Aaron Eckhart
Acting • Born 1968-03-12
Biography
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).
Filmography
80 credits
The Dark Knight
Movie • 2008
Harvey Dent
Erin Brockovich
Movie • 2000
George
Towelhead
Movie • 2008
Mr. Vuoso
The Wicker Man
Movie • 2006
Truck Stop Patron
No Reservations
Movie • 2007
Nick
Nurse Betty
Movie • 2000
Del
Possession
Movie • 2002
Roland Mitchell
The Pledge
Movie • 2001
Stan Krolak
Midair
Movie
Neverwas
Movie • 2005
Zach Riley
The Rum Diary
Movie • 2011
Sanderson
Suspect Zero
Movie • 2004
Thomas Mackelway
The Missing
Movie • 2003
Brake Baldwin
Love Happens
Movie • 2009
Burke
Chief of Station
Movie • 2024
Ben Malloy
Any Given Sunday
Movie • 1999
Nick Crozier
The Core
Movie • 2003
Dr. Josh Keyes
Meet Bill
Movie • 2007
Bill
Paycheck
Movie • 2003
James Rethrick
Thursday
Movie • 1998
Nick
Thank You for Smoking
Movie • 2005
Nick Naylor
Rabbit Hole
Movie • 2010
Howie Corbett
The Black Dahlia
Movie • 2006
Lee Blanchard
In the Company of Men
Movie • 1997
Chad
Conversations with Other Women
Movie • 2006
Man
Molly
Movie • 1999
Buck McKay
Battle: Los Angeles
Movie • 2011
Michael Nantz
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Movie • 2009
Self
The Bricklayer
Movie • 2023
Vail
Classified
Movie • 2024
Evan Shaw
Muzzle
Movie • 2023
Jake Rosser
Your Friends & Neighbors
Movie • 1998
Barry
I, Frankenstein
Movie • 2014
Adam
Erased
Movie • 2012
Ben Logan
Olympus Has Fallen
Movie • 2013
President Benjamin Asher
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Incarnate
Movie • 2016
Dr. Seth Ember
Tumble
Movie • 2007
Man
London Has Fallen
Movie • 2016
President Benjamin Asher
The Violet Hour
Movie • 2018
Greg
The Men of Midway
Movie • 2020
Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Movie • 2020
Self
Deep Water
Movie • 2026
My All American
Movie • 2015
Darrell Royal
Bleed for This
Movie • 2016
Kevin Rooney
Line of Duty
Movie • 2019
Frank Penny
Sully
Movie • 2016
Jeff Skiles
Ambush
Movie • 2023
Capitaine Drummond
Thieves Highway
Movie • 2025
Frank Bennett
Raider
Movie
Double Jeopardy
Movie • 1992
Dwayne
Slaughter of the Innocents
Movie • 1993
Ken Reynolds
Midway
Movie • 2019
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
Wander
Movie • 2020
Arthur Bretnik
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Movie • 2007
Road Work (voice)
Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'
Movie • 2006
Self
Rumble Through the Dark
Movie • 2023
Jack Boucher
Scorpion
Movie
Godly Sorrow Leads to Repentance
Movie • 1992
Matt
Muzzle: City of Wolves
Movie • 2025
Jake Rosser
The Old Man in the Dunes
Movie
Trial by Combat
Movie
John Porter
Shaving
Movie • 1992
Jackie
EP Daily
TV • 1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self - Guest
The First Lady
TV • 2022
Gerald Ford
Emeril Live
TV • 1997
Aliens in the Family
TV • 1996
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
Frasier
TV • 1993
Frank
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Pantheon
TV • 2022
Cary Duval (voice)
The Romanoffs
TV • 2018
Greg
Gotham Tonight
TV • 2008
Harvey Dent
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV • 2009
Self - Guest