Aaron Eckhart

Born: 1968-03-12 in Cupertino, California, USA

Known For: Acting

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).

Filmography

2026

Deep Water

2025

Muzzle: City of Wolves as Jake Rosser
Thieves Highway as Frank Bennett

2024

Classified as Evan Shaw
Chief of Station as Ben Malloy

2023

Muzzle as Jake Rosser
The Bricklayer as Vail
Ambush as Capitaine Drummond
Rumble Through the Dark as Jack Boucher
Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)

2022

Pantheon as Cary Duval (voice)
The First Lady as Gerald Ford

2020

Wander as Arthur Bretnik
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission as Self
The Men of Midway as Self

2019

Midway as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
Line of Duty as Frank Penny

2018

The Romanoffs as Greg
The Violet Hour as Greg

2016

Sully as Jeff Skiles
Chelsea as Self
London Has Fallen as President Benjamin Asher
Bleed for This as Kevin Rooney
Incarnate as Dr. Seth Ember

2015

My All American as Darrell Royal

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
I, Frankenstein as Adam

2013

Olympus Has Fallen as President Benjamin Asher

2012

Erased as Ben Logan

2011

Battle: Los Angeles as Michael Nantz
The Rum Diary as Sanderson

2010

Conan as Self
Rabbit Hole as Howie Corbett

2009

Love Happens as Burke
Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self

2008

The Dark Knight as Harvey Dent
Towelhead as Mr. Vuoso
Gotham Tonight as Harvey Dent

2007

Meet Bill as Bill
No Reservations as Nick
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience as Road Work (voice)
Tumble as Man

2006

The Black Dahlia as Lee Blanchard
Conversations with Other Women as Man
The Wicker Man as Truck Stop Patron
Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking' as Self

2005

Neverwas as Zach Riley
Thank You for Smoking as Nick Naylor

2004

Suspect Zero as Thomas Mackelway

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
The Missing as Brake Baldwin
Paycheck as James Rethrick
The Core as Dr. Josh Keyes

2002

Possession as Roland Mitchell

2001

The Pledge as Stan Krolak

2000

Erin Brockovich as George
Nurse Betty as Del

1999

Any Given Sunday as Nick Crozier
Molly as Buck McKay

1998

Thursday as Nick
Your Friends & Neighbors as Barry

1997