Aaron Eckhart - Biography

Last Editor: mknoop				Aaron Eckhart Biography -   Name : Aaron Eckhart Birth name : Aaron E. Eckhart Date of Birth : March 12, 1968 Place of Birth : Cupertino, California, USA Profession : Actor, Producer Nationality : American Claim to fame : as Chad in In the Company of Men (1997) George in Erin Brockovich (2000) Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking (2006)

Aaron Eckhart Trivia -

His father is a computer executive, his mother is a children's book author, and he has two brothers. He was raised in Cupertino, California and as a teenager, lived with his family in England and Sydney, Australia. He was engaged to actress Emily Cline, but separated from her in 1998. He bought a motorcycle after learning to ride one for Erin Brockovich (2000). Took three years off after high school to surf in Hawaii and served a religious mission for The Church of Jesus Christ for Latter-Day Saints in Switzerland and France. He got enrolled as a film major at Brigham Young University, graduating in 1994. He was Darren Aronofsky's choice for James Gordon for the doomed Batman: Year One project. Frequently cast by director Neil LaBute. He appears in The Missing with Tommy Lee Jones, who preceded him in the role of Two-Face. Has played a character named "Nick" in four films: Thursday (1998), Any Given Sunday (1999), Thank You for Smoking (2005), No Reservations (2007). One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007. 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. He 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 (1992)(TV)', which was animated. He was considered for the role of Leonard in 'Memento (2000)'.

Aaron Eckhart Detailed Biography -

Aaron E. Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is a Golden Globe nominated American film actor. He has played both leading and supporting roles in a variety of movies, and has won awards for his role as a sociopathic ladies' man in the independent Neil LaBute film In the Company of Men (1997). Eckhart recently signed on to play Harvey Dent, who later becomes Batman villain Two-Face in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. He was raised in Cupertino, California, and, as a teenager, lived with his family in England and Sydney, Australia. His father is a computer executive, his mother is a children's book author, and he has two brothers. He took three years off after high school to surf in Hawaii and to serve a mission for the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France and Switzerland. He enrolled as a film major at Brigham Young University, graduating in 1994. Eckhart was engaged to actress Emily Cline, but separated from her in 1998. He bought a motorcycle after learning to ride one for Erin Brockovich (2000). He was nominated for the Golden Globe of Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role in Thank You for Smoking. His next role is that of District Attorney Harvey Dent in the sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, due in 2008. According to David Goyer's script treatment, the character will become the villainous Two-Face in the third film.