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Josh Hartnett
Born	Joshua Daniel Hartnett July 21, 1978 (1978-07-21) (age 31) St Paul, Minnesota 1  United States
Occupation	Actor, Producer
Years active	1997–present

Joshua Daniel "Josh" Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor and producer. He first came to audiences' attention in 1997 as "Michael 'Fitz' Fitzgerald" in the television series Cracker. He made his feature film debut in 1998, co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later for Miramax. That same year, he received an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Male Performance. Hartnett gained fame for his role as Cpt Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor, and has starred since then for "big names" directors such as Ridley Scott, Brian de Palma, Robert Rodriguez, Tran Anh Hung or Michael Bay.

Contents 1 Early Life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Acting Credits 3.2 Production Credits 4 Other Awards & Nominations 5 Awards Presentations 6 Bibliography 7 References 8 External Links

Early Life

Josh Hartnett experienced a quiet and comfortable upbringing. He grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was raised mostly by his father, Daniel Hartnett (a building manager), and his stepmother, Molly (an artist).² He has four younger half-siblings, named Jessica,Chelsea Marie, Jake and Joe and is of Irish ancestry.³ He was raised Roman Catholic,⁴ attending Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Grade School, where he played Adam Apple in an eighth grade production of "Krazy Kamp". He later attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School before switching to South High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from which he graduated in June 1996.

Hartnett was active in sports as a child, especially football, and did not entertain the thought of becoming a performer, until an injury left him unable to participate on the athletic playing field. A relative encouraged him to audition for a stage production of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn and to his surprise, he won the part of Huckleberry Finn. Now in love with the stage, he went on to star in a slew of high school plays.

Hartnett got his first job at a local video store. He had also worked at McDonald's and Burger King for a short time before getting his start in acting at Youth Performance Company in Minneapolis. He became a vegetarian at the age of 12 but returned to meat eating during the shooting of The Black Dahlia.⁵

After finishing high school a move to New York to attend the prestigious Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film at SUNY Purchase did not go as well as he had hoped and a year later Hartnett found himself in California. He was 19 years old. Within a short time in Los Angeles, he caught an improbable break and landed a part in the short-lived but acclaimed drama Cracker, on ABC. Although the series was cancelled after nine episodes, Hartnett had made a name for himself. He then began to focus on feature film work.

Career

In April 1997, Hartnett made his screen debut playing the role of Michael Fitzgerald on the short-lived television series, Cracker. He also performed in small plays and on national television commercials, before being cast in his first feature film, playing the son of Jamie Lee Curtis' character in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, which was released on August 5, 1998 and performed well at the box office.

Hartnett has since developed a steady film career, having appeared in several Hollywood films, including The Faculty, Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin and Pearl Harbor. He was originally set to play the role of Tino in Deuces Wild, but dropped out to star in Pearl Harbor. In 2002, he starred in O, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello set in an American high school, as Hugo, the film's version of Iago.

Hartnett was chosen as one of Teen People magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21" in 1999, Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars under 25", and one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People", both in 2002. He was also voted Bliss magazine's "3rd Sexiest Male".

One of Hartnett's most recent films is the drama-mystery The Black Dahlia, in which he plays a detective investigating the notorious real-life murder of actress Elizabeth Short. Hartnett was cast in the role five years before the film was produced, and remained committed to appearing in the film because he liked the subject matter.⁶

Among his 2007 roles are Resurrecting the Champ, a drama also starring Samuel L. Jackson, and the graphic novel-based 30 Days of Night, in which he plays a small-town sheriff, Hartnett describes the film as "supernatural, but kind of a western". He was going to play trumpet player, Chet Baker, in the film The Prince of Cool, but did not agree with the producer's ideas and left the project.

Hartnett has played Charlie Babbit alongside Adam Godley in the theatre adaptation of Barry Morrow's Academy Award-winning Rain Man at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End.⁷ Also in 2008 he starred the new campaign of the Emporio Armani fragrance, "Diamonds for Men", he will feature in both print and TV ads for the fragrance. This makes him the first male celebrity to represent Giorgio Armani Beauty.⁸

He also had been featured on many magazine covers, such as Cosmogirl, Details, Entertainment Weekly, Girlfriend, Seventeen, Vanity Fair, GQ and Vman, besides being in other magazines like Vogue, ELLE, People, Glamour, Intouch and InStyle.⁹¹⁰

In 2009, Hartnett produced the video clip for the rapper Kid Cudi's song Pursuit of Happiness.¹¹

Filmography

Acting Credits

Film Appearances
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	Gunslinger	Sev	pre-production
	Stuck Between Stations		post-production 12 13 14
2010	Bunraku	The Drifter	post-production
2009	I Come with the Rain	Kline
2008	August	Tom Sterling
	T Takes : Episode 1	Josh	T Takes is a 12-part series of short films shot by the emerging director Brody Baker at Sundance 2008. Each episode, starring a different actor improvising for the camera, builds on the previous one. 15 16
2007	30 Days of Night	Sheriff Eben Oleson	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Actor, Horror/Thriller
	Resurrecting the Champ	Erik Kernan
	Stories USA	Gianni	A compilation of cinematic short about desperate lives in America
2006	The Black Dahlia	Ofc Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert
	Lucky Number Slevin	Slevin Kelevra	Won - Best Acting Performance Male (tied with Peter Falk) - 2006 Milan International Film Festival 17
2005	Mozart and the Whale	Donald Morton
	Sin City	The Salesman
	Stories of Lost Souls	The Neighbor	A compilation of cinematic shorts
2004	Wicker Park	Matthew Simon
2003	Hollywood Homicide	K.C. Calden
2002	40 Days and 40 Nights	Matt Sullivan	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Chemistry (shared with Shannyn Sossamon)
2001	Black Hawk Down	Matt Eversmann	Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble (shared with the cast) Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Actor, Drama/Action Adventure
	O	Hugo Goulding
	Pearl Harbor	Cpt Danny Walker	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Actor
	Town & Country	Tom Stoddard
	Blow Dry	Brian Allen
	Member	Gianni	Short film
	The Same	The Neighbor	Short film
2000	Here on Earth	Jasper Arnold	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout Performance
1999	The Virgin Suicides	Trip Fontaine
1998	The Faculty	Zeke Tyler	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
	Halloween H20: 20 Years Later	John Tate	Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Male Newcomer Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Male Performance
	Debutante	Bill	Short film
Stage Appearances
Year	Play	Role	Notes
2008	Rain Man	Charlie Babbitt	Won - The Dewynters London Newcomer of the Year // WhatsOnStage Awards The Theatregoers' Choice 18
2008	24 Hour Plays	main man	Annual fundraiser at the Old Vic theatre involving actors, writers and directors joining forces to create and present a series of six plays all within a day 19
Television Appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997-1999	Cracker	Michael 'Fitz' Fitzgerald	16 episodes, main character
Music Video Appearances
Year	Song Title	Author	Notes
2001	There You'll Be	Faith Hill	Pearl Harbor soundtrack
1999	Playground Love	Air	The Virgin Suicides soundtrack

Production Credits

Year	Feature Film	Notes
2010	Ham Lake	pre-production
2009	Nobody	Executive producer
2008	August	Spectrum - 2008 Sundance Film Festival 20 Contemporary World Cinema - 2008 Seattle International Film Festival 21 Narrative Feature Films - 2008 Brooklyn International Film Festival 22 Horizons - 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 23 International Section - 2008 Oldenburg International Film Festival World Cinema - 2008 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent Spirit Of Freedom: Dramatic - 2008 Bahamas International Film Festival 24

Other Awards & Nominations

• 2009
  • Won - Outstanding Environmentalist // Doha 21st Century Leaders Awards, Qatar ²⁵
• 2007
  • Won - GQ Männer des Jahres (GQ Men of the Year) // GQ magazine, Germany ²⁶
• 2002
  • Won - ShoWest Award Male Star of Tomorrow // ShoWest Convention, USA

Awards Presentations

• 2010
  • Guest Presenter, The 7th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards , RTÉ One ²⁷
• 2009
  • Guest Presenter, The 16th amfAR Cinema against Aids Gala, 2009 Cannes International Film Festival
• 2008
  • Guest Presenter, The 53th Evening Standard Theatre Awards, London Evening Standard ²⁸
• 2007
  • Guest Presenter, The 22th Film Independent Spirit Awards, IFC ²⁹
  • Guest Presenter, Ray Ban Visionary Award, Sundance International Film Festival ³⁰
• 2003
  • Guest Presenter, MTV Movie Awards, MTV ³¹
  • Presenter, Young Hollywood Awards, American Movie Classics
• 2002
  • Guest Presenter, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC ³²
  • Guest Presenter, The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC
• 2001
  • Guest Presenter, The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1

Bibliography

• Bruce Beresford. Josh Hartnett definitely wants to do this...true stories from a life in the screen trade. Fourth Estate, 2007. ISBN 0732284392.
• Emma Matthews. The Josh Hartnett Album. Plexus Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0859653242.
• Lorelei Lanum. Josh Hartnett, American Idol. Fireside, 2002. ISBN 0743242734.

References

External Links

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