Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor. Born
in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at age
13, 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 an adult education
course, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1994 with
a Bachelor of Fine Arts 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), Possession (2002), and The Core
(2003)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. Another mainstream breakout occurred in 2008
when he starred in the blockbuster Batman film The Dark Knight as
District Attorney Harvey Dent. Other key roles include The Pledge
(2001), 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), and Midway (2019).
in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at age
13, 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 an adult education
course, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1994 with
a Bachelor of Fine Arts 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), Possession (2002), and The Core
(2003)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. Another mainstream breakout occurred in 2008
when he starred in the blockbuster Batman film The Dark Knight as
District Attorney Harvey Dent. Other key roles include The Pledge
(2001), 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), and Midway (2019).
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