Born March 12, 1968, in Cupertino, Calif., Aaron Eckhart dropped out of high school to kick around Australia before enrolling at Brigham Young University, where he met friend and future collaborator Neil LaBute.Writer-director LaBute gave Eckhart his first high-profile exposure with In the Company of Men (1997). Displaying a knack for amazing physical transformations, Eckhart next put on weight to play an impotent husband in LaBute's Your Friends & Neighbors (1998); donned a ponytail and beard to play a biker in Erin Brockovich (2000); and applied a layer of slime to play a used-car salesman in Nurse Betty (2000).
More traditional parts followed -- at least in terms of appearance -- in The Pledge (2001), The Missing (2003), Suspect Zero (2004) and Thank You for Smoking (2005). The latter brought Eckhart an Independent Spirit Award nod for Best Male Lead, an honor he earned again in 2010 for the indie drama Rabbit Hole.
Battle: Los AngelesLed by their skillful staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart), a platoon of gutsy Marines, including Santos (Michelle Rodriguez), Simmons (Taylor Handley) and Lockett (Cory Hardrict), fight to protect all humankind from astonishingly powerful aliens who've suddenly invaded Los Angeles. Jonathan Liebesman... Read More
Rabbit HoleIn this raw drama based on David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howie (Aaron Eckhart) grapple with the realities of life eight months after the death of their 4-year-old son, Danny. Even with Becca's well-meaning mother (Dianne Wiest)... Read More
Love HappensAaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston star in this romantic tale about life, loss and love. When widower and self-help guru Burke Ryan (Eckhart) unexpectedly falls for Eloise (Aniston), his latent grief threatens his chance at romance. Now, the best-selling author and expert on coping with loss must... Read More
No ReservationsIn this remake of the award-winning European romantic comedy Mostly Martha, Catherine Zeta-Jones plays Kate, an emotionally fragile chef whose life is turned upside down when she becomes her niece's (Abigail Breslin) sole guardian. Kate is used to absolute control -- both in her kitchen and at home.... Read More
Thank You for SmokingOn a mission to make the country forget the dangers of smoking, Big Tobacco spin doctor Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) promotes his product in the movies and hushes those who bad-mouth cigarettes, all the while trying to remain a role model to his young son. Maria Bello, Katie Holmes, Robert Duvall and... Read More
The Rum Diary (2011) | R | |
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) | PG-13 | |
Rabbit Hole (2010) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
NR | ||
PG-13 | ||
R | ||
Operation Homecoming (2007) | NR | |
No Reservations (2007) | PG | |
R | ||
The Black Dahlia (2006) | R | |
R | ||
Thank You for Smoking (2005) | R | |
Neverwas (2005) | PG-13 | |
Suspect Zero (2004) | R | |
The Missing (2003) | R | |
Paycheck (2003) | PG-13 | |
The Core (2003) | PG-13 | |
Possession (2002) | PG-13 | |
The Pledge (2001) | R | |
Erin Brockovich (2000) | R | |
Nurse Betty (2000) | R | |
Molly (1999) | PG-13 | |
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) | R | |
In the Company of Men (1997) | R | |
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