Acting · Cupertino, California, USA · Born March 12, 1968
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).
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as Frank Bennett
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as Evan Shaw
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as Ben Malloy
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as Self (archive footage)
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as Capitaine Drummond
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2022
as Cary Duval (voice)
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as Gerald Ford
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2020
as Arthur Bretnik
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as Self
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as Self
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as Frank Penny
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as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
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2018
as Greg
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2018
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2016
as Seth Ember
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2016
as Kevin Rooney
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as Jeff Skiles
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as Self
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2016
as President Benjamin Asher
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as Darrell Royal
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2014
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as Adam
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2013
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2012
as Ben Logan
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2011
as Sanderson
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as Michael Nantz
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2010
as Howie Corbett
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as Self
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as Burke
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as Self
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as Self - Guest
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2008
as Mr. Vuoso
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as Harvey Dent
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as Road Work (voice)
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as Self
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as Lee Blanchard
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as Truck Stop Patron
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as Nick Naylor
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as Thomas Mackelway
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as James Rethrick
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as Brake Baldwin
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as Dr. Josh Keyes
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as Self
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as Roland Mitchell
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as Stan Krolak
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as Del
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as George
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as Nick Crozier
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as Buck McKay
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as Barry
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1997
as Self
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1996
as Self
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as Frank
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as Dwayne
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1992
as Self - Guest
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as Matt
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as Jackie
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as John Porter
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as Eric Hayes
