Westworld'sEd Harris andField of DreamsStar Amy Madigan Mark 40 Years of Marriage: Inside Their Love Story

Mar. 15, 2025

Ed Harris and Amy Madigan.Photo:Ron Galella Collection/Getty; Monica Schipper/Getty

Ron Galella Collection/Getty; Monica Schipper/Getty

They’ve quietly had one of the longest-lasting unions in Hollywood.

On Nov. 21,WestworldstarEd Harris,73, and Amy Madigan, 73, who is best known for her role inField of Dreams,alongsideKevin CostnerandRay Liottacelebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.

“It was like something you see in a movie or hear in a song,” Madigan toldLifein 1985, of first seeing Harris as he performed in Sam Shepard’s playCowboyin Los Angeles in 1980. “I just thought—‘Well, there he is.’ It was obvious to me that I’d see him again.”

Ed Harris and Amy Madigan attend the 70th Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.Neilson Barnard/Getty

Neilson Barnard/Getty

The couple wed in 1983, while they were starring together in the filmPlaces in the Heart. Throughout their 40-year marriage, they’ve starred opposite each other in at least nine films and multiple Broadway plays.

‘‘The acting thing is so intimate and personal,’’ Harris said told theChicago Tribunein 1985 of working with his wife. ‘‘If we’re not working together… you can’t really talk about your day very well. When you’re working together, though, there’s so much that is shared, so much unspoken thought and emotion that goes into the work, that it really draws you closer.’’

Of their occasional onscreen romantic scenes, Madigan has said that “‘the closeness of being married gives us the ability and the freedom to do those kinds of things. I mean, with another actor you’d have to spend a lot of time and energy getting to know them first.’'

James Earl Jones, Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan Field Of Dreams 1989.Universal/Gordon/Kobal/Shutterstock

Universal/Gordon/Kobal/Shutterstock

Harris eventually became a four-time Oscar-nominated star for roles in films likeApollo 13andThe Truman Show, as well asPollockandThe Hours. He also made a splash playing Julia Roberts' husband inStepmom,and was nominated for an Emmy for his role inWestworld.

In 1993, the couple welcomed their only child, Lily Dolores Harris, 30.

Of their marriage, Madigan has said that everyone long assumed they married after having a whirlwind affair on the set of their first movie, but she’s denied that, saying they were together for two years prior.

“It’s a nice Hollywood story, but it’s not true,” she told theChicago Tribune.

source: people.com