American actor Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942. He is currently the seventh-highest-grossing actor in North America thanks to his films, which have earned over $5.4 billion in North America and over $9.3 billion globally.

Numerous honours have been bestowed upon him, including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2000, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2002, and an Honorary César in 2010.

He has also had nominations for an Academy Award and four Golden Globe Awards.  He is considered an American cultural figure and has starred in films of various genres.

What ethnicity is Harrison Ford?

His father was a Catholic of German and Irish descent, while their mother was an Ashkenazi Jew whose parents were emigrants from Minsk, Belarus, then in the Russian Empire.

Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942, at the Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, to advertising executive and former actor John William “Christopher” Ford and former radio actress Dorothy (née Nidelman). Terence, his younger brother, was born in 1945. Their mother was an Ashkenazi Jew whose parents immigrated from Minsk, Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire, and their father was a Catholic of German and Irish ancestry.

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