Indiana Jones is a fictional character played by actor Harrison Ford from the Indiana Jones cinematic franchise. Indiana Jones was born July 1, 1899. Indiana is a professor and archeologist who is drawn into various adventures around the globe involving precious artifacts. http://www.theraider.net/information/timeline/adulthood.php http://fandomania.com/100-greatest-fictional-characters-10-6/Indiana Jones is the protagonist throughout the franchise, protecting ancient relics against those who plot evil. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-05-22-indiana-jones-cover_N.htm He usually wears his trademark fedora and carries a bullwhip at his side. http://www.indygear.com/igfedora.htmlhttp://smithsonianlegacies.si.edu/objectdescription.cfm?ID=125http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2008/10/03/harrison-ford-s/

Indiana Jones was conceptualized by Star Wars director George Lucas in the 1970s. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/02/lucas_qanda200802 He has collaborated with director Steven Spielberg on all four films as a producer. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20192040,00.html http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/#Directorhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/#ProducerThe Indiana Jones cinematic franchise consists of four movies: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087469/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/ The franchise also spawned a 1992 television show named The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and several video games. http://www.lucasarts.com/games/indianajones/# http://indianajones.ugo.com/?cur=video-gameshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103586/ Bantam Books also published a series of Indiana Jones novels. http://movies.ign.com/articles/033/033996p1.html

Although Harrison Ford is recognized as Indiana Jones from the cinematic franchise, River Phoenix also played a young Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Sean Patrick Flanery depicted Indiana in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000203/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103586/

Indiana Jones has a strong phobia of snakes, a recurring theme in all four films. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSELK76198620080519 Indiana encounters snakes a total of six times in the first three installments of the franchise. http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/about-harrison-ford-indiana-jones In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, moviegoers were exposed to a flashback of a young Indiana Jones, and a scene in which young Indiana falls into a pit of snakes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f7fZrQzgQc

His father is Professor Henry Jones, played by actor Sean Connery, and is first introduced in the third installment of the franchise, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/ It was also revealed in this movie that Indiana was named after his father’s dog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS2xKm9dsKI http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0001063/bio

Karen Allen played Marion Ravenwood in the 1981 film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0089018/Marion’s father was Indiana’s professor at the University of Chicago. http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/about-harrison-ford-indiana-jones In 2008 she reprised her role in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to reveal to Indiana that he has a son, named Mutt Williams. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/synopsis They were then married. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1629378/20100108/story.jhtml

USA Today called Indiana Jones a "universally appealing character." http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-05-22-indiana-jones-cover_N.htm Premiere Magazine ranked Indiana Jones 7th of the “100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.” http://www.filmsite.org/100characters4.html Empire Magazine ranked Indiana in 6th place of the "100 Greatest Movie Characters." http://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=6 Indiana came in second place in Entertainment Weekly's "20 All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture." http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20268279_19,00.html