Harrison Ford earns first Emmy nomination for 'Shrinking' at 83
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Harrison Ford’s accolades are growing.

The actor, 83, has been nominated for his first-ever Emmy Award for his role as senior therapist Dr. Paul Rhoades in “Shrinking.”

The star was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, along with his “Shrinking” co-star Michael Urie, Ike Barinholtz for his performance 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 patients.

In Season 2, fans observed Dr. Rhoades, Jimmy’s colleague, grappling with his mortality while dealing with a Parkinson’s diagnosis. He also initiates a romance with his doctor, Julie (Wendie Malick).

Despite this being his first Emmy nod, Ford has been nominated several times for other awards over his 60-plus-year career.

He received a Best Actor nomination at the 1986 Oscars for his role in the thriller “Witness.” That role also earned Ford a BAFTA nomination in the same year.

He has also been nominated for five Golden Globes and took home the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001 for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.”

In 2024, the “Indiana Jones” vet received the Career Achievement Award at the Critics’ Choice Awards and was nominated for his role in “Shrinking.”

He also earned a nom for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series at the SAG Awards in February for playing Dr. Rhoades.

While Ford began acting in the ’60s, his career took off the following decade when he starred in several blockbusters, which included playing Bob Falfa in “American Graffiti” (1973) and Han Solo in “Star Wars” (1977).

The Oscar nominee went on to reprise his role in several films for the “Star Wars” franchise spanning over four decades.

Ford also landed the lead in the “Indiana Jones” movies, becoming the face of the franchise starting in the ’80s, and in “Blade Runner” as Rick Deckhard in 1982 and 2017.

In 1992, the Hollywood vet took on the role of Jack Ryan in the action thriller “Patriot Games.”

Ford joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe for “Captain America: Brave New World,” released earlier this year.

When “Shrinking” debuted in 2023, “The Call of the Wild” alum reflected on how special this project was to him.

“There are people who improvise as though it was an exercise in egos,” Ford said during a Q&A at the time. “That never happens with this bunch. Work is really important to everybody that’s here.”

The series has enabled him to explore acting in a new way.

“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 on screen, 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 stated, “and it was like suddenly recognizing what I’ve always wanted [acting] to be.”

Ford also spoke to Apple CEO Tim Cook about the powerful impact “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 explained at 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 is certainly more to come for fans as Season 3 of “Shrinking” is on the way with a slew of new faces.

Michael J. Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991 at the age of 29, is set to guest star after retiring in 2020.

Jeff Daniels is also coming aboard to play Jimmy’s father, along with Isabella Gomez from “One Day at a Time.”

Last month, Segel reflected on Ford’s hilarious response to being offered the role.

During Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series with Seth Rogen, Segel explained how the producers of “Shrinking,” Brett Goldstein and Bill Lawrence, convinced Ford to sign on to the dark comedy series.

“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 came next from Ford was a compliment about Segel’s full-frontal scene in 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.

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