Ed Harris
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Ed Harris Net Worth

Actor and director, Oscar-nominated four times
Estimated net worth
$25M
Source: Celebrity Net Worth, September 17, 2026. Updated November 5, 2026.
Forbes and Bloomberg rarely publish net worth figures for stars who are not billionaires, so this page uses Celebrity Net Worth's published estimate (page last updated September 17, 2026). It is an outside estimate, not an official figure.

Ed Harris’s net worth over time

$25M: Celebrity Net Worth estimate, Sep 2026. page last updated September 17, 2026$25MSep 2026

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DateEstimateSource
Sep 2026$25 millionCelebrity Net Worth · page last updated September 17, 2026

Where the money comes from

Film salariesTelevisionDirectingStage work

These are the main sources of wealth named in the reporting we cite. No published source breaks the total into exact amounts, so we do not show percentages.

Ed Harris’s fortune in real-life terms

382 years
for the median full-time U.S. worker to earn this much, spending nothing
116×
the net worth of the typical U.S. family
0.00%
of Elon Musk's fortune, the biggest on Net Worth Lookup

Based on the Celebrity Net Worth estimate above. Median full-time U.S. pay is $65,416 a year ($1,258 a week, BLS, Q2 2026), before taxes. Typical (median) U.S. family net worth is $216,100 (Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances).

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Ed Harris has an estimated net worth of $25 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Ed Harris net worth page (figures as of September 17, 2026).

Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker who was born on November 28, 1950. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Apollo 13, The Truman Show and The Hours, and Best Actor for Pollock, which he also directed and starred in. His long list of credits includes The Right Stuff, The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Rock and A Beautiful Mind.

He grew up in New Jersey and played football at Columbia University before studying drama at the University of Oklahoma and earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts in 1975. He started on stage in 1976 and made his film debut in Coma in 1978. In 1983 he became well known for playing astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff.

How Ed Harris makes his money

Film acting has paid for most of his career. He has worked across five decades in leading and supporting roles, and after his Oscar-nominated part in Apollo 13 in 1995 he took major roles in big studio films such as The Rock in 1996 and Enemy at the Gates in 2001.

Television added a second income line. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the miniseries Empire Falls in 2005 and starred as William, the Man in Black, in the HBO series Westworld from 2016 to 2022.

He has also earned money behind the camera. He made his directorial debut with Pollock in 2000, and he directed and starred in the western Appaloosa in 2008. In 1996 he served as an executive producer on the television adaptation of Riders of the Purple Sage.

Late-career films continue to add to his income, including Mother! in 2017, The Lost Daughter in 2021 and Top Gun: Maverick in 2022. He has also taken stage roles, including a Tony Award nomination for Precious Sons in 1986, and appeared in advertising for the Vauxhall Vectra in the United Kingdom in 2002.

His estimate

Celebrity Net Worth estimates Ed Harris's net worth at $25 million, on its page last updated September 17, 2026. That figure is an outside estimate of what the star has earned and kept after taxes, fees and spending. It is not an official number, and the star has not confirmed it or published personal finances.

His figure reflects more than four decades of steady film, television and stage work rather than one blockbuster franchise. We will add any newer dated estimate from a named outlet to the chart above, and we never fill in the years between published figures.

Career and money timeline

  1. 1978

    Makes his film debut in Coma.

  2. 1983

    Plays astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff.

  3. 1995

    Earns his first Oscar nomination for Apollo 13.

  4. 2000

    Directs and stars in Pollock.

  5. 2002

    Earns a fourth Oscar nomination for The Hours.

  6. 2016

    Begins starring in HBO's Westworld.

Ed Harris net worth FAQ

What is Ed Harris's net worth?

Ed Harris's net worth is an estimated $25 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Ed Harris net worth page (September 17, 2026). It is an estimate, not an official figure.

How did Ed Harris get so rich?

The main sources named in the reporting we cite are: Film salaries, Television, Directing, Stage work.

Is Ed Harris a billionaire?

Not by current published estimates. Ed Harris is estimated at $25 million.

How many Oscar nominations does Ed Harris have?

He has four Academy Award nominations, for Apollo 13, The Truman Show, Pollock and The Hours.

Sources

  1. Celebrity Net Worth, Ed Harris net worth page (September 17, 2026)
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Usual Weekly Earnings (Q2 2026) (July 2026)
  3. Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (median family net worth, Table 4) (October 2026)
  4. Background facts: Wikipedia, Ed Harris (accessed November 5, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for figures.

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