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Aaron Eckhart

Born · March 12, 1968 (57 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Cupertino, California, USA

Bio

Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor. 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

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

Sully

Sully

Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

Classified

Evan Shaw

2024

Chief of Station

Ben Malloy

2024

The Bricklayer

Vail

2023

Muzzle

Jake Rosser

2023

Tom Hanks: The Nomad

Self (archive footage)

2023

The Violet Hour

Greg

2018

Incarnate

Dr. Seth Ember

2016

London Has Fallen

President Benjamin Asher

2016

I, Frankenstein

Adam

2014

Olympus Has Fallen

President Benjamin Asher

2013

Erased

Ben Logan

2012

The Rum Diary

Sanderson

2011

Battle: Los Angeles

Michael Nantz

2011

Rabbit Hole

Howie Corbett

2010

Love Happens

Burke

2009

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Self

2009

Towelhead

Mr. Vuoso

2008

The Dark Knight

Harvey Dent

2008

Tumble

Man

2007

Meet Bill

Bill

2007

No Reservations

Nick

2007

The Black Dahlia

Lee Blanchard

2006

The Wicker Man

Truck Stop Patron

2006

Conversations with Other Women

Man

2006

Neverwas

Zach Riley

2005

Thank You for Smoking

Nick Naylor

2005

Suspect Zero

Thomas Mackelway

2004

Paycheck

James Rethrick

2003

The Missing

Brake Baldwin

2003

The Core

Dr. Josh Keyes

2003

Possession

Roland Mitchell

2002

The Pledge

Stan Krolak

2001

Nurse Betty

Del

2000

Erin Brockovich

George

2000

Midair

Rumble Through the Dark

Jack Boucher

2023

Ambush

Capitaine Drummond

2023

Pantheon

Cary Duval (voice) · (16 episodes)

2022

The First Lady

Gerald Ford · (10 episodes)

2022

The Men of Midway

Self

2020

Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission

Self

2020

Deep Water

Wander

Arthur Bretnik

2020

Line of Duty

Frank Penny

2019

Midway

Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle

2019

Bleed for This

Kevin Rooney

2016

Sully

Jeff Skiles

2016

Chelsea

Self · (1 episode)

2016

My All American

Darrell Royal

2015

Thieves Highway

Raider

The Romanoffs

Greg · (1 episode)

2018

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self · (1 episode)

2014

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

Self (archive footage)

2013

Honest Trailers

Harvey Dent / Two-Face (archive footage) · (1 episode)

2012

Conan

Self · (1 episode)

2010

Gotham Tonight

Harvey Dent · (4 episodes)

2008

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Road Work (voice)

2007

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

Self

2006

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(1 episode)

2003

Any Given Sunday

Nick Crozier

1999

Molly

Buck McKay

1999

Thursday

Nick

1998

Your Friends & Neighbors

Barry

1998

EP Daily

(3 episodes)

1997

The View

Self · (2 episodes)

1997

In the Company of Men

Chad

1997

Emeril Live

(1 episode)

1997

The Daily Show

Self · (2 episodes)

1996

Aliens in the Family

(1 episode)

1996

Slaughter of the Innocents

Ken Reynolds

1993

Double Jeopardy

Dwayne

1992

Scorpion

Godly Sorrow Leads to Repentance

Matt

1992

Muzzle: City of Wolves

Jake Rosser

The Old Man in the Dunes

Frasier

Frank · (2 episodes)

1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Self · (4 episodes)

1992

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(1 episode)

1988