1. Joshua Daniel Hartnett was born on July 21,1978 and is an American actor.
29 Facts About Josh Hartnett
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Josh Hartnett began his career on ABC's drama series Cracker, after which he became known as a teen idol through starring parts in films such as Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, The Faculty, The Virgin Suicides, Pearl Harbor, O, Black Hawk Down, and 40 Days and 40 Nights.
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Josh Hartnett experienced a career resurgence with his roles as Ernest Lawrence in Oppenheimer and a serial killer in Trap.
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On television, Josh Hartnett portrayed Ethan Chandler on the Showtime fantasy series Penny Dreadful.
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Josh Hartnett appeared in an episode of Black Mirror in 2023 and The Bear in 2024.
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Josh Hartnett has three younger siblings named Jake, Joe, and Jessica.
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Josh Hartnett was raised Roman Catholic, attending Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School.
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Josh Hartnett went on to try youth theater, where he acted in productions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Guys and Dolls and attracted attention from a talent scout.
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Josh Hartnett was expelled after writing a letter to the dean contending that the college's evaluation system stifled students' creativity.
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At the age of 19, Josh Hartnett moved to Los Angeles at the recommendation of his manager, Nancy Kremer, who had previously helped him book television commercials.
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Josh Hartnett then developed a successful film career, appearing in the major films The Faculty, The Virgin Suicides, and Black Hawk Down.
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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 followed up these roles with the 2006 drama-mystery The Black Dahlia, in which he played a detective investigating the notorious real-life murder of waitress Elizabeth Short.
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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 theater 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 2009, Josh Hartnett produced the music video for the rapper Kid Cudi's song "Pursuit of Happiness".
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In 2013, Josh Hartnett was a guest of honor on Off Plus Camera.
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Josh Hartnett then continued acting in smaller films which were received negatively, such as the Turkish war film The Ottoman Lieutenant, the drama She's Missing, the crime film Inherit the Viper, the Polish film Valley of the Gods, and the crime film Ida Red.
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Josh Hartnett then starred in Guy Ritchie's 2021 revenge drama film Wrath of Man in a supporting role before Ritchie cast him in his 2023 film Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.
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In January 2022, Josh Hartnett was cast as Ernest Lawrence in Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer.
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In 2025, Josh Hartnett starred in the action film Fight or Flight, playing a mercenary tracking a target on a plane.
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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.