jones Franchise Ford has a new worth today of $300M.
IMDB Awards Page.
A young Harrison Ford was also in Apocalypse Now.
Harrison Ford Filmography:
Year Film Role Notes
1966 Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round Bellhop uncredited
1967 Luv Hippy uncredited
A Time for Killing Lt. Shaffer
The Virginian Cullen Tindall/Young Rancher TV series
Ironside Tom Stowe TV series
1968 Journey to Shiloh Willie Bill Bearden
The Mod Squad Beach Patrol Cop TV series — uncredited
1969 My Friend Tony TV series
The F.B.I. Glen Reverson/Everett Giles TV series
Love, American Style Roger Crane segment "Love and the Former Marriage"
1970 Zabriskie Point Airport Worker uncredited
Getting Straight Jake
The Intruders Carl TV
1971 Dan August Hewett TV series
1972–1973 Gunsmoke Print/Hobey TV series
1973 American Graffiti Bob Falfa
1974 Kung Fu Harrison TV series
The Conversation Martin Stett
Petrocelli Tom Brannigan TV series
1975 Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley Frank Crowder TV
1976 Dynasty Mark Blackwood TV
1977 The Possessed Paul Winjam TV
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Han Solo
Heroes Ken Boyd
1978 Force 10 from Navarone Lieutenant Colonel Mike Barnsby
The Star Wars Holiday Special Han Solo TV
1979 Apocalypse Now Colonel Lucas
Hanover Street David Halloran
The Frisco Kid Tommy Lillard
More American Graffiti Bob Falfa uncredited
1980 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Han Solo
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones
1982 Blade Runner Rick Deckard
1983 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Han Solo
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones
1985 Witness Det. Capt. John Book Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1986 The Mosquito Coast Allie Fox Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1988 Frantic Dr. Richard Walker
Working Girl Jack Trainer
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones
1990 Presumed Innocent Rusty Sabich
1991 Regarding Henry Henry Turner
1992 Patriot Games Jack Ryan
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Indiana Jones — age 50 TV series
The Fugitive Dr. Richard David Kimble Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Ford as a Bladerunner (kind of a futuristic bounty hunter) named Rick Deckard from the cult favorite futureistic Sci Fi flick Bladerunner.
1994 Clear and Present Danger Jack Ryan
1995 Sabrina Linus Larabee Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1997 The Devil's Own Tom O'Meara
Air Force One President James Marshall
1998 Six Days Seven Nights Quinn Harris
1999 Random Hearts Sergeant William 'Dutch' Van Den Broeck
2000 What Lies Beneath Dr. Norman Spencer
2002 K-19: The Widowmaker Alexei Vostrikov
2003 Hollywood Homicide Sgt. Joe Gavilan
2004 Water to Wine Jethro the Bus Driver
2006 Firewall Jack Stanfield
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Indiana Jones
Dalai Lama Renaissance Narrator Theatrical documentary
2009 Crossing Over Max Brogan
Brüno Himself Uncredited cameo
2010 Extraordinary Measures Dr. Robert Stonehill
Morning Glory Mike Pomeroy
Ford received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Witness, for which he also received "Best Actor" BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. He received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards and on June 2, 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has received three additional "Best Actor" Golden Globe nominations for The Mosquito Coast, The Fugitive and Sabrina.
In 2006, Ford was awarded the Jules Verne Spirit of Nature Award for his work in nature and wildlife preservation. The ceremony took place at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
He received the first ever Hero Award for his many iconic roles, including Han Solo and Indiana Jones, at the 2007 Scream Awards, and in 2008, the Spike TV's Guy's Choice Award for Brass Balls.
Harrison Ford received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2000.
I have no problem with people who are not Harrison Ford fans, that is their perrogative but to say he didn't pay his dues is IMHO inaccurate.
Oustanding or very popular roles in bold typeface. Sleeper role many over look: Rick Dekard principle actor in Blade Runner.
Ford received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Witness, for which he also received "Best Actor" BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. He received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards and on June 2, 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has received three additional "Best Actor" Golden Globe nominations for The Mosquito Coast, The Fugitive and Sabrina.
In 2006, Ford was awarded the Jules Verne Spirit of Nature Award for his work in nature and wildlife preservation. The ceremony took place at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
Thanks to his unprecedented popularity in Star Wars and the Indiana Jones Franchise Ford has a new worth today of $300M.
IMDB Awards Page.
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ok it was him however i thought his first acting was star wars..
Ford's work as a carpenter would land him his biggest role to date. In 1975, George Lucas hired him to read lines for actors being cast for parts in his upcoming space opera, Star Wars (1977). However, Lucas was eventually won over by Ford's portrayal and decided to cast him as Han Solo. Star Wars became the highest-grossing film in history and established Harrison Ford as a superstar.
and this....
Not happy with the roles being offered to him, Ford became a self-taught professional carpenter to support his then-wife and two small sons. While working as a carpenter, he became a stagehand for the popular rock band The Doors.
Ford's work as a carpenter would land him his biggest role to date. In 1975, George Lucas hired him to read lines for actors being cast for parts in his upcoming space opera, Star Wars (1977). However, Lucas was eventually won over by Ford's portrayal and decided to cast him as Han Solo. Star Wars became the highest-grossing film in history and established Harrison Ford as a superstar.
and this....
Not happy with the roles being offered to him, Ford became a self-taught professional carpenter to support his then-wife and two small sons. While working as a carpenter, he became a stagehand for the popular rock band The Doors.
Buster you are correct Ford was working as a carpenter for George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola.
Harrison Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. He is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. His four-decade career also includes roles in several other Hollywood blockbusters, including Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Air Force One, and What Lies Beneath.
At one point, four of the top five box-office hits of all time included one of his roles. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
In 1997, Ford was ranked # 1 in Empire's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. As of July 2008, the United States domestic box office grosses of Ford's films total almost $3.4 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $6 billion, making Ford the third highest grossing U.S. domestic box-office star of all time.
Early in his career Ford gave up acting but he returned to acting when George Lucas, who had hired him to build cabinets in his home, cast him in a pivotal supporting role for his film American Graffiti (1973). His relationship with Lucas was to have a profound effect on Ford's career. After director Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather was a success, he hired Ford to do expansions of his office and Harrison was given a small role in his next two films, The Conversation (1974) and Apocalypse Now (1979).
Star Wars
Ford's work as a carpenter would land him his biggest role to date. In 1975, George Lucas hired him to read lines for actors being cast for parts in his upcoming space opera, Star Wars (1977). However, Lucas was eventually won over by Ford's portrayal and decided to cast him as Han Solo. Star Wars became the highest-grossing film in history and established Harrison Ford as a superstar. He went on to star in the successful Star Wars sequels, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), as well as The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978). Ford wanted Lucas to write in the death of the iconic Han Solo at the end of either sequel, saying "that would have given the whole film a bottom", but Lucas refused.
Indiana Jones
The type of fedora worn by Ford in the Indiana Jones films.
Ford's stardom as a leading man was solidified when he starred as Indiana Jones in the Lucas/Spielberg collaboration Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He reprised the role for the prequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and the sequel Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), which turned Ford himself into a blockbuster phenomenon. He later returned to his role as Indiana Jones again for a 1993 episode of the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and for the fourth film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
Ford has been in numerous other films including Heroes (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), and Hanover Street (1979). Ford also co-starred alongside Gene Wilder in the buddy-Western The Frisco Kid (1979), playing a bank robber with a heart of gold.
He then starred as Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's cult sci-fi classic Blade Runner (1982), and in a number of dramatic-action films: Peter Weir's Witness (1985) and The Mosquito Coast (1986), and Roman Polanski's Frantic (1988).
The 1990s brought Ford the role of Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy's Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), as well as leading roles in Alan Pakula's Presumed Innocent (1990) and The Devil's Own (1997), Andrew Davis's The Fugitive (1993), Sydney Pollack's remake of Sabrina (1995), and Wolfgang Petersen's Air Force One (1997). Ford has also played straight dramatic roles, including an adulterous husband with a terrible secret in both Presumed Innocent (1990) and What Lies Beneath (2000), and a recovering amnesiac in Mike Nichols' Regarding Henry (1991).
Many of Ford's major film roles came to him by default through unusual circumstances: he won the role of Han Solo while reading lines for other actors, was cast as Indiana Jones because Tom Selleck was not available, and took the role of Jack Ryan due to Alec Baldwin's fee demands (Baldwin had previously played the role in The Hunt for Red October).
Ford sits on the board of directors of Conservation International. He was awarded the Jules Verne Spirit of Nature Award for his ongoing work in preservation of the planet.
In 1993, the arachnologist Norman Platnick named a new species of spider Calponia harrisonfordi, and in 2002, the entomologist Edward O. Wilson named a new ant species Pheidole harrisonfordi (in recognition of Harrison's work as Vice Chairman of Conservation International).
Since 1992, Ford has lent his voice to a series of public service messages promoting environmental involvement for EarthShare, an American federation of environmental and conservation charities. He shy's away from taking credit for his many uncompensated efforts to promote environmental awareness of the need for The US to take the lead in saving the Earth from loss of habitat critical to the survival to the planets endangered wildlife.
wil.
Harrison Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. He is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. His four-decade career also includes roles in several other Hollywood blockbusters, including Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Air Force One, and What Lies Beneath.
At one point, four of the top five box-office hits of all time included one of his roles. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
In 1997, Ford was ranked # 1 in Empire's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. As of July 2008, the United States domestic box office grosses of Ford's films total almost $3.4 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $6 billion, making Ford the third highest grossing U.S. domestic box-office star of all time.
Early in his career Ford gave up acting but he returned to acting when George Lucas, who had hired him to build cabinets in his home, cast him in a pivotal supporting role for his film American Graffiti (1973). His relationship with Lucas was to have a profound effect on Ford's career. After director Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather was a success, he hired Ford to do expansions of his office and Harrison was given a small role in his next two films, The Conversation (1974) and Apocalypse Now (1979).
Star Wars
Ford's work as a carpenter would land him his biggest role to date. In 1975, George Lucas hired him to read lines for actors being cast for parts in his upcoming space opera, Star Wars (1977). However, Lucas was eventually won over by Ford's portrayal and decided to cast him as Han Solo. Star Wars became the highest-grossing film in history and established Harrison Ford as a superstar. He went on to star in the successful Star Wars sequels, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), as well as The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978). Ford wanted Lucas to write in the death of the iconic Han Solo at the end of either sequel, saying "that would have given the whole film a bottom", but Lucas refused.
Indiana Jones
The type of fedora worn by Ford in the Indiana Jones films.
Ford's stardom as a leading man was solidified when he starred as Indiana Jones in the Lucas/Spielberg collaboration Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He reprised the role for the prequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and the sequel Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), which turned Ford himself into a blockbuster phenomenon. He later returned to his role as Indiana Jones again for a 1993 episode of the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and for the fourth film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
Ford has been in numerous other films including Heroes (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), and Hanover Street (1979). Ford also co-starred alongside Gene Wilder in the buddy-Western The Frisco Kid (1979), playing a bank robber with a heart of gold.
He then starred as Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's cult sci-fi classic Blade Runner (1982), and in a number of dramatic-action films: Peter Weir's Witness (1985) and The Mosquito Coast (1986), and Roman Polanski's Frantic (1988).
The 1990s brought Ford the role of Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy's Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), as well as leading roles in Alan Pakula's Presumed Innocent (1990) and The Devil's Own (1997), Andrew Davis's The Fugitive (1993), Sydney Pollack's remake of Sabrina (1995), and Wolfgang Petersen's Air Force One (1997). Ford has also played straight dramatic roles, including an adulterous husband with a terrible secret in both Presumed Innocent (1990) and What Lies Beneath (2000), and a recovering amnesiac in Mike Nichols' Regarding Henry (1991).
Many of Ford's major film roles came to him by default through unusual circumstances: he won the role of Han Solo while reading lines for other actors, was cast as Indiana Jones because Tom Selleck was not available, and took the role of Jack Ryan due to Alec Baldwin's fee demands (Baldwin had previously played the role in The Hunt for Red October).
Ford sits on the board of directors of Conservation International. He was awarded the Jules Verne Spirit of Nature Award for his ongoing work in preservation of the planet.
In 1993, the arachnologist Norman Platnick named a new species of spider Calponia harrisonfordi, and in 2002, the entomologist Edward O. Wilson named a new ant species Pheidole harrisonfordi (in recognition of Harrison's work as Vice Chairman of Conservation International).
Since 1992, Ford has lent his voice to a series of public service messages promoting environmental involvement for EarthShare, an American federation of environmental and conservation charities. He shy's away from taking credit for his many uncompensated efforts to promote environmental awareness of the need for The US to take the lead in saving the Earth from loss of habitat critical to the survival to the planets endangered wildlife.
wil.
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