Joshua Daniel "Josh" Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor and film producer. He came to fame after his first film role, in 1998's Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, and as Matt Eversmann in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down.
Early life
Hartnett grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota and was raised mostly by his father, Daniel Hartnett (a building manager), and stepmother, Molly (an artist).2 He has three younger half-siblings, named Jessica, 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 played football in high school, but stopped because of a broken left knee.
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 temporarily returned to meat eating during the shooting of The Black Dahlia.5
He attended the prestigious Acting Program at SUNY Purchase in New York for a short period of time.
Hartnett has also lived in San Francisco.
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. 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.7
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.89
In 2009, Hartnett produced the video for the Kid Cudi song Pursuit of Happiness.10
Filmography
Awards and nominations
- ShoWest Award Male Star of Tomorrow (2002)
References
- ^ "Josh Hartnett Dodges Kissing Questions - Caught in the Act, Josh Hartnett, Rihanna". People. October 18, 2008. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20153026,00.html.
- ^ "Josh Hartnett Biography (1978-)". July 23, 2008. http://www.filmreference.com/film/48/Josh-Hartnett.html.
- ^ "Man of Style". September 1, 2004. http://www.luckynumberjosh.com/scripts/magazine_instyle2004.htm.
- ^ "No Joshin': Hartnett Can't Do It - Josh Hartnett". People. March 4, 2002. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,623538,00.html.
- ^ "Doctor Orders Vegetarian Josh Hartnett To Eat Meat". http://www.exposay.com/doctor-orders-vegetarian-josh-hartnett-to-eat-meat/v/24526/.
- ^ "Exclusive Interview with The Black Dahlia Star Josh Hartnett". July 23, 2008. http://movies.about.com/od/theblackdahlia/a/dahliajh090606.htm.
- ^ "Armani signs Josh Hartnett for new fragrance campaign". July 21, 2008. http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/833073/Armani-signs-Josh-Hartnett-new-fragrance-campaign/.
- ^ "Magazine: 1997 - 2004". Lucky Number Josh. July 23, 2008. http://luckynumberjosh.com/gallery/index.php?cat=24.
- ^ "Magazine: 2005 - 2007". Lucky Number Josh. July 23, 2008. http://luckynumberjosh.com/gallery/index.php?cat=25.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W9vIBFByC8
External links
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