Richard Harris

Richard Harris (born in Limerick, Ireland, October 1, 1930, died October 25, 2002) acted in movies like Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) with Marlon Brando, This Sporting Life (1963) by Lindsay Anderson, Il deserto rosso (Red Desert, 1964) by Michelangelo Antonioni. He played King Arthur in Camelot (1967) with Vanessa Redgrave, starred in the western A Man Called Horse (1970), in Cromwell (1970) with Alec Guinness. He later acted in The Field (1990) by Jim Sheridan, Unforgiven (1992) by Clint Eastwood, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) by Randa Haines, Cry, the Beloved Country (1995), Gladiator (2000) by Ridley Scott. He played Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).

Golden Globe Awards

1991 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Field, The
- Richard Harris
1971 Nominee

Foreign Film - English Language
- Bloomfield
- United Kingdom
1968 Winner

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Camelot
- Richard Harris