Aaron Eckhart
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 12, 1968 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Cupertino, California, USA
- Credits
- 84
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
The Dark Knight
2008Movie
Harvey Dent
Sully
2016Movie
Jeff Skiles
Olympus Has Fallen
2013Movie
President Benjamin Asher
London Has Fallen
2016Movie
President Benjamin Asher
Battle: Los Angeles
2011Movie
Michael Nantz
Erin Brockovich
2000Movie
George
Filmography
Model Citizen
2026Movie
Steven Bay
Deep Water
2026Movie
Ben
Muzzle: City of Wolves
2025Movie
Jake Rosser
Thieves Highway
2025Movie
Frank Bennett
Classified
2024Movie
Evan Shaw
Chief of Station
2024Movie
Ben Malloy
The Bricklayer
2023Movie
Vail
Rumble Through the Dark
2023Movie
Jack Boucher
Muzzle
2023Movie
Jake Rosser
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ambush
2023Movie
Capitaine Drummond
Pantheon
2022TV
Cary Duval (voice)
The First Lady
2022TV
Gerald Ford
Wander
2020Movie
Arthur Bretnik
The Men of Midway
2020Movie
Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020Movie
Self
Line of Duty
2019Movie
Frank Penny
Midway
2019Movie
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
The Violet Hour
2018Movie
Greg
The Romanoffs
2018TV
Greg
Incarnate
2016Movie
Seth Ember
Bleed for This
2016Movie
Kevin Rooney
Sully
2016Movie
Jeff Skiles
Chelsea
2016TV
Self
London Has Fallen
2016Movie
President Benjamin Asher
My All American
2015Movie
Darrell Royal
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self
I, Frankenstein
2014Movie
Adam
Olympus Has Fallen
2013Movie
President Benjamin Asher
Erased
2012Movie
Ben Logan
The Rum Diary
2011Movie
Sanderson
Battle: Los Angeles
2011Movie
Michael Nantz
Rabbit Hole
2010Movie
Howie Corbett
Conan
2010TV
Self
Love Happens
2009Movie
Burke
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009Movie
Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009TV
Self - Guest
Towelhead
2008Movie
Mr. Vuoso
The Dark Knight
2008Movie
Harvey Dent
Gotham Tonight
2008TV
Harvey Dent
Tumble
2007Movie
Man
Meet Bill
2007Movie
Bill
No Reservations
2007Movie
Nick
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007Movie
Road Work (voice)
Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'
2006Movie
Self
The Black Dahlia
2006Movie
Lee Blanchard
The Wicker Man
2006Movie
Truck Stop Patron
Conversations with Other Women
2006Movie
Man
Neverwas
2005Movie
Zach Riley
Thank You for Smoking
2005Movie
Nick Naylor
Suspect Zero
2004Movie
Thomas Mackelway
Paycheck
2003Movie
James Rethrick
The Missing
2003Movie
Brake Baldwin
The Core
2003Movie
Dr. Josh Keyes
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self
Possession
2002Movie
Roland Mitchell
The Pledge
2001Movie
Stan Krolak
Nurse Betty
2000Movie
Del
Erin Brockovich
2000Movie
George
Any Given Sunday
1999Movie
Nick Crozier
Molly
1999Movie
Buck McKay
Thursday
1998Movie
Nick
Your Friends & Neighbors
1998Movie
Barry
EP Daily
1997TV
The View
1997TV
Self
In the Company of Men
1997Movie
Chad
Emeril Live
1997TV
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Aliens in the Family
1996TV
Slaughter of the Innocents
1993Movie
Ken Reynolds
Frasier
1993TV
Frank
Double Jeopardy
1992Movie
Dwayne
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self - Guest
Godly Sorrow Leads to Repentance
1992Movie
Matt
Shaving
1992Movie
Jackie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Out of the Ashes
Movie
Scorpion
Movie
Scorpion
Movie
Midair
Movie
The Old Man in the Dunes
Movie
The Walk In
Movie
Eric Hayes
Trial by Combat
Movie
John Porter
Raider
Movie