Josh Hartnett
Josh Hartnett | |
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Hartnett at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International. | |
Born |
Joshua Daniel Hartnett July 21, 1978 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, producer |
Years active | 1997–present |
Partner(s) | Tamsin Egerton (2012–present) |
Children | 1 |
Joshua Daniel "Josh" Hartnett (born July 21, 1978)[1] is an American actor and movie producer. He first came to attention in 1997 for his role as Michael Fitzgerald in the television crime drama series Cracker. He made his feature film debut in 1998 in the slasher film Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, followed by teen roles in films such as the sci-fi horror film The Faculty (1998) and the drama The Virgin Suicides (1999). Hartnett had starring roles in the war film Pearl Harbor, the drama O, the war film Black Hawk Down, the romantic comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights, and other films.
He starred in the Brian De Palma–directed neo-noir crime thriller The Black Dahlia (2006) which was a commercial and critical failure. Next, he appeared in the drama Resurrecting the Champ (2007), alongside Samuel L. Jackson, the graphic novel–based vampire horror film 30 Days of Night (2007) and the neo-noir atmospheric thriller I Come with the Rain (2009). From 2014 to 2016, he starred as Ethan Chandler in the horror TV series Penny Dreadful, for which he was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award.
Early life
Hartnett was born in St. Paul, Minnesota,[1] though some sources, he has said, erroneously give San Francisco, California.[2] The son of Daniel Thomas Hartnett and Wendy Anne (née Kronstedt). He was raised by his father, a building manager, and his stepmother, Molly, an artist.[3] He has two brothers, Jake and Joe.[4] Hartnett was raised Roman Catholic,[5] attending Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School.[6]
Career
After finishing high school, a move to New York to attend the Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film at SUNY Purchase did not go as well as Hartnett had hoped for, and a year later at age 19, he found himself in California.[7] Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, he caught an improbable break, landing a part in the short-lived but acclaimed drama Cracker, on ABC. Although the series was cancelled after sixteen episodes, Hartnett had made a name for himself. He then began to focus on feature film work. He 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. Released on August 5, 1998, it performed well at the box office.
Hartnett developed a film career, having appeared in Hollywood films, including The Faculty, Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin and Pearl Harbor. He was originally scheduled 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. In the early 2000s, Hartnett was approached several times to play the role of Clark Kent/Superman in the early 2000s for a project originally helmed by Brett Ratner, but always turned it down, not wanting to commit to a predicted ten-year role.[8][9] Hartnett said of his decision, "It just wasn't the kind of movie I wanted to do. I turned down other superhero roles as well."
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", and in 2003 PETA named him the Sexiest Vegetarian Alive, as chosen by voters.[10]
One of Hartnett's next films was the 2006 drama-mystery The Black Dahlia, in which he played a detective investigating the notorious real-life murder of actress Elizabeth Short. Hartnett had been cast in the role five years before the film was produced, remaining committed to appearing in the movie because he liked the subject matter.[11]
Among his 2007 roles were Resurrecting the Champ, a drama also starring Samuel L. Jackson, and the graphic novel-based 30 Days of Night, in which he played a small-town sheriff. Hartnett described the second 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.[12]
In 2008, Hartnett 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.[13] He starred in the new campaign of the Emporio Armani fragrance, "Diamonds for Men", being featured in both print and TV ads for the fragrance, thus becoming the first male celebrity to represent Giorgio Armani Beauty.[14]
He has been featured on many magazine covers, such as Cosmogirl, Details, Entertainment Weekly, Girlfriend, Seventeen, Vanity Fair, GQ and Vman, in addition to being in other magazines like Vogue, ELLE, People, Glamour, Intouch and InStyle.[15][16]
In 2009, Hartnett produced the video clip for the rapper Kid Cudi's song Pursuit of Happiness.[17]
In 2013, Hartnett was a guest of honor on Off Plus Camera.[18]
In 2014, he was cast in the part of Ethan Chandler in the gothic horror series Penny Dreadful,[19] shot in locations around Dublin and Ireland.[20]
Regarding fame, Hartnett has said, "I know what it's like to be in that whole world. I was up there for a couple of years, and it was uncomfortable. I think trying to stay at the top is a shortcut to unhappiness." Hartnett also took a break from acting, saying "I spent a bit of time really thinking about whether this was the right thing for me."[21]
Activism
Hartnett has been involved in various causes. In 2007, he took time out from filming to support the green lifestyle campaign of Global Cool.[12]
In 2011, Hartnett became one of a handful of celebrities attached to USAID and Ad Council's FWD campaign, an awareness initiative tied to that year's East Africa drought. He joined Uma Thurman, Chanel Iman and Geena Davis in TV and internet ads to "forward the facts" about the crisis.[22]
In 2012, Hartnett also joined Barack Obama in his campaign in Minnesota, appearing at such events as the Minnesota Greater Together Youth Summit before formally endorsing the President on the official campaign YouTube channel.[23] He along with Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak also appeared at the University of Minnesota's McNamara Alumni Center for an Obama Q&A in April.[24]
Personal life
Hartnett's representative said on December 2, 2015, that Hartnett and girlfriend Tamsin Egerton had their first child together on an unspecified recent date, but the baby's gender was not given.[25]
Partial filmography
Actor
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Debutante | Bill | Short film |
1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | John Tate | Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Male Newcomer Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Male Performance |
1998 | Faculty, TheThe Faculty | Zeke Tyler | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor |
1999 | Virgin Suicides, TheThe Virgin Suicides | Trip Fontaine | |
2000 | Here on Earth | Jasper Arnold | Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout Star |
2001 | Same, TheThe Same | The Neighbor | Short film |
2001 | Member | Gianni | Short film |
2001 | Short6 | Gianni | A compilation of six cinematic shorts |
2001 | Blow Dry | Brian Allen | |
2001 | Town & Country | Tom Stoddard | |
2001 | Pearl Harbor | Cpt Danny Walker | Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor Nominated — Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (with Ben Affleck) |
2001 | O | Hugo Goulding | |
2001 | Black Hawk Down | Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann | Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble (shared with the cast) Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Action Movie Actor |
2002 | 40 Days and 40 Nights | Matt Sullivan | Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Chemistry (shared with Shannyn Sossamon) |
2003 | Zéro Un | The Neighbor | A compilation of ten cinematic shorts produced by Luc Besson |
2003 | Hollywood Homicide | K.C. Calden | |
2004 | Wicker Park | Matthew Simon | |
2005 | Stories of Lost Souls | The Neighbor | |
2005 | Sin City | The Salesman | |
2005 | Mozart and the Whale | Donald Morton | |
2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Slevin Kelevra | Won — Best Acting Performance Male (tied with Peter Falk) - 2006 Milan International Film Festival[26] |
2006 | Black Dahlia, TheThe Black Dahlia | Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert | |
2007 | Stories USA | Gianni | |
2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Erik Kernan | |
2007 | 30 Days of Night | Sheriff Eben Oleson | Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Horror Movie Actor |
2008 | T Takes | Josh | Web series |
2008 | August | Tom Sterling | |
2009 | I Come with the Rain | Kline | |
2010 | Bunraku | The Drifter | |
2011 | Girl Walks into a Bar | Sam Salazar | |
2011 | Stuck Between Stations | Paddy | |
2013 | The Lovers | James Stewart/Jay Fennel | |
2014 | Parts per Billion | Len | |
2015 | Wild Horses | KC Briggs | |
2017 | The Long Home | Filming | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997–99 | Cracker | Michael "Fitz" Fitzgerald | 16 episodes, main character |
2014–16 | Penny Dreadful | Ethan Chandler | Main character |
2015 | Drunk History | Clark Gable | Episode: "Miami" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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[27] |
2008 | Rain Man | Charlie Babbitt | Won – The Dewynters London Newcomer of the Year // WhatsOnStage Awards The Theatregoers' Choice[28] |
Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
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1999 | "Playground Love" | Air | The Virgin Suicides soundtrack |
2001 | "There You'll Be" | Faith Hill | Pearl Harbor soundtrack |
2002 | "Travelin' Soldier" | Dixie Chicks | Home |
2010 | "Pursuit of Happiness" | Kid Cudi | Producer |
Producer
Year | Title | Notes |
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2008 | August | Spectrum - 2008 Sundance Film Festival[29] Contemporary World Cinema - 2008 Seattle International Film Festival[30] Narrative Feature Films - 2008 Brooklyn International Film Festival[31] Horizons - 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[32] International Section - 2008 Oldenburg International Film Festival World Cinema - 2008 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent Spirit Of Freedom: Dramatic - 2008 Bahamas International Film Festival[33] |
2009 | Nobody | Executive producer |
Awards and nominations
- 2010: Won - Ischia International Arts Academy Acting Award / Ischia Global Film & Music Fest, Italy[34]
- 2009: Won - Outstanding Environmentalist / 21st Century Leaders Awards, Qatar[35]
- 2007: Won - GQ Männer des Jahres (GQ Men of the Year) / GQ magazine, Germany[36]
- 2002: Won - ShoWest Award Male Star of Tomorrow / ShoWest Convention, USA
References
- 1 2 "Josh Hartnett". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ↑ Boehm, Kristin (2007-10-18). "Josh Hartnett Dodges Kissing Questions - Caught in the Act". People. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
And, for the record, he was born in Minnesota, not San Francisco as commonly misreported, he said.
- ↑ "Josh Hartnett Biography (1978-)". July 23, 2008. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ Swanson, Carl (May 4, 2014). "Josh Hartnett's Vanishing Act: The Penny Dreadful Star on His Turn to TV and Flying Under the Radar". Vulture.com (New York). Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ↑ Silverman, Stephen M. (2002-03-04). "No Joshin': Hartnett Can't Do It". People. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ Hrbacek, Dave (February 1, 2012). "Principal knows her kids by name — all 759". The Catholic Spirit. Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Josh Hartnett: American Idol". Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ↑ Murray, Rebecca (2010-06-17). "Interview with Josh Hartnett, From "Wicker Park"". movies.about.com. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ The MovieWeb Team (2003-04-22). "Josh Hartnett up for SUPERMAN...again?". movieweb.com. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ "PETA's sexiest vegetarian celebrities of 2011". peta.org. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ Murray, Rebecca. "Exclusive Interview with The Black Dahlia Star Josh Hartnett". movies.about.com. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- 1 2 "Global Cool is hot on carbon emissions". The Times. London. May 12, 2007. Retrieved Feb 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Rain Man Promo Trailer featuring Josh Hartnett and Adam Godley". WestEndTheatre. October 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ↑ "Armani signs Josh Hartnett for new fragrance campaign". brandrepublic.com. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ "Magazine: 1997 - 2004". Lucky Number Josh. July 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ "Magazine: 2005 - 2007". Lucky Number Josh. July 23, 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ "Kid Cudi Hooks Up With Drake, Josh Hartnett For New Video". MTV. Steven Roberts. November 30, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ↑ "Roland Joffe and Volker Schlondorff Lead Panels at Off Plus Camera 2013".
- ↑ "Josh Hartnett Taps Into His Dark Side in this Penny Dreadful Season 2". DC. 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "Josh Harnett is in Dublin shooting scenes for Penny Dreadful - Dublin looks magnificent". evoke.ie. 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "He'll stay out of limelight". Evening Chronicle. September 10, 2004. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Dr. Jill Biden Joins USAID and Ad Council to Debut FWD Campaign for the Crisis in the Horn of Africa". PR Newswire. October 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Josh Hartnett helps out Team Obama".
- ↑ "Josh Hartnett Attempts to Panders to U of MN Youth - TCStarlight.com". TCStarlight.com.
- ↑ Dawn, Randee (December 2, 2015). "Josh Hartnett and girlfriend Tamsin Egerton welcome first child". Today. Archived from the original on December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ↑ MIFF Awards Winners in the past - 2006 / Sixth Edition, Milan International Film Festival
- ↑ "Hartnett is main man in Old Vic's 24 Hour Plays". London Evening Standard. Louise Jury. November 11, 2008. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Winners Announced In The Ninth Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". Whatsonstage.com Awards. Bandwidth Communications Ltd. 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ↑ 2008 Online Film Guide, Sundance International Film Festival Archived January 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ The Festival - Films & Events, Seattle International Film Festival
- ↑ 2008 Edition - Category Feature / Film Details, Brooklyn Film Festival Film Library
- ↑ History - Film Archive, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- ↑ "Bahamas Festival to close with Spike Lee's Miracle Of St Anna". Screen Daily. Jeremy Kay. November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Josh Hartnett To Receive The 2010 Ischia Acting Awards". Absolute Josh Hartnett. June 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ↑ "The 2009 Doha 21st Century Leaders Awardees". 21stcenturyleadersawards.org. October 30, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ↑ "GQ Männer des Jahres 2007 ceremony". Vanity Fair online. October 2007. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
Further reading
- Beresford, Bruce (2007). Josh Hartnett Definitely Wants to Do This, and Other Lies from a Life in the Screen Trade. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-7322-8439-8.
- Matthews, Emma (2003). The Josh Hartnett Album. Plexus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85965-324-4.
- Lanum, Lorelei (2002). Josh Hartnett, American Idol. Touchstone. ISBN 978-0-7432-4273-8.
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