Ed Harris Wilkinson in "" (2007), alongside Nicolas Cage. In 2008, he co wrote, directed and starred along with Viggo Mortensen in the western Appaloosa. In 2010, he and wife Amy Madigan appeared together in Ash Adams' independent crime drama "Once Fallen". Later that same year, Harris starred in the survival drama "The Way Back" as Mr. Smith. His performance received much critical praise, and he was suggested by critics to receive a fifth Oscar nomination. In 2012, he co-starred alongside Sam Worthington in the thriller film "Man on a Ledge" for Summit Entertainment. He then won the Golden Globe Award for
Neil Patrick Harris School in Albuquerque, graduating with high honors in 1991, which he attributes to being privately tutored half the school year while on set. Harris began his career as a child actor and was discovered by playwright Mark Medoff at a drama camp in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Medoff later cast him in the 1988 drama film "Clara's Heart", starring Whoopi Goldberg and based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Olshan. "Clara's Heart" earned Harris a Golden Globe nomination. The same year, he starred in "Purple People Eater", a children's fantasy. Harris' first film role as an adult