1923 Season 2 Official Trailer (2025) Harrison Ford

1923 Season 2 Official Trailer (2025) Harrison Ford

1923 Trailer (2022) Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Yellowstone Spin-Off, Prequel ᴴᴰ
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The Yellowstone spinoff 1923 ended season 1 in early 2023, and as a second season has been announced, details have been revealed or presumed about its release date, plot, and more. Part of Taylor Sheridan’s Dutton family franchise that began with Yellowstone's modern-day ranch story, 1923 is a prequel taking place in the titular year. It's also a sequel to the previous Yellowstone spinoff, 1883. This series stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren as Jacob and Cara Dutton, the heads of an earlier generation of Yellowstone's Dutton's in the time just before the Great Depression.

Like all the shows revolving around the sprawling Dutton family tree, 1923 was critically acclaimed, with a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The series premiere even broke the record for a Paramount+ debut, drawing 7.4 million viewers. Taking Sheridan’s franchise down an even more grim storyline than what had come before, 1923 season 1 ends with tragedy, loss, and the possibility that the Duttons will lose their ranch within the year. While 1923 season 2 updates are light, the Yellowstone spinoff should start with the plot in motion.

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1923 Season 2 Latest News
A Longer Trailer Is Revealed For Season 2

After a few short teasers dropped in early December 2024, the latest news arrives in the form of a longer trailer for 1923 season 2. Covering much of the same ground as previous teasers, the minute-long clip highlights the escalating violence as the war over the Dutton ranch reaches a fever pitch. Elsewhere, Spencer battles to make it home to help his family, and the teaser seems to reveal that he does make it to the US.

1923 Season 2 Release Date
The Prequel Continues In 2025
Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton looking into the distance in 1923 Season 1 Episode 5
Though a series of delays seemed to spell disaster for the prequel series, it has now been confirmed that Paramount+ has set a release date for 1923 season 2. The Yellowstone origin story went off the air in early 2023, and it is now set to return on February 23, 2025. This announcement also came with the news that Paramount Network will begin airing the first season of 1923 on television.

1923 season 1 concluded on February 26, 2023.

Yellowstone universe Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner and Tim McGraw
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1923 Season 2 Cast
Harrison Ford & Helen Mirren Will Return
Aminah Nieves as Teonna in 1923 gazing with fear into the eyes of a priest
The cast and characters for 1923 season 2 have not been officially announced yet, but with so many storylines still not wrapped up, some assumptions can be made. Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren’s comments regarding season 2 of 1923 imply they will return as Jacob and Cara Dutton. Brandon Sklenar and Julia Schlaepfer are sure to return for season 2 as Spencer and Alex still need to return home and reunite with the rest of the Duttons.

The cast is already growing as Dexter alum Jennifer Carpenter has been added to 1923's ensemble as Mamie Fossett. Likewise, New Amsterdam star Janet Montgomery will now play the role of Hilary, a woman who is desperate to seek out and expose injustice. Andy Dispensa will appear as Luca, a young man who works in the engine room of a merchant ship.

The presumptive cast of 1923 season 2 includes:

Actor

1923 Role

Harrison Ford

Jacob Dutton

Jacob Dutton looking angry in 1923
Helen Mirren

Cara Dutton

Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton with her hands folded and a worried expression on her face in 1923
Brandon Sklenar

Spencer Dutton

Spencer Dutton with a muted reaction in 1923
Julia Schlaepfer

Alexandra

Alexandra smiling at Spencer Dutton in 1923
Timothy Dalton

Whitfield

Donald Whitfield sitting on a couch in 1923
Jerome Flynn

Banner Creighton

Jerome Flynn as Banner Creighton confronting Jacob Dutton in 1923.
Michelle Randolph

Liz Strafford

Elizabeth Strafford looking worried at someone in 1923
Darren Mann

Jack Dutton

1923-Trailer-Jack-Dutton
Aminah Nieves

Teonna Rainwater

Teonna Rainwater (Aminah Nieves) looks hopeful in 1923
Jennifer Carpenter

Mamie Fossett

Jennifer Carpenter as Debra
Janet Montgomery

Hilary

Janet Montgomery as Olivia smiling and looking off to her right in This Is Us
Andy Dispensa

Luca

Andy Dispensa
Blended image of Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton with other 1923 characters and Harrison Ford's Jacob Dutton
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Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Timothy Dalton, Jeromy Flynn, and Brandon Sklenar are just some of the big names in the cast of Taylor Sheridan's 1923.

1923 Season 2 Story Details
Season 1 Left A Lot Of Loose Ends
Julia Schlaepfer as Alexandra in 1923 season 1 finale dressed in an elaborate ball gown with fancy jeweled headpiece looking intense
No story details have been released for season 2 of 1923, but it is easy to assume that the storylines will continue the season 1 plot. At the end of season 1, Whitfield paid overdue property tax on the Dutton ranch, and the land will end up in his possession if the Duttons cannot pay him back promptly. The lengths Jacob and Cara will go to to retain control of their ranch should be the main storyline for season 2. Whitfield will undoubtedly try his best to stop the Duttons from paying, and the result of their escalating conflict could power the final season.

Several other hanging threads should be resolved in season 2 of 1923. Spencer is sent back to Montana while Alex promises she will come to the United States to find him. Their season 2 stories could see the characters pursuing individual adventures — Spencer in Montana and Alex in England. Liz’s miscarriage will most likely figure in as well, and Jack and Liz will have to contend with this personal tragedy. Teonna’s flight from the Catholic boarding school and the pursuing priest plot is sure to figure heavily in season 2, and it could see the Duttons and Teonna’s people joining together against Whitfield and Father Renaud (Sebastian Roché).

How 1923 Ties Back To The Rest Of The Yellowstone Franchise
1883, 1923, & Yellowstone Are All Connected
Alex and Spencer looking over shoulder in 1923 season 1 episode 7
The Dutton ranch and the Dutton family, first introduced in Yellowstone, have such a rich and deep history that their lineage is worthy of multiple series worth of backstory. 1923 bridges the first spinoff series, 1883, and the modern-day tale of Yellowstone to give more information about the infamous Duttons. Jacob in 1923 is the older brother of Tim McGraw’s James Dutton from 1883.

Spencer previously appeared in a Yellowstone flashback set in 1893 when he was shown as a child. Isabel May reprises her role from 1883 as Elsa Dutton despite dying in the finale — but in voice only as she narrates 1923. The audience knows that the Dutton ranch will survive the trials of 1923, but how they do so may reveal why the Dutton clan of Yellowstone's time so ferociously defend themselves and their land.

1923 Season 2 Trailers
Watch The Season 2 Teasers Below
Alex carrying a bad and walking by two men sitting in chairs looking at her in 1923
In order to announce the show's February 2025 release date, Paramount+ dropped a pair of teasers for 1923 season 2 in December 2024. The 15-second ads essentially serve the same purpose and illustrate the danger that was set up in the finale of season 1. The first teaser is narrated by Spencer as he discusses his need to return home to help his family, while the second is narrated by Jacob, who mentions that his family's way of life is under attack.

After the first teasers offered a brief glimpse at 1923 season 2, Paramount+ dropped an even longer trailer in December 2024. Covering a lot of the same ground as before, the latest teaser highlights the violence that is erupting over the Dutton ranch. Whitfield's crusade for money involves several unsavory deeds which cause even Banner Creighton to second guess his new boss' motivations. Finally, Spencer Dutton seemingly makes it back to the US to help his family fight off the invaders.

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1923
Drama
Western
A followup to the Yellowstone series also created by Taylor Sheridan, 1923 continues following the Dutton family in the year 1923. The series takes place after the 1883 show, with the Dutton family now dealing with some of the biggest American hardships of the century, such as the Prohibition era, the Great Depression, and the fallout of World War I. Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren star as Jacob Dutton and Cara Dutton, the heads of the Dutton legacy.

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Cast
Harrison Ford , Helen Mirren , Sebastian Roche , Michelle Randolph , James Badge Dale , Marley Shelton , Brian Geraghty , Aminah Nieves
Release Date
December 18, 2022
Seasons
1
Network
Paramount
Streaming Service(s)
Paramount Plus
Franchise(s)
Yellowstone
Writers
Taylor Sheridan
Directors
Taylor Sheridan
Showrunner
Taylor Sheridan
Main Genre
Western
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1923

Promotional poster
Genre
Crime drama
Western
Created by Taylor Sheridan
Written by Taylor Sheridan
Starring
Helen Mirren
Harrison Ford
Brandon Sklenar
Julia Schlaepfer
Jerome Flynn
Darren Mann
Isabel May
Brian Geraghty
Aminah Nieves
Michelle Randolph
Timothy Dalton
Narrated by Isabel May
Composers
Brian Tyler
Breton Vivian
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producers
Taylor Sheridan
John Linson
Art Linson
David C. Glasser
Ron Burkle
Bob Yari
Ben Richardson
Cinematography
Corrin Hodgson
Ben Richardson
Robert McLachlan
Editors
Chad Galster
Byron Smith
Christopher Gay
Brooke Rupe
Todd Desrosiers
Running time 47–69 minutes
Production companies
101 Studios
Linson Entertainment
Bosque Ranch Productions
MTV Entertainment Studios
Original release
Network Paramount+
Release December 18, 2022 –
present
Related
Yellowstone
1883
1923 is an American Western drama television series that premiered on December 18, 2022, on Paramount+.[1] The series is a prequel to the Paramount Network series Yellowstone and serves as a sequel to the series 1883, with Isabel May reprising her role from the latter as narrator Elsa Dutton. In February 2023, the series was renewed for a second and final season[2] that is set to premiere on February 23, 2025.[3]

Premise
The series follows a generation of the Dutton family in 1923, during a time of various hardships including Prohibition, drought, and the early stages of the Great Depression, which affected Montana long before the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

Cast
Main
Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton, the wife to Jacob Dutton and Dutton family matriarch.[4] Having no children, Jacob and Cara raised John Sr. and Spencer Dutton as their own.[5]
Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton, the patriarch of the Dutton family, and the older brother of James Dutton (Tim McGraw in 1883).
Brandon Sklenar as Spencer Dutton, the younger son of James and Margaret Dutton. Spencer has witnessed the horrors of World War I and travels Africa tracking big game.[6] Charlie Stover portrayed Spencer Dutton as a child during flashbacks set in 1893 in two episodes of the fourth season of Yellowstone.
Julia Schlaepfer as Alexandra, a freethinking woman from the British upper class who encounters Spencer in Africa.
Jerome Flynn as Banner Creighton, a Scottish sheepherder and adversary of the Duttons.[7]
Darren Mann as Jack Dutton, John Dutton Sr.'s son and only child, James Dutton's grandson, and great-nephew to Jacob Dutton. He is a dedicated rancher who is deeply loyal to his family.
Isabel May as Elsa Dutton, who serves as the main narrator in the series.[8] May also portrayed Elsa Dutton in 1883.
Brian Geraghty as Zane Davis, the fiercely loyal ranch foreman of the Dutton Ranch.
Aminah Nieves as Teonna Rainwater, a rebellious young woman from the Crow people who was taken from her family and placed in an Indian residential school for girls, which is funded by the United States Federal Government, but has an extremely cruel and sadistic Roman Catholic priest as headmaster.
Michelle Randolph as Elizabeth "Liz" Strafford, a feisty and capable young woman and Jack Dutton's fiancée.
Timothy Dalton as Donald Whitfield, a powerful, wealthy business tycoon who is accustomed to getting what he wants.[9]
Recurring
Robert Patrick as Sheriff William McDowell, the sheriff of Gallatin County and a friend of the Dutton family.[10]
Jennifer Ehle as Sister Mary, a ruthless and abusive Irish Catholic nun who teaches at a Catholic boarding school for American Indians, often coming into conflict with Teonna.[11]
Sebastian Roché as Father Renaud, a narcissistic French Roman Catholic priest and the sadistic headmaster of the Catholic boarding school.
Marley Shelton as Emma Dutton, the wife of John Dutton Sr. and the mother of Jack Dutton.
Leenah Robinson as Baapuxti, an American Indian student at the Catholic boarding school and Teonna's cousin.[12]
Caleb Martin as Dennis, a hired ranch hand working at the Dutton ranch.
Brian Konowal as Clyde / Clive, a Scottish shepherd, a long-time associate of Creighton and former Chicago Police Department officer working as a spy for Whitfield.
Michael Greyeyes as Hank Plenty Clouds, a Crow shepherd from the Broken Rock Reservation who encounters Teonna while she's on the run.
Guest
James Badge Dale as John Dutton Sr., the elder son of James and Margaret Dutton, Jacob Dutton's oldest nephew and right-hand man. Audie Rick portrayed John Dutton as a child in 1883. Jack Michael Doke portrayed him as a teenager during flashbacks set in 1893 in two episodes of the fourth season of Yellowstone.
Kerry O'Malley as Sister Alice, a cruel nun at the Catholic boarding school who takes advantage of those under her care.
Tim DeKay as Bob Strafford, Elizabeth's rancher father and a neighbor to the Duttons.[13]
Nick Boraine as Richard Holland, the head of a safari tour group in Africa who hires Spencer to hunt man-eaters.
Bruce Davison as Prince Arthur, Earl of Sussex, the father of Alexandra's former fiancé and member of the British royal family.[14]
Michael Spears as Runs His Horse, the chief of the Broken Rock Reservation, Teonna's father and a neighbor to the Duttons.
Amelia Rico as Issaxche Rainwater, a Apsáalooke (Crow) woman seeking to reunite with her granddaughter Teonna.[13]
Jo Ellen Pellman as Jennifer, a British socialite and friend of Alexandra.
Rafe Soule as Young Arthur, the son of Prince Arthur and Alexandra's former fiancé.
Colin Moss as Charles Hardin, a Colonial British railroad construction supervisor in Tanganyika who hires Spencer to eliminate a man-eating hyena.
Jessalyn Gilsig as Beverly Strafford, Elizabeth's mother who is accustomed to city life.
Peter Stormare as Lucca, a terminally ill tugboat captain based in Mombasa.[13]
Tanc Sade as Father Cillian, a Catholic priest sent to track down Teonna.
Joseph Mawle as Captain Shipley, the British sea captain of the S.S. Lambridge.
Jamie McShane as Marshal Kent, a U.S. Marshal who leads the search for Teonna.
Currie Graham as Chadwick Benton, an attorney hired by Whitfield to represent Creighton.
Cailyn Rice as Christy, a prostitute[15]
Madison Rogers as Lindy, a prostitute[15]
Cole Brings Plenty as Pete Plenty Clouds, Hank's teenage son and a sheepherder.[16]
Wallace Langham as Kyle Murphy, a loan officer in Bozeman who refuses to authorize a loan for Jacob.
Joy Osmanski as Alice Davis (née Chow), Zane's wife, who is kept a secret due to anti-miscegenation laws.
Damian O'Hare as Captain Hurley, the sea captain of the RMS Majestic.
Episodes
Season 1 (2022–2023)
No. Title [17] Directed by Written by [18] Original release date [19]
1 "1923" Ben Richardson Taylor Sheridan December 18, 2022
In a flashforward,[20] Cara Dutton hunts down a man for attacking the Dutton family, and kills him in a standoff. In Africa, her nephew Spencer, a big-game hunter for hire, shoots a rampaging lion, then travels to Nairobi where he is hired to kill a leopard in a safari camp. In Montana, Jacob Dutton and his men pause to observe the destruction of drought and locusts over the grasslands before riding into Bozeman. Jacob presides over a meeting of the Montana Livestock Association, ruling against Scottish ranchers, led by Banner Creighton, who are trespassing on cattle ranches in order to feed their starving sheep. Back at the Yellowstone ranch, young Jack Dutton is set to marry a neighbor, Elizabeth, but is called on to help run the cattle to higher ground, leaving Cara to smooth things over with the bride's family. In the hills, Jack encounters a herd of sheep, and gets shot at. Meanwhile, at a Catholic-run Indian boarding school, Teonna Rainwater suffers physical and mental abuse at the hands of Sister Mary. She fights back, only to face the wrath of the headmaster Father Renaud, and further repercussions from the nuns.
2 "Nature's Empty Throne" Ben Richardson Taylor Sheridan December 25, 2022
Jacob and the Yellowstone cowboys save Jack from the sheep herders. They hang five of them as justice for trespassing and for attacking Jack, although Banner manages to escape. Jacob orders the sheep to be driven down the mountainside and handed over to Native American riders to take to their struggling Reservation. Teonna continues to stand up to abuse at the hands of Sister Mary. Her grandmother Issaxche visits the superintendent of government boarding schools, seeking Teonna’s custody. Meanwhile in Kenya, after killing a pair of leopards, Spencer meets a British woman named Alexandra and the two become smitten with each other. She leaves her fiancé and joins Spencer as he heads off on his next assignment in the Serengeti.
3 "The War Has Come Home" Ben Richardson Taylor Sheridan January 1, 2023
Jacob and his nephews return to the ranch. Banner stumbles his way back home and gathers the sheep herders to plot revenge against the Duttons. Jacob goes to town and speaks to the sheriff about the herders, while his family observes the modern trappings that Yellowstone National Park is bringing to Bozeman. On their way back to the ranch the next day, they are ambushed by the herders. John is killed, and Jacob and Elizabeth are seriously wounded. Reinforcements arrive and kill the herders, but Banner and several others escape. As the doctor tends to Jacob, Cara writes a letter, at Jacob's request, begging Spencer to come home to defend his family's land. Meanwhile in Africa, Spencer asks Alexandra to marry him, then saves her from a charging elephant and a pride of lions.
4 "War and the Turquoise Tide" Ben Richardson Taylor Sheridan January 8, 2023
The fallout from the rifle ambush by the sheep farmers is severe. Jacob is bedridden, while Jack and Elizabeth face her mother's insistence that she move east. With so many of his allies dead, Banner meets with the mining magnate Donald Whitfield to gain support for his war against the Dutton family. Jacob counsels Cara to take over the ranch's affairs, but to leave the fighting for Spencer's return. Telling the group that Jacob has gone to Wyoming to hunt down cattle thieves, Cara represents him at a meeting of livestock association and convinces the members to agree to Dutton's plan for a new police force. After incessant abuse from Sister Mary, Teonna finally kills her before fleeing the school. Spencer grows closer to his fiancée and receives Cara's letter that a range war is in progress.
5 "Ghost of Zebrina" Guy Ferland Taylor Sheridan February 5, 2023
The Dutton ranch settles into a melancholy routine, and John's widow Emma takes her own life. In Africa, Spencer and his fiancée Alex begin the long journey to Montana. In Mombasa, hearing that travel by ocean liner would take months, Spencer signs on as a deckhand on a local tugboat that will get him to the Suez Canal, where he will arrange onward passage to America. Alerted that Sisters Mary and Alice have been murdered, Father Renaud brutally interrogates Baapuxti, then sends three priests after her cousin Teonna. In the Badlands, Teonna fends off a wolf, then encounters a Crow shepherd Hank who offers to help her. Meanwhile, Banner attaches his fortunes to Whitfield's gold mining plans, as the cattle business declines. Having missed their wedding, Jack and Elizabeth say their vows alone on a hillside. Later, Elizabeth reveals she is pregnant. Jacob slowly recovers from his wounds. Meanwhile, Alex insists on joining Spencer. On the way to the Suez Canal, their tug boat is struck by an abandoned French cargo ship and capsizes.
6 "One Ocean Closer to Destiny" Guy Ferland Taylor Sheridan February 12, 2023
Spencer and Alex barely survive the tug boat capsizing in shark-infested waters and are eventually rescued by the S.S. Lambridge, which would take them to Marseille. Its captain agrees to marry them in international waters, offering his wife's ring for the ceremony. Back in Montana, Cara and Sheriff McDowell begin the process of hiring livestock agents. When Cara reluctantly admits that Jacob is alive and on the Dutton ranch, the sheriff visits and warns Jacob that he'll get to the bottom of the herder killings. Jacob's desire for revenge is overtaken by his realization of the mining magnate's intentions to squeeze the Duttons out, and he vows to stop the encroachment. Marshals raid Issaxche's home, killing her while searching for Teonna. Meanwhile Hank gives Teonna male clothing and the name Joe, and burns her possessions from the school.
7 "The Rule of Five Hundred" Ben Richardson Taylor Sheridan February 19, 2023
Jacob, Jack and the ranch's posse go with Sheriff McDowell to arrest Banner at the luxurious home given to him by Whitfield. Surprised to see that Jacob is still alive, Banner promises that their war is not over. One of the recently-hired livestock agents informs Whitfield about the situation, who then sends his lawyer to help Banner. Runs His Horse, Teonna's father, finds Issaxche dead in her cabin. As he finds the attackers tracks, Hank's son Pete arrives to inform him that Teonna is in hiding in the Badlands. They end up in a bloody encounter with the priests sent to retrieve her. Two of the priests find Teonna, and Hank saves her, but he is killed. Meanwhile, Spencer and Alex find themselves in Sicily, where they unexpectedly encounter Alex's former fiancé.
8 "Nothing Left to Lose" Ben Richardson Taylor Sheridan February 26, 2023
After the priests do not return, Father Renaud and Marshall Kent search for Teonna. Runs His Horse and Pete Plenty Clouds find Teonna and take her south with them. Banner is released without bail, and he and Jacob again threaten each other. Alice, the wife of Dutton ranch foreman Zane, is arrested for miscegenation and Zane is beaten by police. Meanwhile, Spencer and Alex board the SS Majestic bound for London. Alex's former fiancé Arthur challenges Spencer to a duel, which Spencer wins. However, Arthur attacks him and Spencer throws Arthur overboard in self-defense. Although Spencer is not charged, Arthur's father, the Earl of Sussex, orders the captain to remove him from the vessel at the nearest port. Alex learns her parents have arranged for her to return to London and that she cannot leave the ship. Seeing Spencer taken away, she declares she will find him in Bozeman, Montana. Back at the Dutton ranch, Whitfield arrives to announce that he has paid their property tax, and if they cannot pay him back by the end of the year, the deed for the land will default into his possession. Elizabeth suffers a miscarriage.
Production
Development
It was announced in February 2022 that a second Yellowstone prequel series had been ordered titled 1932 that would succeed the series 1883.[21] In June, the series was renamed to 1923.[22] In December 2022, Taylor Sheridan explained "No one has had the freedom I've had since Robert Evans ran Paramount," and discussed the 1923 production cost: "I would argue that 1883 was the most expensive first season of a TV show ever made. This was much more expensive. Much more expensive."[23] The series was predicted to cost between $30–35 million per episode.[24]

The series is set to run for two seasons with eight episodes each.[25] In February 2023, the series was renewed for a second and final season.[2][26][27]

Writing
To establish the continuity of the Dutton family saga that began with 1883, Sheridan continued to use the 1883 character Elsa Dutton, voiced by Isabel May, as the narrator for 1923.[28][29] May is the only actor credited in both series.

Casting
In May 2022, Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford were cast to star in the series.[30] They had previously starred together 36 years ago in The Mosquito Coast. Ford, as revealed in a February 2023 interview with James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter, took up the offer to play Jacob Dutton despite saying in 2002 that he worked only once a year, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and his commitments to the titular role of the long-delayed Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny reasons why he had not done as much work as he wished and wanted to try new things. As with his role in Shrinking, Ford accepted the role before there was a script, trusting that Sheridan would deliver a good one.[31]

In a Deadline Hollywood interview, Sheridan explained he got Ford to fly down in his own plane to Sheridan's ranch, and told him "[the script] ain't written yet and you got to commit to it now. I need to know who I'm writing for... I poured about two bottles of wine down him. He said yes". Then Sheridan continued, "Then came Helen [Mirren], and same thing. Have a glass of wine".[23][32]

In September 2022, Sebastian Roché, James Badge Dale, Darren Mann, Marley Shelton, Michelle Randolph, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, and Julia Schlaepfer were added to the cast.[33][4]

Filming
Pre-production began in Butte, Montana in July 2022,[34] Filming was scheduled to begin on August 22, also in Butte, since that city was the stand-in for Bozeman, Montana.[35][36] Principal photography took place across Southwest Montana, with many Montana-set scenes shot in the same locations as Yellowstone.[37] Additional scenes were filmed in Kenya, Malta, South Africa, and Tanzania.[38][39] Some of the scenes set on the ocean liner, RMS Majestic, were filmed on the RMS Queen Mary, which is now a floating hotel docked in Long Beach, California.[40]

Filming of the second season was delayed due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike[41] and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming for the second season began in Austin, Texas on July 8, 2024 and concluded on September 26, 2024.[42] Production moved to Butte, Montana in October and continued until the end of November.[43][44]

Reception
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 1923 holds a 90% approval rating with an average rating of 7.0/10, based on 39 reviews by critics. The website's consensus reads, "Distinguished by the ineffable star power of Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, 1923 is another solid if unrelentingly grim addition to Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone universe."[45] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the series has received a score of 67 out of 100 based on 15 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[46]

According to Paramount, the debut episode brought in 7.4 million viewers in both linear and streaming telecasts, making it Paramount+'s biggest debut ever.[47][48]

Accolades
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2024
AACTA International Awards Best Actress in a Series Helen Mirren Nominated [49]
Astra TV Awards Best Streaming Series, Drama 1923 Nominated [50]
Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama Harrison Ford Nominated
Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama Helen Mirren Nominated
Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Drama Ben Richardson Nominated
Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Drama Taylor Sheridan Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Television Series – Drama 1923 Nominated [51][52]
Best Actress – Television Series Drama Helen Mirren Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Drama Series 1923 Nominated [53]
Best Actor – Drama or Genre Series Harrison Ford Nominated
Best Actress – Drama or Genre Series Helen Mirren Won
Women's Image Network Awards Outstanding Drama Series 1923 Pending
Best Actress – Drama or Genre Series Helen Mirren Pending
Best Actress – Drama or Genre Series Aminah Nieves Pending
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Harrison Ford

Ford in 2017
Born July 13, 1942 (age 82)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1964–present
Works Full list
Spouses
Mary Marquardt
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​(m. 1964; div. 1979)​
Melissa Mathison
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​(m. 1983; div. 2004)​
Calista Flockhart ​(m. 2010)​
Children 5
Awards Full list
Vice Chair of Conservation International
Current holder
Assumed position
1991
Preceded by Position established
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon,[1] he has been a leading man in films of several genres and starred in many major box-office successes, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s. His films have grossed more than $5.4 billion in North America and more than $9.3 billion worldwide.[2][3][4] Ford is the recipient of various accolades, including the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an Honorary César, and an Honorary Palme d'Or, in addition to an Academy Award nomination.[5][6]

Ford made his screen acting debut in an uncredited appearance in the film Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) and went on to play bit parts in both films and television throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. After breakthrough supporting roles in American Graffiti (1973) and The Conversation (1974), he gained worldwide fame for his role as Han Solo in the space opera film Star Wars (1977), a part he reprised in four sequels over the next four decades. Ford is also known for his portrayal of the titular character in the popular media franchise Indiana Jones, beginning with the action-adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He played the character in four additional sequels over the next four decades and also starred as Rick Deckard in the science fiction film Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and portrayed Jack Ryan in the spy thriller films Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994).

Ford's on-screen career spans seven decades. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as a detective who envelops himself in the Amish community in the thriller Witness (1985). His other films include The Mosquito Coast (1986), Working Girl (1988), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Fugitive (1993), Sabrina (1995), The Devil's Own (1997), Air Force One (1997), Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), What Lies Beneath (2000), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Morning Glory (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), 42 (2013), and The Age of Adaline (2015). Ford has since starred in the Paramount+ western series 1923 (2022–present) and the Apple TV+ comedy series Shrinking (2023–present).

Outside of acting, Ford is a licensed pilot; he has often assisted the emergency services in rescue missions near his home in Wyoming, and he chaired an aviation education program for youth from 2004 to 2009.[7] Ford is also an environmental activist, having served as the inaugural vice chair of Conservation International since 1991.[8]

Early life
Harrison Ford was born at the Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois,[9] on July 13, 1942,[10] to former radio actress Dorothy (née Nidelman) and advertising executive and former actor John William "Christopher" Ford.[11]

His younger brother, Terence, was born in 1945.[12] Their father was a Catholic of Irish descent,[11] while their mother was an Ashkenazi Jew whose parents were emigrants from Minsk, Belarus, then in the Russian Empire.[11][13] When asked in which religion he and his brother were raised, Ford jokingly responded "Democrat"[14] and more seriously stated that they were raised to be "liberals of every stripe".[15] When asked about what influence his Jewish and Irish Catholic ancestry may have had on him, he quipped, "As a man I've always felt Irish, as an actor I've always felt Jewish."[16][17][18]

Ford was a Boy Scout, achieving the second-highest rank of Life Scout. He worked at Napowan Adventure Base Scout Camp as a counselor for the Reptile Study merit badge. Because of this, he and director Steven Spielberg later decided to depict the young Indiana Jones as a Life Scout in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Ford graduated in 1960 from Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois. His voice was the first student voice broadcast on his high school's new radio station, WMTH,[17] and he was its first sportscaster during his senior year. He attended Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin,[17] where he was a philosophy major and a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. A self-described "late bloomer",[19] Ford took a drama class in the final quarter of his senior year to get over his shyness and became fascinated with acting.[20][21][22] Ford was expelled from college for plagiarism four days before graduation.[23]

Career
1964–1976
In 1964, after a season of summer stock with the Belfry Players in Wisconsin,[24][25] Ford traveled to Los Angeles and eventually signed a contract with Columbia Pictures' new talent program.[11]: 60–69  His first known role was an uncredited one as a bellhop in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966). There is little record of his non-speaking (or "extra") roles in film. Ford was at the bottom of the hiring list, having offended producer Jerry Tokofsky. According to one anecdote, Tokofsky told Ford that when actor Tony Curtis delivered a bag of groceries, he could tell that Curtis was a movie star whereas Ford wasn't; Ford immediately retorted that if Curtis was truly a talented actor, he would've delivered them like a bellhop. Ford was apparently fired soon after.[11][page needed][26]

His speaking roles continued next with Luv (1967), though he was still uncredited. He was finally credited as "Harrison J. Ford" in the 1967 Western film A Time for Killing, starring Glenn Ford, George Hamilton and Inger Stevens, but the "J" did not stand for anything since he has no middle name. It was added to avoid confusion with a silent film actor named Harrison Ford, who appeared in more than 80 films between 1915 and 1932 and died in 1957. Ford later said that he was unaware of the existence of the earlier actor until he came upon a star with his own name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ford soon dropped the "J" and worked for Universal Studios, playing minor roles in many television series throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Gunsmoke, Ironside, The Virginian, The F.B.I., Love, American Style and Kung Fu. He appeared in the western Journey to Shiloh (1968) and had an uncredited, non-speaking role in Michelangelo Antonioni's 1970 film Zabriskie Point as an arrested student protester. In 1968, he also worked as a camera operator for one of the Doors' tours.[27] French filmmaker Jacques Demy chose Ford for the lead role of his first American film, Model Shop (1969), but the head of Columbia Pictures thought Ford had "no future" in the film business and told Demy to hire a more experienced actor. The part eventually went to Gary Lockwood. Ford later commented that the experience had been nevertheless a positive one because Demy was the first to show such faith in him.[28][29]

Not happy with the roles offered to him, Ford became a self-taught professional carpenter[17] to support his then-wife and two young sons. Clients at this time included the writers Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, who lived on the beach at Malibu. Ford appears in the documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold. He and his wife became friends of the writers.[30] Casting director and fledgling producer Fred Roos championed the young Ford and secured him an audition with George Lucas for the role of Bob Falfa, which Ford went on to play in American Graffiti (1973).[17] Ford's relationship with Lucas profoundly affected his career later. After director Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather was a success, he hired Ford to expand his office and gave him small roles in his next two films, The Conversation (1974) and Apocalypse Now (1979); in the latter film, Ford played an army colonel named "G. Lucas".

1977–1997
Ford's work in American Graffiti eventually landed him his first starring film role, when Lucas hired him to read lines for actors auditioning for roles in Lucas's upcoming epic space-opera film Star Wars (1977). Lucas was eventually won over by Ford's performance during these line reads and cast him as Han Solo.[31] Star Wars became one of the most successful and groundbreaking films of all time, and brought Ford, and his co-stars Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, widespread recognition. Ford began to be cast in bigger roles in films throughout the late 1970s, including Heroes (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978) and Hanover Street (1979). He also co-starred alongside Gene Wilder in the buddy-comedy western The Frisco Kid (1979), playing a bank robber with a heart of gold. Ford returned to star in the successful Star Wars sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), as well as the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978). Ford wanted Lucas to kill off Han Solo at the end of Return of the Jedi, saying, "That would have given the whole film a bottom," but Lucas refused.[32]

Ford with production manager Chandran Rutnam on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1983
Ford's status as a leading actor was solidified with Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), an action-adventure collaboration between Lucas and Steven Spielberg that gave Ford his second franchise role as the heroic, globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones. Like Star Wars, the film was massively successful; it became the highest-grossing film of the year. Spielberg was interested in casting Ford from the beginning, but Lucas was not, having already worked with him in American Graffiti and Star Wars. Lucas relented after Tom Selleck was unable to accept.[33] Ford went on to reprise the role throughout the rest of the decade in the prequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and the sequel Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). During the June 1983 filming of Temple of Doom in London, Ford herniated a disc in his back. The 40-year-old actor was forced to fly back to Los Angeles for surgery and returned six weeks later.[34]

Following his leading-man success as Indiana Jones, Ford played Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's dystopian science-fiction film Blade Runner (1982). Compared to his experiences on the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, Ford had a difficult time with the production. He recalled to Vanity Fair, "It was a long slog. I didn't really find it that physically difficult—I thought it was mentally difficult." Ford and Scott also had differing views on the nature of his character, Deckard, that persist decades later.[35] While not initially a success, Blade Runner became a cult classic and one of Ford's most highly regarded films.[36] Ford proved his versatility throughout the 1980s with dramatic parts in films such as Witness (1985), The Mosquito Coast (1986), and Frantic (1988), as well as the romantic male lead opposite Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver in the comedy-drama Working Girl (1988). Witness and The Mosquito Coast allowed Ford to explore his potential as a dramatic actor, and both performances were widely acclaimed.[37][38] Ford later recalled that working with director Peter Weir on Witness and The Mosquito Coast were two of the best experiences of his career.[39]

In late 1991, Ford was slated to portray company lawyer A. Philip Randolph in an action-historical film entitled Night Ride Down, which would have been set around a labor union strike in the 1930s.[40][41][42] Paramount Pictures shelved the project, after Ford quit the film over script changes he disagreed with.[42][43] In the years that followed, Ford became the second actor to portray Jack Ryan in two films of the film series based on the literary character created by Tom Clancy: Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), both co-starring Anne Archer and James Earl Jones. Ford took over the role from Alec Baldwin, who had played Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990). This led to long-lasting resentment from Baldwin, who said that he had wanted to reprise the role but Ford had negotiated with Paramount behind his back.[44] Ford played leading roles in other action-based thrillers throughout the decade, such as The Fugitive (1993),[45] The Devil's Own (1997), and Air Force One (1997). For his performance in The Fugitive, which co-starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ford received some of the best reviews of his career, including from Roger Ebert, who concluded that, "Ford is once again the great modern movie everyman. As an actor, nothing he does seems merely for show, and in the face of this melodramatic material he deliberately plays down, lays low, gets on with business instead of trying to exploit the drama in meaningless acting flourishes."[46]

Ford played more straight dramatic roles in Presumed Innocent (1990) and Regarding Henry (1991), and another romantic lead role in Sabrina (1995), a remake of the classic 1954 film of the same name. Ford established working relationships with many well-regarded directors during this time, including Weir, Alan J. Pakula, Mike Nichols, Phillip Noyce, and Sydney Pollack, collaborating twice with each of them. This was the most lucrative period of Ford's career. From 1977 to 1997, he appeared in 14 films that reached the top 15 in the yearly domestic box-office rankings, 12 of which reached the top ten.[47] Six of the films he appeared in during this time were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, among other awards: Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Witness, Working Girl, and The Fugitive.

1998–2014
In the late 1990s, Ford started appearing in several critically derided and commercially disappointing films that failed to match his earlier successes, including Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), Random Hearts (1999), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Hollywood Homicide (2003), Firewall (2006) and Extraordinary Measures (2010). One exception was What Lies Beneath (2000), which grossed over $155 million in the United States and $291 million worldwide.[48] Ford served as an executive producer on K-19: The Widowmaker and Extraordinary Measures, both of which were based on true events.

In 2004, Ford declined a chance to star in the thriller Syriana, later commenting that "I didn't feel strongly enough about the truth of the material and I think I made a mistake."[49] The role went to George Clooney, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his work. Before that, Ford had passed on a role in another Stephen Gaghan-written film, that of Robert Wakefield in Traffic, which went to Michael Douglas.

Ford at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival
In 2008, Ford enjoyed success with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the first Indiana Jones film in 19 years and another collaboration with Lucas and Spielberg. The film received generally positive reviews and was the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 2008.[50] Ford later said he would like to star in another sequel "if it didn't take another 20 years to digest."[51]

Other 2008 work included Crossing Over, directed by Wayne Kramer. In the film, Ford plays an ICE/Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent, working alongside Ashley Judd and Ray Liotta. He also narrated a feature documentary film about the Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama Renaissance.[52] Ford filmed the medical drama Extraordinary Measures in 2009 in Portland, Oregon.[53] Released on January 22, 2010, the film also starred Brendan Fraser and Alan Ruck. Also in 2010, he co-starred in the film Morning Glory, along with Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton and Patrick Wilson.[54] Although the film was a disappointment at the box office, Ford's performance was well received by critics, some of whom thought it was his best role in years.[55] In July 2011, Ford starred alongside Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde in the science-fiction/western hybrid film Cowboys & Aliens. To promote the film, he appeared at San Diego Comic-Con and, apparently surprised by the warm welcome, told the audience, "I just wanted to make a living as an actor. I didn't know about this."[56] Also in 2011, Ford starred in Japanese commercials advertising the video game Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception for the PlayStation 3.[57]

2013 began a trend that saw Ford accepting more diverse supporting roles. That year, he co-starred in the corporate espionage thriller Paranoia with Liam Hemsworth and Gary Oldman, whom he had previously worked with in Air Force One,[58] and also appeared in Ender's Game, 42 and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. His performance as Branch Rickey in the film 42 was praised by many critics and garnered Ford a nomination as best supporting actor for the Satellite Awards. In 2014, he appeared in The Expendables 3, and the following year, co-starred with Blake Lively in the romantic drama The Age of Adaline to positive reviews.[59]

2015–present

Ford at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Ford reprised the role of Han Solo in the long-awaited Star Wars sequel Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), which was highly successful, like its predecessors.[60] During filming on June 11, 2014, Ford suffered what was said to be a fractured ankle when a hydraulic door fell on him. He was airlifted to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England, for treatment.[61][62] Ford's son Ben released details on his father's injury, saying that his ankle would likely need a plate and screws, and that filming could be altered slightly, with the crew needing to shoot Ford from the waist up for a short time until he recovered.[63] Ford made his return to filming in mid-August, after a two-month layoff as he recovered from his injury.[64][65] Ford's character was killed off in The Force Awakens,[66] but it was subsequently announced, via a casting call, that Ford would return in some capacity as Solo in Episode VIII.[67] In February 2016, when the cast for Episode VIII was confirmed, it was indicated that Ford would not reprise his role in the film after all.[68] When Ford was asked whether Solo could come back in "some form", he replied, "Anything is possible in space."[69] He eventually made an uncredited appearance as a vision in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).[70][71]

On February 26, 2015, Alcon Entertainment announced Ford would reprise his role as Rick Deckard in Denis Villeneuve's science fiction sequel film Blade Runner 2049.[72] The film, and Ford's performance, was very well received by critics upon its release in October 2017.[73] Scott Collura of IGN called it a "deep, rich, smart film that's visually awesome and full of great sci-fi concepts" and Ford's role "a quiet, sort of gut-wrenching interpretation to Deckard and what he must've gone through in the past three decades."[74] The film grossed $259.3 million worldwide, short of the estimated $400 million that it needed to break even.[75] In 2019, Ford had his first voice role in an animated film, as a dog named Rooster in The Secret Life of Pets 2.[76] With filming of a fifth Indiana Jones film delayed by a year, Ford headlined a big-budget adaptation of Jack London's The Call of the Wild, playing prospector John Thornton.[77] The film was released in February 2020 to a mixed critical reception and its theatrical release was shortened due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the film industry.

In 2022, Ford was cast to star alongside Helen Mirren in the Paramount+ western drama series 1923.[78] The two had previously starred together 36 years earlier in The Mosquito Coast. The series premiered in December 2022 to positive reviews, and it is set to run for a total of two seasons.[79][80] That same year, it was announced that Ford would star in the Apple TV+ comedy drama series Shrinking.[81] The series premiered in January 2023 to positive reviews, with Ford receiving praise for his performance.[82] In a 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, it was revealed that he accepted the roles in both 1923 and Shrinking despite there not being a script at the time.[83]

Ford reprised the role of Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), which he stated was his last appearance as the character.[84] The film received generally positive reviews, with many critics highlighting Ford's performance.[85] In October 2022, Ford was cast as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross in the 2025 superhero films Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts*, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, replacing William Hurt, who played the character in previous MCU films from 2008 to 2021 before his death.[86]

Personal life

Ford and Calista Flockhart at the 2009 Deauville American Film Festival
Ford has been married three times and has four biological children and one adopted child. He was first married to Mary Marquardt from 1964 until their divorce in 1979. They had two sons, born in 1966 and 1969. The older son co-owns Ford's Filling Station, a gastropub located at Terminal 5 in Los Angeles International Airport.[87] The younger son is owner of the Ludwig Clothing company[88] and previously owned Strong Sports Gym[89] and the Kim Sing Theater.[90]

Ford's second marriage was to screenwriter Melissa Mathison from March 1983 until their separation in 2000;[91] they divorced in 2004.[92] They had a son, born in 1987, and a daughter, born in 1990. Mathison died in 2015.

Ford began dating actress Calista Flockhart after they met at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards. He proposed to Flockhart over Valentine's Day weekend in 2009.[93] They married on June 15, 2010, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Ford was filming Cowboys & Aliens.[94] They are the parents of a son, born in 2001, whom Flockhart had adopted before meeting Ford. Ford and Flockhart live on an 800-acre (320-hectare; 3.2-square-kilometre) ranch in Jackson, Wyoming, where he has lived since the 1980s and approximately half of which he has donated as a nature reserve.[95] They retain a base in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.[96] Ford is one of Hollywood's most private actors, guarding much of his personal life.[17]

Ford commented on his parenting choices in 2023: "I can tell you this: If I’d been less successful, I’d probably be a better parent."[97]

In her 2016 autobiography The Princess Diarist, his co-star Carrie Fisher wrote that she and Ford had a three-month affair in 1976 during the filming of Star Wars.[98]

Aviation

Ford touring the Air Force Museum in Dayton in 2003
For