Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Edward Eckhart born March 12 1968 is an American actor 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 mid1990s 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 LaButes black comedy film In the Company of Men 1997 Under LaButes guidance he worked in the directors films Your Friends Neighbors 1998 Nurse Betty 2000 and Possession 2002 Eckhart gained wide recognition as George in Steven Soderberghs 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 TwoFace Eckharts 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