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