23 Facts About Josh Hartnett

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Joshua Daniel Hartnett was born on July 21,1978 and is an American actor and producer.

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Josh Hartnett first came to attention in 1997 for his role as Michael Fitzgerald in the television crime drama series Cracker.

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Josh Hartnett 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 and the drama The Virgin Suicides.

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Josh Hartnett starred in the neo-noir crime thriller The Black Dahlia.

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Josh Hartnett was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, though some sources, he has said, erroneously give San Francisco.

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Josh Hartnett was raised Roman Catholic, attending Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School.

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Josh Hartnett then began to focus on feature film work.

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Josh Hartnett 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.

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Josh Hartnett developed a Hollywood film career, appearing in major films, including The Faculty, Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin and Pearl Harbor.

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Josh Hartnett was scheduled to play the role of Tino in Deuces Wild, but dropped out to star in Pearl Harbor.

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Josh 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.

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Josh Hartnett described the second film as "supernatural, but kind of a western".

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Josh Hartnett 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.

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In 2008, Josh Hartnett played Charlie Babbit in the theatre adaptation of Barry Morrow's Academy Award-winning Rain Man at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End.

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Josh Hartnett 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.

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Josh Hartnett 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, In Touch and InStyle.

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In 2013, Josh Hartnett was a guest of honor on Off Plus Camera.

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Josh Hartnett starred in Guy Ritchie's 2021 revenge drama film Wrath of Man in a supporting role before Ritchie cast him in his upcoming film Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.

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In January 2022, Josh Hartnett was cast as Ernest Lawrence in Christopher Nolan's upcoming film Oppenheimer.

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In 2011, Josh 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.

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Josh Hartnett joined Uma Thurman, Chanel Iman and Geena Davis in TV and Internet ads to "forward the facts" about the crisis.

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In 2012, Josh Hartnett 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.

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Josh Hartnett began a relationship with English actress Tamsin Egerton in 2012.