Aaron Eckhart

Actor

Aaron Eckhart

Born March 12, 1968 in Cupertino, California, USA60 films

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.

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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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The Dark Knight posterFirst watchThe Dark Knight20088.5as Harvey DentA leading role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that…View film

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60 films as actor
  1. TBAMidair
  2. TBARaider
  3. TBAScorpion
  4. TBAThe Old Man in the Dunes
  5. TBATrial by CombatJohn Porter
  6. TBAThe Walk InEric Hayes
  7. TBAOut of the Ashes
  8. 2026Scorpion
  9. 2026Model CitizenSteven Bay / John Locke
  10. 2026Deep WaterBen
  11. 2025Muzzle: City of WolvesJake Rosser
  12. 2025Thieves HighwayFrank Bennett
  13. 2024ClassifiedEvan Shaw
  14. 2024Chief of StationBen Malloy
  15. 2023The BricklayerVail
  16. 2023Rumble Through the DarkJack Boucher
  17. 2023MuzzleJake Rosser
  18. 2023AmbushCapitaine Drummond
  19. 2020WanderArthur Bretnik
  20. 2019Line of DutyFrank Penny
  21. 2019MidwayLieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
  22. 2018The Violet HourGreg
  23. 2016IncarnateSeth Ember
  24. 2016Bleed for ThisKevin Rooney
  25. 2016SullyJeff Skiles
  26. 2016London Has FallenPresident Benjamin Asher
  27. 2015My All AmericanDarrell Royal
  28. 2014I, FrankensteinAdam
  29. 2013Olympus Has FallenPresident Benjamin Asher
  30. 2012ErasedBen Logan
  31. 2011The Rum DiarySanderson
  32. 2011Battle: Los AngelesMichael Nantz
  33. 2010Rabbit HoleHowie Corbett
  34. 2009Love HappensBurke
  35. 2008TowelheadMr. Vuoso
  36. 2008The Dark KnightHarvey Dent
  37. 2007TumbleMan
  38. 2007Meet BillBill
  39. 2007No ReservationsNick
  40. 2006The Black DahliaLee Blanchard
  41. 2006The Wicker ManTruck Stop Patron
  42. 2006Conversations with Other WomenMan
  43. 2005NeverwasZach Riley
  44. 2005Thank You for SmokingNick Naylor
  45. 2004Suspect ZeroThomas Mackelway
  46. 2003PaycheckJames Rethrick
  47. 2003The MissingBrake Baldwin
  48. 2003The CoreDr. Josh Keyes
  49. 2002PossessionRoland Mitchell
  50. 2001The PledgeStan Krolak
  51. 2000Nurse BettyDel
  52. 2000Erin BrockovichGeorge
  53. 1999Any Given SundayNick Crozier
  54. 1999MollyBuck McKay
  55. 1998ThursdayNick
  56. 1997In the Company of MenChad
  57. 1993Slaughter of the InnocentsKen Reynolds
  58. 1992Double JeopardyDwayne
  59. 1992Godly Sorrow Leads to RepentanceMatt
  60. 1992ShavingJackie