Editing Ed Harris (section)

==Personal life==
Harris married actress [[Amy Madigan]] on November 21, 1983, while they were filming ''[[Places in the Heart]]'' together. They have one daughter, Lily Dolores Harris (b. May 3, 1993).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-ed-harris |title=Biography: Ed Harris |website=[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] |access-date=November 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020329/http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-ed-harris |archive-date=November 17, 2015}}</ref>

On March 21, 1999, during the [[71st Academy Awards]], Harris along with Amy Madigan openly showed disdain for [[Elia Kazan]], who had received an [[Academy Honorary Award]], by staying in their seats and not applauding. This was due to Kazan's testimony before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] in 1952, naming his friends from the [[Group Theatre (New York City)|Group Theatre]] as communists resulting in their being [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted]], for which Kazan had never given an apology.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Patrick |title=Many Refuse to Clap as Kazan Receives Oscar |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-22-mn-19738-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 22, 1999}}</ref>

On March 20, 2012, the [[Screen Actors Guild]] (SAG) and the [[American Federation of Television and Radio Artists]] (AFTRA) merged to form a new union, [[SAG-AFTRA]]. Harris, along with others including [[Edward Asner]], [[Martin Sheen]], [[Valerie Harper]], [[Michael Bell (actor)|Michael Bell]], and [[Wendy Schaal]], were opposed to the merger and sued SAG President [[Ken Howard]] and several SAG Vice Presidents, seeking to have the merger undone. They were unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sag-aftra-anti-merger-lawsuit-drops-demand-295573 |title=SAG/AFTRA Anti Merger Lawsuit Drops Demands |journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Jonathan |last=Handel |date=February 27, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref> The lawsuit was dismissed on May 22, 2012.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/dismissal-formalized-sag-aftra-merger-327775 |title=Dismissal Formalized in SAG-AFTRA Merger Lawsuit |journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Jonathan |last=Handel |date=May 22, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref>

Harris has a reputation for being serious on the film set. He told a journalist in 2006, "I don't like bullshittin'&nbsp;... so, I guess that comes across as serious."<ref name=nymag/> On March 13, 2015, he was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], located at 6712 [[Hollywood Boulevard]], for his work in motion pictures.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.variety.com/2015/film/spotlight/ed-harris-hollywood-walk-of-fame-run-all-night-1201450984/ |title=Ed Harris Receives Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=Malina |last=Saval |date=March 13, 2015 |access-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/ed-harris |title=Ed Harris |website=[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] |access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> Harris received an honorary degree from [[Muhlenberg College]] on May 17, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muhlenberg.edu/latestnews/name,332409,en.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503005854/http://muhlenberg.edu/latestnews/name,332409,en.html |archive-date=May 3, 2015 |title=Dr. Ronald Crutcher, national leader in higher education, announced as Commencement Speaker |website=[[Muhlenberg College]] |date=April 29, 2015}}</ref>

''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine once described Harris as "the thinking woman's sex symbol".<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/21970/index1.html |title='Wrecks' Actor Ed Harris Is Not a Control Freak |journal=[[NY Mag]] |date=September 28, 2006 |access-date=July 8, 2017 |page=2}}</ref>

Harris lost his Malibu home in the [[Palisades Fire]] of January 2025.<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://people.com/ed-harris-on-losing-house-in-la-wildfires-exclusive-11686479/ |title= Ed Harris on Losing House in L.A. Wildfires: 'The Past Is Gone in a Certain Way' (Exclusive)
 |journal=[[People.com]] |date=February 28, 2025 |access-date=February 28, 2025 |page=1}}</ref>