Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American film and stage actor. Born in California, he moved to England at 13 when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career performing in school plays. In 1994, he graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film. For much of the mid-1990s, he lived in New York City as a struggling, unemployed actor. In 2000, Eckhart gained wide recognition as George in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film Erin Brockovich. In 2006, he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking. In 2008, he starred in the big-budget studio film The Dark Knight as District Attorney Harvey Dent and the villain he becomes, Two-Face.

Eckhart was born in Cupertino, California, and is the youngest of three sons born to Mary Eckhart, a poet and children's author, and James C. Eckhart "Jim Senior", a computer executive. His brothers are James Lawrence Eckhart (born 1963) and Adam Eckhart (born 1966). Eckhart was raised as a Mormon in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Eckhart was engaged to actress Emily Cline, whom he met during filming of In the Company of Men, but separated from her in 1998. From 2006 to 2007, he was in a relationship with SheDaisy's Kristyn Osborn. In 2007, he dated Ashley Wicks, though the two have ended their relationship. He has been reluctant in speaking about his relationships in interviews. In 2009, Eckhart dated actress Molly Sims.

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Movie		Character	Year
	In the Company of Men	Chad	1997
	Molly	Buck McKay	1999
	Any Given Sunday	Nick Crozier	1999
	Erin Brockovich	George	2000
	Nurse Betty	Del Sizemore	2000
	The Pledge	Stan Krolak	2001
	The Core	Dr. Josh Keyes	2003
	Paycheck	James Rethrick	2003
	Conversations with Other Women	Man	2005
	Thank You for Smoking	Nick Naylor	2005
	The Black Dahlia	Lee Blanchard	2006
	No Reservations	Nick	2007
	Meet Bill	Bill	2007
	Towelhead	Mr. Vuoso	2007
	The Dark Knight	Harvey Dent	2008
	Love Happens	Burke	2009
	Rabbit Hole	Howie	2010
	Battle Los Angeles	Michael Nantz	2011
	The Rum Diary	Sanderson	2011
	Erased		2012
	Olympus Has Fallen		2013