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Josh Hartnett

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Josh Hartnett

Born July 21, 1978 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA47 films

Joshua Daniel "Josh" Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor and producer.

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He first came to audiences' attention in 1997 as "Michael Fitzgerald" in the crime television series Cracker. He made his feature film debut in 1998, co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later. 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 a variety of well-known directors such as Ridley Scott, Brian De Palma, Robert Rodriguez, Tran Anh Hung and Michael Bay.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Sin City poster7.5Sin City2005Wrath of Man poster7.6Wrath of Man2021Black Hawk Down poster7.4Black Hawk Down2001Lucky Number Slevin poster7.5Lucky Number Slevin2006Pearl Harbor poster6.9Pearl Harbor2001The Virgin Suicides poster7.1The Virgin Suicides200030 Days of Night poster6.430 Days of Night2007The Faculty poster6.6The Faculty1998

Filmography

47 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Last Draw of Jack of HeartsJack
  2. TBAThe Long Home
  3. TBAAll Day & All NightBilly Davies
  4. TBAWhite LiesJack Freeman
  5. 2026VerityJeremy Crawford
  6. 2025Fight or FlightLucas Reyes
  7. 2024TrapCooper
  8. 2023OppenheimerErnest Lawrence
  9. 2023Die HartJosh
  10. 2023Operation Fortune: Ruse de GuerreDanny Francesco
  11. 2021Ida RedWyatt Walker
  12. 2021Wrath of ManBoy Sweat Dave
  13. 2020Valley of the GodsJohn Ecas
  14. 2020Target Number OneVictor Malarek
  15. 2019Inherit the ViperKip Conley
  16. 2019She's MissingRen
  17. 2018Oh Lucy!John
  18. 20176 Below: Miracle on the MountainEric LeMarque
  19. 2017The Ottoman LieutenantJude Gresham
  20. 2015Wild HorsesKC Briggs
  21. 2015The LoversJames / Jay
  22. 2014Parts Per BillionLen
  23. 2011Stuck Between StationsPaddy
  24. 2011Girl Walks Into a BarSam Salazar
  25. 2010BunrakuThe Drifter
  26. 2009I Come with the RainKline
  27. 2008AugustTom Sterling
  28. 2007Stories USAGianni (segment "Member")
  29. 200730 Days of NightEben Oleson
  30. 2007Resurrecting the ChampErik Kenman Jr.
  31. 2006The Black DahliaBucky Bleichert
  32. 2006Lucky Number SlevinSlevin
  33. 2005Mozart and the WhaleDonald Morton
  34. 2005Sin CityThe Man
  35. 2004Stories of Lost SoulsThe Neighbor
  36. 2004Wicker ParkMatthew
  37. 2003Hollywood HomicideDet. K.C. Calden
  38. 200240 Days and 40 NightsMatt Sulivan
  39. 2001Black Hawk DownEversmann
  40. 2001OHugo Goulding
  41. 2001Pearl HarborDanny Walker
  42. 2001Town & CountryTom Stoddard
  43. 2001Blow DryBrian Allen
  44. 2000The Virgin SuicidesTrip Fontaine
  45. 2000Here on EarthJasper Arnold
  46. 1998The FacultyZeke
  47. 1998Halloween H20: 20 Years LaterJohn