Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 12, 1968
Place of Birth
Cupertino, California, USA
Credits
82 titles
Aaron Eckhart
Biography
Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor and producer. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at early age, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his high school senior year. He left high school without graduating, but earned a diploma through a professional education course, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in film. For much of the mid-1990s, he lived in New York City as a struggling, unemployed actor. As an undergraduate at BYU, Eckhart met director and writer Neil LaBute, who cast him in several of his own original plays. Five years later Eckhart made a debut as an unctuous, sociopathic ladies' man in LaBute's black comedy film In the Company of Men (1997). Under LaBute's guidance he worked in the director's films Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), and Possession (2002). Eckhart gained wide recognition as George in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film Erin Brockovich (2000), and, in 2006, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking. He gained further mainstream breakout in 2008 when he starred in the blockbuster Batman film The Dark Knight as District Attorney Harvey Dent / Two-Face. Eckhart's other key roles include The Pledge (2001), The Core (2003), Paycheck (2003), Rabbit Hole (2010), Battle: Los Angeles (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and its sequel London Has Fallen (2016), I, Frankenstein (2014), Sully (2016), Midway (2019) and Line Of Duty (2019).
Known For
Filmography
Deep Water
Ben
Muzzle: City of Wolves
Jake Rosser
Thieves Highway
Frank Bennett
Classified
Evan Shaw
Chief of Station
Ben Malloy
The Bricklayer
Vail
Rumble Through the Dark
Jack Boucher
Muzzle
Jake Rosser
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
Ambush
Capitaine Drummond
Pantheon
Cary Duval (voice)
The First Lady
Gerald Ford
Wander
Arthur Bretnik
The Men of Midway
Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Self
Line of Duty
Frank Penny
Midway
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
The Violet Hour
Greg
The Romanoffs
Greg
Incarnate
Seth Ember
Bleed for This
Kevin Rooney
Sully
Jeff Skiles
Chelsea
Self
London Has Fallen
President Benjamin Asher
My All American
Darrell Royal
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
I, Frankenstein
Adam
Olympus Has Fallen
President Benjamin Asher
Erased
Ben Logan
The Rum Diary
Sanderson
Battle: Los Angeles
Michael Nantz
Rabbit Hole
Howie Corbett
Conan
Self
Love Happens
Burke
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
Towelhead
Mr. Vuoso
The Dark Knight
Harvey Dent
Gotham Tonight
Harvey Dent
Tumble
Man
Meet Bill
Bill
No Reservations
Nick
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Road Work (voice)
Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'
Self
The Black Dahlia
Lee Blanchard
The Wicker Man
Truck Stop Patron
Conversations with Other Women
Man
Thank You for Smoking
Nick Naylor
Neverwas
Zach Riley
Suspect Zero
Thomas Mackelway