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Aaron Eckhart
Known for: ActingAaron 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 51
The Dark Knight
+5
as Harvey Dent 
Pantheon
as Cary Duval (voice) 
Deep Water
+7
as Ben 
Olympus Has Fallen
+13
as President Benjamin Asher 
The First Lady
as Gerald Ford 
Battle: Los Angeles
+4
as Michael Nantz 
Erin Brockovich
+3
as George 
London Has Fallen
+10
as President Benjamin Asher 
The Bricklayer
+10
as Vail 
No Reservations
+8
as Nick 
Midway
+7
as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle 
Sully
+5
as Jeff Skiles 
The Core
+9
as Dr. Josh Keyes 
Any Given Sunday
+6
as Nick Crozier 
I, Frankenstein
+14
as Adam 
Rabbit Hole
+10
as Howie Corbett 
The Black Dahlia
+2
as Lee Blanchard 
Paycheck
+9
as James Rethrick 
The Rum Diary
+3
as Sanderson 
The Missing
+6
as Brake Baldwin 
Chief of Station
+6
as Ben Malloy 
Muzzle: City of Wolves
+6
as Jake Rosser 
Line of Duty
+12
as Frank Penny 
The Pledge
+16
as Stan Krolak 
Bleed for This
+16
as Kevin Rooney 
Thank You for Smoking
+2
as Nick Naylor 
Love Happens
+3
as Burke 
Muzzle
+10
as Jake Rosser 
Nurse Betty
+2
as Del 
Thieves Highway
+3
as Frank Bennett 
Erased
+12
as Ben Logan 
Rumble Through the Dark
+4
as Jack Boucher 
Classified
+2
as Evan Shaw 
Thursday
+2
as Nick 
Suspect Zero
+3
as Thomas Mackelway 
Meet Bill
as Bill 
Incarnate
+2
as Seth Ember 
My All American
+3
as Darrell Royal 
Towelhead
+2
as Mr. Vuoso 
Ambush
+1
as Capitaine Drummond 
Wander
+3
as Arthur Bretnik 
Your Friends & Neighbors
+2
as Barry 
In the Company of Men
+2
as Chad 
Possession
+2
as Roland Mitchell 
Molly
+9
as Buck McKay 
Neverwas
+3
as Zach Riley 
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self 
Slaughter of the Innocents
as Ken Reynolds 
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
+7
as Self (archive footage) 
Double Jeopardy
+8
as Dwayne