Aaron Eckhart

Biography

Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor and producer. 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).

Most Known For

The Daily Show

as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Frasier

as Frank

Conan

as Self

The View

as Self

Muzzle: City of Wolves

as Jake Rosser

The Dark Knight

as Harvey Dent

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self - Guest

Pantheon

as Cary Duval (voice)

Chelsea

as Self

Sully

as Jeff Skiles

Olympus Has Fallen

as President Benjamin Asher

Emeril Live

The Romanoffs

as Greg

London Has Fallen

as President Benjamin Asher

Classified

as Evan Shaw

Wander

as Arthur Bretnik

Midway

as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle