Aaron Eckhart
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
Credits
- 2024 · Classified as Evan Shaw
- 2024 · Chief of Station as Ben Malloy
- 2023 · The Bricklayer as Vail
- 2023 · Rumble Through the Dark as Jack Boucher
- 2023 · Muzzle as Jake Rosser
- 2023 · Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Ambush as Capitaine Drummond
- 2022 · Pantheon as Cary Duval (voice)
- 2022 · The First Lady as Gerald Ford
- 2020 · Wander as Arthur Bretnik
- 2020 · The Men of Midway as Self
- 2020 · Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission as Self
- 2019 · Line of Duty as Frank Penny
- 2019 · Midway as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
- 2018 · The Violet Hour as Greg
- 2018 · The Romanoffs as Greg
- 2016 · Incarnate as Dr. Seth Ember
- 2016 · Bleed for This as Kevin Rooney
- 2016 · Sully as Jeff Skiles
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · London Has Fallen as President Benjamin Asher
- 2015 · My All American as Darrell Royal
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · I, Frankenstein as Adam
- 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Olympus Has Fallen as President Benjamin Asher
- 2012 · Erased as Ben Logan
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Harvey Dent / Two-Face (archive footage)
- 2011 · The Rum Diary as Sanderson
- 2011 · Battle: Los Angeles as Michael Nantz
- 2010 · Rabbit Hole as Howie Corbett
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2009 · Love Happens as Burke
- 2009 · Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
- 2008 · Towelhead as Mr. Vuoso
- 2008 · The Dark Knight as Harvey Dent
- 2008 · Gotham Tonight as Harvey Dent
- 2007 · Tumble as Man
- 2007 · Meet Bill as Bill
- 2007 · No Reservations as Nick
- 2007 · Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience as Road Work (voice)
- 2006 · Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking' as Self
- 2006 · The Black Dahlia as Lee Blanchard
- 2006 · The Wicker Man as Truck Stop Patron
- 2006 · Conversations with Other Women as Man
- 2005 · Thank You for Smoking as Nick Naylor
- 2005 · Neverwas as Zach Riley
- 2004 · Suspect Zero as Thomas Mackelway
- 2003 · Paycheck as James Rethrick
- 2003 · The Missing as Brake Baldwin
- 2003 · The Core as Dr. Josh Keyes
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · Possession as Roland Mitchell
- 2001 · The Pledge as Stan Krolak
- 2000 · Nurse Betty as Del
- 2000 · Erin Brockovich as George
- 1999 · Any Given Sunday as Nick Crozier
- 1999 · Molly as Buck McKay
- 1998 · Thursday as Nick
- 1998 · Your Friends & Neighbors as Barry
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · In the Company of Men as Chad
- 1997 · Emeril Live as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Aliens in the Family as
- 1993 · Slaughter of the Innocents as Ken Reynolds
- 1993 · Frasier as Frank
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- Future · Deep Water as
- 1992 · Double Jeopardy as Dwayne
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- Future · Midair as
- Future · Scorpion as
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- Future · Raider as
- Future · Thieves Highway as