He started wearing a small hoop earring and is now mostly seen wearing a stud. He knew that he would be confronted with negative reactions about his pierced ear, since it did not fit the image people had of the good-looking actor or the characters he embodied.

Why is Harrison Ford wearing an earring?

Does Harrison Ford wear earrings? Harrison Ford celebrates his 70th birthday on Friday, and there's something he's famous for besides his iconic roles as Indiana Jones and Han Solo: His pierced left ear. The actor got the ear accessory back in 1997, when he was 55.

Did Harrison Ford really piercing Jimmy Fallon's ear?

On Friday night's episode of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," Harrison Ford stopped by the promote his new film "Ender's Game" and ... to pierce the host's left ear. Ford, who has an iconic left earring himself, donned a white lab coat, purple latex gloves, and a deadpan humor that only heightened Fallon's sheer terror.