Aaron Eckhart
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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).
Known for
Credits
The Dark Knight (2008)
as Harvey Dent
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as President Benjamin Asher
Erin Brockovich (2000)
as George
Deep Water (2026)
as Ben
Sully (2016)
as Jeff Skiles
The Core (2003)
as Dr. Josh Keyes
London Has Fallen (2016)
as President Benjamin Asher
Midway (2019)
as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
as Michael Nantz
Thursday (1998)
as Nick
Wander (2020)
as Arthur Bretnik
Muzzle: City of Wolves (2025)
as Jake Rosser
Nurse Betty (2000)
as Del
Model Citizen (2026)
as Steven Bay
Molly (1999)
as Buck McKay
I, Frankenstein (2014)
as Adam
The Wicker Man (2006)
as Truck Stop Patron
Any Given Sunday (1999)
as Nick Crozier
Paycheck (2003)
as James Rethrick
Towelhead (2008)
as Mr. Vuoso
The Rum Diary (2011)
as Sanderson
The Black Dahlia (2006)
as Lee Blanchard
The Bricklayer (2023)
as Vail
Erased (2012)
as Ben Logan
Shaving (1992)
as Jackie
No Reservations (2007)
as Nick
Line of Duty (2019)
as Frank Penny
Scorpion (—)
Actor
Chief of Station (2024)
as Ben Malloy
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
as Nick Naylor
Scorpion (—)
Actor
Bleed for This (2016)
as Kevin Rooney
Tumble (2007)
as Man
Midair (—)
Actor
Rabbit Hole (2010)
as Howie Corbett
The Pledge (2001)
as Stan Krolak
Thieves Highway (2025)
as Frank Bennett
Muzzle (2023)
as Jake Rosser
The Missing (2003)
as Brake Baldwin
Rumble Through the Dark (2023)
as Jack Boucher
Classified (2024)
as Evan Shaw
Love Happens (2009)
as Burke
Incarnate (2016)
as Seth Ember
Possession (2002)
as Roland Mitchell
Ambush (2023)
as Capitaine Drummond
Suspect Zero (2004)
as Thomas Mackelway
Meet Bill (2007)
as Bill
Godly Sorrow Leads to Repentance (1992)
as Matt
My All American (2015)
as Darrell Royal
Out of the Ashes (—)
Actor
Trial by Combat (—)
as John Porter
The Violet Hour (2018)
as Greg
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
as Barry
The Old Man in the Dunes (—)
Actor
The Walk In (—)
as Eric Hayes
In the Company of Men (1997)
as Chad
Conversations with Other Women (2006)
as Man
Neverwas (2005)
as Zach Riley
Heath Ledger: A Tribute (2009)
as Self
Slaughter of the Innocents (1993)
as Ken Reynolds
Double Jeopardy (1992)
as Dwayne
Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007)
as Road Work (voice)
Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking' (2006)
as Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission (2020)
as Self
The Men of Midway (2020)
as Self
Raider (—)
Actor