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 Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an 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.
Bio:
Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an 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.
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Bought a motorcycle after learning to ride one for Erin Brockovich (2000).His favorite actor is Cary Grant.Was raised in Cupertino, California and as a teenager, lived with his family in England and Sydney, Australia.Enrolled as a film major at Brigham Young University, graduating in 1994.Nicole Kidman personally chose him to play her husband in Rabbit Hole (2010).Took three years off after high school to surf in Hawaii and served a religious mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland and France. He has since lapsed out of Mormonism.His father is a computer executive, his mother is a children's book author, and he has two brothers.Was Darren Aronofsky's choice for James Gordon for the doomed Batman: Year One project.Named his five favorite films as Apocalypse Now (1979), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Getaway (1972), Bringing Up Baby (1938) and Midnight Express (1978).He's the only American actor to portray a main villain in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. Liam Neeson (Ra's al Ghul) and Cillian Murphy (Scarecrow) are Irish, Heath Ledger (The Joker) was Australian, Tom Hardy (Bane) is English, and Marion Cotillard (Talia al Ghul) is French. Anne Hathaway plays Catwoman and is American, but is portrayed mostly as a protagonist.He has worked with 4 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Oliver Stone, Steven Soderbergh, Ron Howard, and Clint Eastwood.Is the first and, to date, only live-action actor in the Batman film series to play both "Harvey Dent" and his villainous alter-ego, "Two-Face". Previously, Billy Dee Williams played "Harvey Dent" in Batman (1989), while Tommy Lee Jones played "Two-Face" in Batman Forever (1995). Richard Moll played both roles in Batman: The Animated Series (1992), which was animated.Was considered for the role of "Leonard" in Memento (2000).Appeared in The Missing (2003) with Tommy Lee Jones, who preceded him in the role of "Two-Face".Aaron is of German descent on his father's side, and has English, Scottish, German, and Northern Irish (Scots-Irish) ancestry on his mother's side. Some of his father's ancestors were ethnic Germans who lived in Russia.Appears in The Dark Knight (2008) - the first film in the new Batman series to feature The Joker. Prior to that, he appeared in The Black Dahlia (2006), in which a major plot element is the film The Man Who Laughs (1928), which provided the inspiration for The Joker.Broke up with Molly Sims [December 11, 2009].As of 2023, he has appeared in six films directed by Neil LaBute: In the Company of Men (1997), Your Friends and Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), the short Tumble (2000), Possession (2002) and The Wicker Man (2006).One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.Co-starring in "Oleanna" at the Garrick Theater in London with Julia Stiles. (June 2004)Was engaged to actress Emily Cline, but separated from her in 1998.Has played a character named "Nick" in four films: Thursday (1998), Any Given Sunday (1999), Thank You for Smoking (2005), No Reservations (2007).The most believable Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, in "Midway" (2019) though Eckhart's at least 6 inches taller. His portrayal wasn't rough or rude. Doolittle was a gentle man (this writer met him at least three times). Doolittle thought Spencer Tracy's portrayal was a bit harsher than Doolittle saw himself. He led his men the way Johnny Wooden led the Bruins. Always a gentleman. |
| Name: |
Aaron Eckhart |
Type: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Model rank: |
10 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:49:53 |
| Height: |
5' 11' (1.80 m) |
| Biography: |
Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an early age, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before |
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Bought a motorcycle after learning to ride one for Erin Brockovich (2000).His favorite actor is Cary Grant.Was raised in Cupertino, California and as a teenager, lived with his family in England and Sydney, Australia.Enrolled as a film major at Brigham Young University, graduating in 1994.Nicole Kidman personally chose him to play her husband in Rabbit Hole (2010).Took three years off after high school to surf in Hawaii and served a religious mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland and France. He has since lapsed out of Mormonism.His father is a computer executive, his mother is a children's book author, and he has two brothers.Was Darren Aronofsky's choice for James Gordon for the doomed Batman: Year One project.Named his five favorite films as Apocalypse Now (1979), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Getaway (1972), Bringing Up Baby (1938) and Midnight Express (1978).He's the only American actor to portray a main villain in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. Liam Neeson (Ra's al Ghul) and Cillian Murphy (Scarecrow) are Irish, Heath Ledger (The Joker) was Australian, Tom Hardy (Bane) is English, and Marion Cotillard (Talia al Ghul) is French. Anne Hathaway plays Catwoman and is American, but is portrayed mostly as a protagonist.He has worked with 4 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Oliver Stone, Steven Soderbergh, Ron Howard, and Clint Eastwood.Is the first and, to date, only live-action actor in the Batman film series to play both "Harvey Dent" and his villainous alter-ego, "Two-Face". Previously, Billy Dee Williams played "Harvey Dent" in Batman (1989), while Tommy Lee Jones played "Two-Face" in Batman Forever (1995). Richard Moll played both roles in Batman: The Animated Series (1992), which was animated.Was considered for the role of "Leonard" in Memento (2000).Appeared in The Missing (2003) with Tommy Lee Jones, who preceded him in the role of "Two-Face".Aaron is of German descent on his father's side, and has English, Scottish, German, and Northern Irish (Scots-Irish) ancestry on his mother's side. Some of his father's ancestors were ethnic Germans who lived in Russia.Appears in The Dark Knight (2008) - the first film in the new Batman series to feature The Joker. Prior to that, he appeared in The Black Dahlia (2006), in which a major plot element is the film The Man Who Laughs (1928), which provided the inspiration for The Joker.Broke up with Molly Sims [December 11, 2009].As of 2023, he has appeared in six films directed by Neil LaBute: In the Company of Men (1997), Your Friends and Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), the short Tumble (2000), Possession (2002) and The Wicker Man (2006).One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.Co-starring in "Oleanna" at the Garrick Theater in London with Julia Stiles. (June 2004)Was engaged to actress Emily Cline, but separated from her in 1998.Has played a character named "Nick" in four films: Thursday (1998), Any Given Sunday (1999), Thank You for Smoking (2005), No Reservations (2007).The most believable Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, in "Midway" (2019) though Eckhart's at least 6 inches taller. His portrayal wasn't rough or rude. Doolittle was a gentle man (this writer met him at least three times). Doolittle thought Spencer Tracy's portrayal was a bit harsher than Doolittle saw himself. He led his men the way Johnny Wooden led the Bruins. Always a gentleman. |
| Trademarks: |
Chin dimple |
| Quotes: |
[on his height] Normal...About 6 feet tall and a buck seventy.
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Yeah, I've done a lot of smaller stuff before, so it's nice to be in something that people actually see - on the outstanding success of The Dark Knight (2008).
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[on working with Nicole Kidman on Rabbit Hole (2010)]: "She was irritated with me and I was irritated with her. But that's the way movie-making is. For one day, are we not allowed? For half a day even? It's so surprising to me when people are surprised that movie making is sometimes tense and uncomfortable because inherently it's going to be.<br />
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You're around tens of people or hundreds of people working on things that are imaginary and that come from the soul. You could be dealing with subject matter like prostitution, death, drugs, blah, blah, blah. How could you expect that not to be uncomfortable?"
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(2011, on mentally visualizing your goals) I believe if you contextualize something then it will manifest in your life. I have done that with houses, cars, jobs. It absolutely works and it's not hocus-pocus. I believe everything in life has a spiritual component and everything's fair game.
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(On his nomadic upbringing) I came back from summer camp and my dad said: 'Boys we're moving to England' and I said 'No we're not' But dad said 'I don't care about the expense or whatever, you guys can travel as much as you want when we get there.' So I'd ski in Europe, I'd go to Greece, Spain, Moscow, I played soccer in Paris and rugby in Munich. We did everything. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
Played Ben in "The Mercy Seat", a new play by Neil LaBute - NC (2002).
Played John in "Oleanna" by David Mamet - Garrick Theatre, London (2004).
TV commercial for Ford (voice)
(February - present/May 2017) TV commercial, with A |
| Parents: |
Mary Martha Lawrence
James Conrad Eckhart |
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