A longtime actor in playwright Neil LaBute’s stable, Aaron Eckhart first caught moviegoers' attention in... (Learn more)
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Aaron Eckhart’s Milestones
| After college, moved to NYC | |
| As a teenager lived with family in England | |
| Dropped out of high school and moved to Sydney, Australia | |
| Raised in Cupertino, California | |
| 1991 | Met future collaborator Neil LaBute while attending Brigham Young University |
| 1992 | Appeared as an extra in an episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (FOX) |
| 1992 | Early TV acting credit, appearing in an episode of the ABC series "Crossroads" |
| 1992 | TV-movie debut in Showtime's "Double Jeopardy" |
| 1993 | Portrayed Samson in the CBS special "Ancient Secrets of the Bible, Part II" |
| 1996 | Appeared in two episodes of the ABC sitcom "Aliens in the Family" |
| 1997 | Feature film debut, "In the Company of Men"; first collaboration with director Neil LaBute |
| 1998 | Re-teamed with LaBute for "Your Friends and Neighbors"; gained 45 pounds to play an unhappily married man |
| 1999 | Had small part of an assistant coach in Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday" |
| 2000 | Cast opposite Renée Zellweger in "Nurse Betty"; third collaboration with director Neil LaBute |
| 2000 | Delivered a memorable turn as the biker who falls in love with the title character (Julia Roberts) in "Erin Brockovich" |
| 2001 | Teamed with Jack Nicholson in the Sean Penn directed "The Pledge" |
| 2002 | Co-starred with Gwyneth Paltrow in "Possession" directed by Neil LaBute |
| 2003 | Along with Hilary Swank, co-starred in science fiction thriller "The Core" |
| 2003 | Co-starred with Uma Thurman and Ben Affleck in the John Woo directed "Paycheck" |
| 2004 | Starred as FBI agent Thomas Mackelway in the thriller "Suspect Zero" |
| 2006 | Portrayed detective, Lee Blanchard in "The Black Dahlia," Brian De Palma's adaptation of James Ellroy's classic noir novel |
| 2006 | Portrayed the chief spokesman for the tobacco lobby in Jason Reitman's satirical comedy "Thank You for Smoking"; earned Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Actor |
| 2007 | Cast opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in "No Reservations," the American remake of the 2001 German feature "Mostly Martha" |
| 2008 | Landed a major role in the Batman film series, playing District Attorney Harvey Dent in "The Dark Knight" |
| 2008 | Portrayed a guy whose life isn't going according to plan in "Meet Bill" |
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