Born in 1942 in Chicago, Harrison was the kid of a radio actress and an actor-turned-ad guy. Despite being born into the business, though, young Harrison’s route to Tinseltown wasn’t clearly laid out like a yellow brick road.
When Harrison scored the part of Han Solo in the original Star Wars film back in ’77, he was a virtual unknown. The studio wasn’t even sure the movie would be a hit. And Han Solo? He totally took home only about $10,000 for playing one of the coolest characters ever.
His swanky LA mansion measures a whopping 13,767 square feet and set him back $12.65 million in 2011. He also owns a sprawling 800-acre ranch in Wyoming’s Jackson Hole