<P> Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American film and stage actor . Born in Cupertino, California, he moved to the UK at age 13, when his father relocated the family . Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Sydney, Australia for his high school senior year . He left high school without graduating, but earned a diploma through an adult education course, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1994 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 . </P> <P> 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 LaBute's black comedy film In the Company of Men (1997). Under LaBute's guidance he worked in the director's films Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), and Possession (2002). </P> <P> Eckhart gained wide recognition as George in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film Erin Brockovich (2000), and in 2006 received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking . Another mainstream breakout occurred in 2008 when he starred in the blockbuster Batman film The Dark Knight as District Attorney Harvey Dent . Other key roles include The Pledge (2001), The Core (2003), Rabbit Hole (2010) Battle: Los Angeles (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), I, Frankenstein (2014), Olympus' sequel London Has Fallen, and Sully (both 2016). </P> <P> Eckhart was born on March 12, 1968, in Cupertino, California, the son of Mary Martha Eckhart (née Lawrence), a writer, artist, and poet, and James Conrad Eckhart, a computer executive . He is the youngest of three brothers . </P>

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