Richard Harris

Irish actor and musician, winner of prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, MIFF, winner of the Grammy and Golden Globe Awards, Richard St. John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland. In 1955, Richard Harris entered the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Three years later, Harris made his film debut in 1958. Then there was a series of little-known films until Harris starred in the film. "Such a sporting life" Directed by Lindsay Anderson in 1963. This work earned him the prize more

Irish actor and musician, winner of prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, MIFF, winner of the Grammy and Golden Globe Awards, Richard St. John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland. In 1955, Richard Harris entered the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Three years later, Harris made his film debut in 1958. Then there was a series of little-known films until Harris starred in the film. "Such a sporting life" Directed by Lindsay Anderson in 1963.

This work earned him the prize of the XVI Cannes International Film Festival for Best Actor, as well as nominations for the BAFTA and Oscar awards. In 1964, Harris starred in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Red Desert, but the work was not as successful. Much better were Camelot, for which he received the Golden Globe Award (best male role), Cromwell (the prize of the Moscow International Film Festival for Best Actor), the film A Man Named Horse (the prize Bronze Cowboy), Cassandra Pass, Orca, Unforgiven and many, many others.

In 1985, Richard Harris was knighted.

For a long time, Harris did not appear, but already in adulthood an offer was received, which he could not refuse - the actor played the role of Albus Dumbledore in the first two films of the Harry Potter epic. Harris' last role was John the Theologian in Apocalypse. In 2001, he was awarded the Empire Awards for his contribution to cinema. In the summer of 2002, Richard Harris was diagnosed with cancer. After the great actor lived for a short time - two months later he died in hospital. According to the will of Richard Harris, his ashes were scattered over the Bahamas, where he had recently lived. /