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Aaron Eckhart

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  • Birth Place: Santa Clara, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/12/1968, Pisces
  • Profession: Actor
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Despite his traditional, chiseled good looks, this chameleon-like actor has eschewed romantic leads in favor of more complex, often downright sleazy characters. With only a handful of small roles under his belt, he was a revelation as a magnetic and malicious businessman in the pitch-black 1997 indie In the Company of Men, written and directed by his college buddy, Neil LaBute. The two went on to have a fruitful collaboration, with LaBute helping to showcase Eckhart's versatility by casting him in strikingly varied roles, including a dumpy, impotent husband (Your Friends & Neighbors) and an aggressive American academic (Possession). Although Eckhart reached a wider audience as the motorcycle-riding hunk who wins Julia Roberts' heart in Erin Brockovich, most of his subsequent mainstream movies went bust (The Core, Paycheck, The Black Dahlia). But in 2006 he found a high-profile project that knew exactly how to capitalize on his talent for playing immoral characters with a winning smile, the satire Thank You for Smoking. Eckhart won over the criticis with his dazzling turn as a charismatic lobbyist for the tobacco industry and earned his first Golden Globe nomination. Aaron Eckhart Fast Facts:
  • Lived all over the world as a teen, including California, England, Australia, France and Switzerland.
  • Worked as a movie usher in Sydney, Australia.
  • Joined Brigham Young University classmate and future director Neil LaBute in shuttling celebrities from Salt Lake City to the Sundance Film Festival.
  • Has appeared in multiple LaBute films, including In the Company of Men (1997), Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Possession (2002) and The Wicker Man (2006).
  • Aaron Eckhart Relationships:
  • Andy Eckhart - Brother
  • Emily Cline - Ex-fiancĂ©e
  • Aaron Eckhart Awards:
  • 2007 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • College:
  • Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (BFA in Film, 1994)
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