Aaron Eckhart

Acting

Born Mar 12, 1968

From Cupertino, California, USA

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).

Aaron Eckhart

Known For

The Dark Knight

Muzzle: City of Wolves

Sully

Olympus Has Fallen

The Core

Midway

Battle: Los Angeles

Deep Water

London Has Fallen

Thank You for Smoking

Filmography — Acting

The Dark Knight

Muzzle: City of Wolves

Sully

Olympus Has Fallen

The Core

Midway

Battle: Los Angeles

Deep Water

London Has Fallen

Thank You for Smoking

Suspect Zero

Erin Brockovich

The Black Dahlia

Paycheck

Muzzle

No Reservations

Incarnate

The Wicker Man

The Pledge

Any Given Sunday

I, Frankenstein

Chief of Station

The Bricklayer

The Rum Diary

Classified

Thursday

Erased

The Missing

Meet Bill

Rabbit Hole

Line of Duty

Bleed for This

Thieves Highway

Love Happens

Ambush

Molly

Nurse Betty

Possession

Towelhead

Wander

Rumble Through the Dark

Tom Hanks: The Nomad

Neverwas

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Your Friends & Neighbors

My All American

Double Jeopardy

Conversations with Other Women

The Men of Midway

In the Company of Men

Slaughter of the Innocents

Scorpion

Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'

Midair

Raider

Tumble

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

The Old Man in the Dunes

Godly Sorrow Leads to Repentance

Trial by Combat

The Violet Hour

Shaving

Filmography — Crew

White Cargo