
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
- 2022 · Pantheon as Cary Duval (voice)
- 2022 · The First Lady as Gerald Ford
- 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 Romanoffs as Greg
- 2016 · Sully as Jeff Skiles
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · London Has Fallen as President Benjamin Asher
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · I, Frankenstein as Adam
- 2013 · Olympus Has Fallen as President Benjamin Asher
- 2012 · Erased as Ben Logan
- 2011 · Battle: Los Angeles as Michael Nantz
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2009 · Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
- 2008 · The Dark Knight as Harvey Dent
- 2007 · Meet Bill as Bill
- 2007 · No Reservations as Nick
- 2006 · The Black Dahlia as Lee Blanchard
- 2006 · The Wicker Man as Truck Stop Patron
- 2003 · Paycheck as James Rethrick
- 2003 · The Missing as Brake Baldwin
- 2003 · The Core as Dr. Josh Keyes
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 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
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1993 · Frasier as Frank
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- Future · Thieves Highway as Frank Bennett
- 2026 · Deep Water as
- 2025 · Muzzle: City of Wolves as Jake Rosser
- 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
- 2020 · Wander as Arthur Bretnik
- 2020 · The Men of Midway as Self
- 2018 · The Violet Hour as Greg
- 2016 · Incarnate as Dr. Seth Ember
- 2016 · Bleed for This as Kevin Rooney
- 2015 · My All American as Darrell Royal
- 2011 · The Rum Diary as Sanderson
- 2010 · Rabbit Hole as Howie Corbett
- 2009 · Love Happens as Burke
- 2008 · Towelhead as Mr. Vuoso
- 2008 · Gotham Tonight as Harvey Dent
- 2007 · Tumble as Man
- 2007 · Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience as Road Work (voice)
- 2006 · Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking' as Self
- 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
- 1999 · Molly as Buck McKay
- 1998 · Thursday as Nick
- 1998 · Your Friends & Neighbors as Barry
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1997 · In the Company of Men as Chad
- 1997 · Emeril Live as
- 1996 · Aliens in the Family as
- Future · Raider as
- 1993 · Slaughter of the Innocents as Ken Reynolds
- 1992 · Double Jeopardy as Dwayne
- Future · Midair as
- Future · The Old Man in the Dunes as
- Future · Scorpion as
- 1992 · Godly Sorrow Leads to Repentance as Matt