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Aaron Eckhart
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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…
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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).
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Aaron Eckhart's Filmography
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Model Citizen
as Steven Bay
Deep Water
as Ben
Muzzle: City of Wolves
as Jake Rosser
Thieves Highway
as Frank Bennett
Classified
as Evan Shaw
Chief of Station
as Ben Malloy
The Bricklayer
as Vail
Rumble Through the Dark
as Jack Boucher
Muzzle
as Jake Rosser
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage)
Ambush
as Capitaine Drummond
Wander
as Arthur Bretnik
No Poster
The Men of Midway
as Self
No Poster
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
as Self
Line of Duty
as Frank Penny
Midway
as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
No Poster
The Violet Hour
as Greg
Incarnate
as Seth Ember
Bleed for This
as Kevin Rooney
Sully
as Jeff Skiles
London Has Fallen
as President Benjamin Asher
My All American
as Darrell Royal
I, Frankenstein
as Adam
Olympus Has Fallen
as President Benjamin Asher
Erased
as Ben Logan
The Rum Diary
as Sanderson
Battle: Los Angeles
as Michael Nantz
Rabbit Hole
as Howie Corbett
Love Happens
as Burke
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
Towelhead
as Mr. Vuoso
The Dark Knight
as Harvey Dent
Tumble
as Man
Meet Bill
as Bill
No Reservations
as Nick
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
as Road Work (voice)
Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'
as Self
The Black Dahlia
as Lee Blanchard
The Wicker Man
as Truck Stop Patron
Conversations with Other Women
as Man
Thank You for Smoking
as Nick Naylor
Neverwas
as Zach Riley
Suspect Zero
as Thomas Mackelway
Paycheck
as James Rethrick
The Missing
as Brake Baldwin
The Core
as Dr. Josh Keyes
Possession
as Roland Mitchell
The Pledge
as Stan Krolak
Nurse Betty
as Del
Erin Brockovich
as George
Any Given Sunday
as Nick Crozier
Molly
as Buck McKay
Thursday
as Nick
Your Friends & Neighbors
as Barry
In the Company of Men
as Chad
Slaughter of the Innocents
as Ken Reynolds
Double Jeopardy
as Dwayne
No Poster
Shaving
as Jackie
No Poster
Godly Sorrow Leads to Repentance
as Matt
No Poster
Scorpion
No Poster
Scorpion
No Poster
Out of the Ashes
No Poster
Midair
No Poster
The Walk In
as Eric Hayes
The Old Man in the Dunes
No Poster
Trial by Combat
as John Porter
No Poster