
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 · Muzzle as Jake Rosser
- 2023 · Ambush as Capitaine Drummond
- 2022 · Pantheon as Cary Duval (voice)
- 2020 · Wander as Arthur Bretnik
- 2019 · Midway as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
- 2018 · The Romanoffs as Greg
- 2016 · Incarnate as Dr. Seth Ember
- 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
- 2008 · The Dark Knight as Harvey Dent
- 2007 · No Reservations as Nick
- 2006 · The Black Dahlia as Lee Blanchard
- 2006 · The Wicker Man as Truck Stop Patron
- 2005 · Thank You for Smoking as Nick Naylor
- 2005 · Neverwas as Zach Riley
- 2003 · Paycheck as James Rethrick
- 2003 · The Missing as Brake Baldwin
- 2003 · The Core as Dr. Josh Keyes
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 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
- 1997 · Emeril Live as
- 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 · The Bricklayer as Vail
- 2023 · Rumble Through the Dark as Jack Boucher
- 2023 · Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · The First Lady as Gerald Ford
- 2020 · Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission as Self
- 2020 · The Men of Midway as Self
- 2019 · Line of Duty as Frank Penny
- 2018 · The Violet Hour as Greg
- 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
- 2009 · Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
- 2008 · Towelhead as Mr. Vuoso
- 2008 · Gotham Tonight as Harvey Dent
- 2007 · Tumble as Man
- 2007 · Meet Bill as Bill
- 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
- 2004 · Suspect Zero as Thomas Mackelway
- 2002 · Possession as Roland Mitchell
- 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
- 1996 · Aliens in the Family as
- 1993 · Slaughter of the Innocents as Ken Reynolds
- 1992 · Double Jeopardy as Dwayne
- Future · Midair as
- Future · Scorpion as
- Future · Raider as
- Future · The Old Man in the Dunes as
- 1992 · Godly Sorrow Leads to Repentance as Matt