Harrison Ford’s accolades are rising.
The actor, 83, has been nominated for his first-ever Emmy Award for his function as senior therapist Dr. Paul Rhoades in “Shrinking.”
The star nabbed the Greatest Supporting Actor in a Comedy Sequence nomination, alongside fellow “Shrinking” co-star Michael Urie, Ike Barinholtz for his function in “The Studio,” Colman Domingo for “The Four Seasons,” Jeff Hiller in “Somebody Somewhere,” Ebon Moss-Bachrach for “The Bear” and Bowen Yang for “Saturday Night Live.”
“Shrinking” follows Dr. Jimmy Laird, a grieving psychiatrist (Jason Segel) who begins to insert himself into the lives of his sufferers.
In Season 2, followers noticed Dr. Rhoades, Jimmy’s colleague, come to phrases together with his mortality as he battles his Parkinson’s analysis. He additionally strikes up a romance together with his physician, Julie (Wendie Malick).
Regardless of this being his first Emmy nod, Ford has been nominated a number of occasions for different awards over his 60-plus-year profession.
He garnered a nomination for Greatest Actor on the 1986 Oscars for his function within the thriller “Witness.” That very same 12 months, the half earned Ford a BAFTA nomination.
He has additionally been nominated for 5 Golden Globes and took residence the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001 for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.”
In 2024, the “Indiana Jones” vet obtained the Profession Achievement Award on the Critics’ Alternative Awards and was nominated for his function in “Shrinking.”
He additionally earned a nom for Excellent Efficiency by a Male Actor in a Comedy Sequence on the SAG Awards in February for taking part in Dr. Rhoades.
Whereas Ford started performing within the ’60s, his profession took off the next decade when he starred in a number of blockbusters, which included enjoying Bob Falfa in “American Graffiti” (1973) and Han Solo in “Star Wars” (1977).
The Oscar nominee went on to reprise his function in a number of movies for the “Star Wars” franchise spanning over 4 many years.
Ford additionally landed the lead within the “Indiana Jones” motion pictures, changing into the face of the franchise beginning within the ’80s, and in “Blade Runner” as Rick Deckard in 1982 and 2017.
In 1992, the Hollywood vet took on the function of Jack Ryan within the motion thriller “Patriot Games.”
Ford joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe for “Captain America: Brave New World,” launched earlier this 12 months.
When “Shrinking” debuted in 2023, “The Call of the Wild” alum mirrored on how particular this challenge was to him.
“There are people who improvise as though it was an exercise in egos,” Ford mentioned throughout a Q&A on the time. “That never happens with this bunch. Work is really important to everybody that’s here.”
The collection has enabled him to discover performing in a brand new manner.
“This mixture of comedy and pathos and really emotional stuff, it gives you a sense of responsibility for the things you’re communicating and how you’re communicating,” Ford admitted. “I think that that shows up onscreen, and it shows up in the work these people do every day and how they do it.”
“I had never done anything like this before,” he acknowledged, “and it was like suddenly recognizing what I’ve always wanted [acting] to be.”
Ford additionally spoke to Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner concerning the highly effective affect “Shrinking” has had on viewers.
“I wanted to tell him about the experience that I have with people who come up to me and say something about the show. And then I get to say something… and then they turn around and walk away,” he defined on the Q&A. “They do not want a picture. They do not want an autograph. They do not want to do anything. They just want to communicate that this means something to them.”
“It’s an extraordinary experience in my life. That is a real thing. And it means the world to me.”
There’s actually extra to come back for followers as Season 3 of “Shrinking” is on the best way with a slew of recent faces.
Michael J. Fox, who was identified with Parkinson’s in 1991 on the age of 29, is ready to visitor star after retiring in 2020.
Jeff Daniels can be coming aboard to play Jimmy’s father, together with Isabella Gomez from “One Day at a Time.”
Final month, Segel mirrored on Ford’s hilarious response to being provided the function.
Throughout Selection’s “Actors on Actors” collection with Seth Rogen, Segel defined how the producers of “Shrinking,” Brett Goldstein and Invoice Lawrence, satisfied Ford to signal on to the darkish comedy collection.
“We got Harrison Ford because Harrison Ford is the kind of person you make an offer to so that for three days you can say, ‘We’ve made an offer to Harrison Ford,’ and then you’ll pick the real guy,” Segel shared.
“He read it, and he didn’t know anything about me,” he detailed. “Brett Goldstein met with him, and they had a really nice meeting, and they sent him ‘The End of the Tour’ and ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall.’”
What got here subsequent from Ford was a praise about Segel’s full-frontal scene within the 2008 comedy “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
“Then, Bill Lawrence got a text that said, ‘I’m in. And tell the kid, great d–k,’” he admitted.
