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).
Acted in
Classified
2024
as Evan Shaw
Chief of Station
2024
as Ben Malloy
The Bricklayer
2023
as Vail
Rumble Through the Dark
2023
as Jack Boucher
Muzzle
2023
as Jake Rosser
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Ambush
2023
as Capitaine Drummond
Pantheon
2022
as Cary Duval (voice)
The First Lady
2022
as Gerald Ford
Wander
2020
as Arthur Bretnik
The Men of Midway
2020
as Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020
as Self
Line of Duty
2019
as Frank Penny
Midway
2019
as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
The Violet Hour
2018
as Greg
The Romanoffs
2018
as Greg
Incarnate
2016
as Dr. Seth Ember
Bleed for This
2016
as Kevin Rooney
Sully
2016
as Jeff Skiles
London Has Fallen
2016
as President Benjamin Asher
My All American
2015
as Darrell Royal
I, Frankenstein
2014
as Adam
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as President Benjamin Asher
Erased
2012
as Ben Logan
Honest Trailers
2012
as Harvey Dent / Two-Face (archive footage)
The Rum Diary
2011
as Sanderson
Battle: Los Angeles
2011
as Michael Nantz
Rabbit Hole
2010
as Howie Corbett
Love Happens
2009
as Burke
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009
as Self
Towelhead
2008
as Mr. Vuoso
The Dark Knight
2008
as Harvey Dent
Gotham Tonight
2008
as Harvey Dent
Tumble
2007
as Man
Meet Bill
2007
as Bill
No Reservations
2007
as Nick
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007
as Road Work (voice)
Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'
2006
as Self
The Black Dahlia
2006
as Lee Blanchard
The Wicker Man
2006
as Truck Stop Patron
Conversations with Other Women
2006
as Man
Neverwas
2005
as Zach Riley
Thank You for Smoking
2005
as Nick Naylor
Suspect Zero
2004
as Thomas Mackelway
Paycheck
2003
as James Rethrick
The Missing
2003
as Brake Baldwin
The Core
2003
as Dr. Josh Keyes
Possession
2002
as Roland Mitchell
The Pledge
2001
as Stan Krolak
Nurse Betty
2000
as Del
Erin Brockovich
2000
as George
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Nick Crozier
Molly
1999
as Buck McKay
Thursday
1998
as Nick
Your Friends & Neighbors
1998
as Barry
In the Company of Men
1997
as Chad
Aliens in the Family
1996
Slaughter of the Innocents
1993
as Ken Reynolds
Frasier
1993
as Frank
Double Jeopardy
1992
as Dwayne
Midair
Deep Water
Thieves Highway
Raider