Aaron eckhart

Born on March 12, 1968 in Cupertino, California, Aaron E. Eckhart is the son of a computer company executive and a writer specializing in children’s books. During his childhood, his family moved to various countries, including England and Australia. After finishing high school, he enrolled in acting at Brigham Young University in Utah. There he became close friends with one of the brightest students, Neil LaBute , who would later become an established playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker who would be pivotal in his career.

Initially, Eckhart settled in New York, seeking his fortune in the Broadway theater, but found it very difficult to make his way there. “When I was beginning to make my way in the field of acting, I only thought about the New York theater, but I didn’t have much luck. I realized that in Los Angeles many actors try to succeed, more than in New York, but that they have more opportunities, because many roles are offered. That is why I decided to establish my residence there ”, recalls the interpreter. And the truth is that he found a little job, in commercials and in the Double Jeopardy TV movie , where his presence was episodic. He didn’t have much of a role in the thriller Huellas criminales either., his film debut. He would only stand out when his old friend Neil LaBute chose him to star in the brilliant independent film In the company of men , where he nailed his character, Chad, a macho and frustrated yuppie who, with his bosom friend, plots to seduce and deceive a deaf-mute woman. office mate, to laugh at her. In addition to the good reception of the film at Sundance, where he won the Directors’ Trophy, we must add the Independent Spirit Award that Eckhart received for the best newcomer.

Satisfied with his work, LaBute gave the actor a lead role again in his next job, Friends & Neighbors , a brutal dissection of amorality in relationships in today’s society. He had to gain several pounds to play Barry, who of all the male characters is the most self-assured, but who has made his wife very unhappy because of her masturbation habit. Turned into a fetish actor of the director, he gave him a choice of any of the characters in his brilliant comedy From him Chasing Betty . Curiously, he chose one that was as brief as it was difficult, the repulsive individual involved in drug deals who was married to the protagonist, a waitress who was fond of soap operas played by Renée Zellweger.. He also starred under his orders in the failed drama Possession , where he was a student investigating the life of a writer, and found a letter from him narrating his relationship with another famous author. In Wicker Man , LaBute’s worst work, Eckhart’s intervention is anecdotal.

Thanks to his work with LaBute, Eckhart has not lacked major roles since then, in genres as diverse as the thriller ( Thursday ) and the romantic drama ( Molly ). He did well in the sports drama as well, as Oliver Stone noticed him to play one of the secondaries in Any Given Sunday , where he was a technical assistant to the coach, Al Pacino , and a strong candidate to replace him. He drew more attention in Erin Brockovich , where he surprised locals and strangers by playing George, a badass-looking biker, who ended up winning the heart of the protagonist for his kind heart, and his clear paternal vocation.

Another brilliant actor, Sean Penn , directed him in The Oath , where he played Stan Krolak, an excessively soft detective, in the words of his partner, Jack Nicholson , who played the central character, a recently retired man obsessed with finding a murderer. . Later, Eckhart was offered to lead the cast of a “blockbuster” for the first time, The Core , a science fiction film by Jon Amiel , where he was a brilliant physicist who joined an expedition to the center of the Earth, in a vehicle perforator.

Jealous of his privacy, little is known about his personal life. Until 1998 he was romantically linked to the actress Emily Cline , whom he met during the filming of the aforementioned In the Company of Men . The interpreter has known what it means to crash at the box office, with the western Disappeared , and the science fiction thriller Paycheck . But right on the heels of the dispensable thriller Suspect Zero , he brought back all the credibility with Jason Reitman ‘s tongue-in-cheek dramedy Thank You For Smoking ., where he carried out one of the most complex interpretations of his career, in the role of the cynical spokesman for a tobacco company, capable of inventing intelligent arguments to clean up the face of his company. “It is exactly the type of film that interests me the most, with a message, but also a clear vocation to amuse the viewer. Nick Naylor, my character, is a brilliant guy, but at the same time so politically incorrect that his attitude makes us laugh, ”commented the actor about his work in this film. Immediately after, he played a 1940s cop in The Black Dahlia , a Brian de Palma thriller in which the actor starred opposite Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson .

Eckhart has also had time to succeed in the theater, especially when he co-starred in ‘Oleanna’, with Julia Stiles , in a London theater. Soon, we will see him playing Harvey Dent, and his alter ego, Two-Face, one of the villains of Dark Knight , the new installment of Batman directed by Christopher Nolan . “I think I’m going to surprise the public, because I appear with half a disfigured face. As his name indicates, my character has two faces, because on the one hand he is the hero’s nemesis, but he also has very similar aspects to him, which I have tried to enhance so that there is great dramatic tension between the two”, Eckhart has advanced. about this highly anticipated tape.