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Which film garnered Ed Harris his first Academy Award nomination?

  • The Right Stuff

  • Apollo 13

  • The Truman Show

  • Pollock

Answer

Ed Harris was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Apollo 13, in which he played Gene Kranz, the flight director who led the rescue of the Apollo 13 astronauts after their spacecraft malfunctioned. Harris's performance was praised for its realism and his ability to convey Kranz's determination and intensity.
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