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Aaron Eckhart
Cupertino, California, USA
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 relo…
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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).
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2026
Deep Water
Movie Ben
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2025
Muzzle: City of Wolves
Movie Jake Rosser
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2025
Thieves Highway
Movie Frank Bennett
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2024
Classified
Movie Evan Shaw
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2024
Chief of Station
Movie Ben Malloy
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2023
The Bricklayer
Movie Vail
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2023
Rumble Through the Dark
Movie Jack Boucher
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2023
Muzzle
Movie Jake Rosser
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2023
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Ambush
Movie Capitaine Drummond
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2022
Pantheon
TV show Cary Duval (voice)
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2022
The First Lady
TV show Gerald Ford
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2020
Wander
Movie Arthur Bretnik
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2020
The Men of Midway
Movie Self
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2020
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Movie Self
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2019
Line of Duty
Movie Frank Penny
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2019
Midway
Movie Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
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2018
The Violet Hour
Movie Greg
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2018
The Romanoffs
TV show Greg
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2016
Incarnate
Movie Seth Ember
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2016
Bleed for This
Movie Kevin Rooney
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2016
Sully
Movie Jeff Skiles
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2016
Chelsea
TV show Self
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2016
London Has Fallen
Movie President Benjamin Asher
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2015
My All American
Movie Darrell Royal
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
I, Frankenstein
Movie Adam
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2013
Olympus Has Fallen
Movie President Benjamin Asher
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2012
Erased
Movie Ben Logan
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2011
The Rum Diary
Movie Sanderson
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2011
Battle: Los Angeles
Movie Michael Nantz
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2010
Rabbit Hole
Movie Howie Corbett
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2010
Conan
TV show Self
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2009
Love Happens
Movie Burke
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2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Movie Self
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2008
Towelhead
Movie Mr. Vuoso
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2008
The Dark Knight
Movie Harvey Dent
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2008
Gotham Tonight
TV show Harvey Dent
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2007
Tumble
Movie Man
