Ford was born Harrison Miller Ford in Dyersburg, Tennessee. He began his acting career in middle school and attended high school at Memphis University School in Memphis. He received his bachelor's degree in fine arts in theater with an emphasis in acting from Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts, and a ******'s degree in fine arts in acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Currently, Ford resides in Los Angeles and New York ****.