Aaron Eckhart

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

75

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-03-12 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Cupertino, California, USA

Also Known As

  • Аарон Екгарт
  • 艾伦·艾克哈特

Aaron Eckhart

Biography

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
8.5%

The Dark Knight

Jul 16, 2008

The Dark Knight Rises
7.8%

The Dark Knight Rises

Jul 17, 2012

Sully
7.2%

Sully

Sep 7, 2016

Olympus Has Fallen
6.4%

Olympus Has Fallen

Mar 20, 2013

London Has Fallen
6.2%

London Has Fallen

Mar 2, 2016

Battle: Los Angeles
5.8%

Battle: Los Angeles

Mar 8, 2011

Erin Brockovich
7.4%

Erin Brockovich

Mar 17, 2000

Midway
7.1%

Midway

Nov 6, 2019

Thank You for Smoking
7.2%

Thank You for Smoking

Sep 9, 2005

I, Frankenstein
5.3%

I, Frankenstein

Jan 22, 2014

The Core
5.8%

The Core

Mar 28, 2003

Paycheck
6.2%

Paycheck

Dec 25, 2003

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Acting

Midair
Classified
Deep Water
Chief of Station
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
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission as Self
2020
The Men of Midway 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
The Dark Knight Rises as Harvey Dent / Two-Face (archive footage) (uncredited)
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 / Two-Face
2008
Gotham Tonight as Harvey Dent
2007
Tumble as Man
2007
Meet Bill as Bill
2007
No Reservations as Nick
2007
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die as The Cop
2007
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience as Road Work (voice)
2006
Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking' as Himself
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!
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
EP Daily
1997
The View as Self
1997
In the Company of Men as Chad
1997
Emeril Live
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1996
Aliens in the Family
1993
Slaughter of the Innocents as Ken Reynolds
1993
Frasier as Frank
1992
Double Jeopardy as Dwayne
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Production

White Cargo as Producer
2019
Line of Duty as Executive Producer
2012
Erased as Executive Producer
2007
Meet Bill as Executive Producer
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