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Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart

Actor, also producer · Born March 12, 1968 (58) · Cupertino, California, USA

Golden Globe nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor and producer. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at early age, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his high school senior year. He left high school without graduating, but earned a diploma through a professional education course, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in film. For much of the mid-1990s, he lived in New York City as a struggling, unemployed actor. As an undergraduate at BYU, Eckhart met director and writer Neil LaBute, who cast him in several of his own original plays. Five years later Eckhart made a debut as an unctuous, sociopathic ladies' man in LaBute's black comedy film In the Company of Men (1997). Under LaBute's guidance he worked in the director's films Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), and Possession (2002). Eckhart gained wide recognition as George in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film Erin Brockovich (2000), and, in 2006, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking. He gained further mainstream breakout in 2008 when he starred in the blockbuster Batman film The Dark Knight as District Attorney Harvey Dent / Two-Face. Eckhart's other key roles include The Pledge (2001), The Core (2003), Paycheck (2003), Rabbit Hole (2010), Battle: Los Angeles (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and its sequel London Has Fallen (2016), I, Frankenstein (2014), Sully (2016), Midway (2019) and Line Of Duty (2019).

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Born
March 12, 1968 (58)
From
Cupertino, California, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
53 on MovieCove · 72 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 3% in 30 days

What are Aaron Eckhart's films like?

Across their 48 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
39%
Survival
20%
Self
17%
Bonds
14%
Society
5%
Power
3%
Ideas
2%
Survival14 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice14 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception7 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 46 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 16 · Dark 25

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 25 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 20 · Intense 25

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 27 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 34 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 27 · Relentless 9

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 13

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 4 · Affecting 29 · Heavy 13

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 15 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

41 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 22 of 41 analyzed roles.

Hero
22 of 41
Shadow
5 of 41
Ally
4 of 41
Mentor
3 of 41
Trickster
2 of 41
Threshold guardian
2 of 41
Shapeshifter
2 of 41
Herald
1 of 41
Show the 41 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
38
Melancholic
19
Thrilling
15
Dread
16
Contemplative
12
Other
35

How their films linger

Hopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet22
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous12

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Aaron Eckhart's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 53 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Aaron Eckhart's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

72 credits, 53 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Model Citizen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Steven Bay

  • Deep Water(2026)

    as Ben

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Muzzle: City of Wolves(2025)

    as Jake Rosser

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Thieves Highway(2025)

    as Frank Bennett

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Classified(2024)

    as Evan Shaw

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Chief of Station(2024)

    as Ben Malloy

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Bricklayer(2023)

    as Vail

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Rumble Through the Dark(2023)

    as Jack Boucher

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Muzzle(2023)

    as Jake Rosser

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Ambush(2023)

    as Capitaine Drummond

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Pantheon(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Cary Duval (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The First Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · as Gerald Ford

  • Wander(2020)

    as Arthur Bretnik

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Line of Duty(2019)

    Executive Producer · as Frank Penny

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Midway(2019)

    as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Violet Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Greg

  • The Romanoffs(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Greg

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Incarnate(2016)

    as Seth Ember

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Bleed for This(2016)

    as Kevin Rooney

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Sully(2016)

    as Jeff Skiles

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • London Has Fallen(2016)

    as President Benjamin Asher

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • My All-American(2015)

    as Darrell Royal

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • I, Frankenstein(2014)

    as Adam

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Olympus Has Fallen(2013)

    as President Benjamin Asher

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Erased(2012)

    Executive Producer · as Ben Logan

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Rum Diary(2011)

    as Sanderson

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Battle Los Angeles(2011)

    as Michael Nantz

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Rabbit Hole(2010)

    as Howie Corbett

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Love Happens(2009)

    as Burke

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Towelhead(2007)

    as Mr. Vuoso

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Dark Knight(2008)

    as Harvey Dent

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Gotham Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · as Harvey Dent

  • Tumble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Man

  • Meet Bill(2007)

    Executive Producer · as Bill

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • No Reservations(2007)

    as Nick

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Road Work (voice)

  • The Black Dahlia(2006)

    as Lee Blanchard

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Wicker Man(2006)

    as Truck Stop Patron

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Conversations with Other Women(2005)

    as Man

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Neverwas(2005)

    Producer · as Zach Riley

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Thank You for Smoking(2005)

    as Nick Naylor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Suspect Zero(2004)

    as Thomas Mackelway

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Paycheck(2003)

    as James Rethrick

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Missing(2003)

    as Brake Baldwin

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Core(2003)

    as Dr. Josh Keyes

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Possession(2002)

    as Roland Mitchell

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Pledge(2001)

    as Stan Krolak

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Nurse Betty(2000)

    as Del

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Erin Brockovich(2000)

    as George

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Any Given Sunday(1999)

    as Nick Crozier

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Molly(1999)

    as Buck McKay

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Thursday(1998)

    as Nick

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Your Friends and Neighbors(1998)

    as Barry

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • EP Daily (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • In the Company of Men(1997)

    as Chad

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Emeril Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Aliens in the Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Slaughter of the Innocents(1993)

    as Ken Reynolds

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Frasier(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as Frank

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Double Jeopardy(1992)

    as Dwayne

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Godly Sorrow Leads to Repentance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Matt

  • Shaving (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Jackie

  • Live with Kelly and Mark(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows

  • Midair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Out of the Ashes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Raider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Scorpion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Scorpion

    Actor

  • The Old Man in the Dunes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Walk In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Eric Hayes

  • Trial by Combat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as John Porter

  • White Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 72 titles, 62 of them dated from 1988 to 2026; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

The Dark Knight (2008)

$1B worldwide

Highest rated

The Dark Knight (2008)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19882026

Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 39 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting71 of 72: 68 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thProducing4 of 72: 1 only producing, 3 with another role

72 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s13 · acting2000s21 · 21 acting · 1 crew2010s15 · 15 acting · 2 crew2020s12 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 45% of 47 roles
9303081318

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

1 major award from 5 major nominations, 1998–2011.

WinNomination
  1. 2011
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead
  2. 2009
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Acting Ensemble
  3. 2007
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead
  4. 1998
    • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Debut Performance

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Aaron Eckhart's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of the 48 of 49 with a score; across their 45 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Midcredits score across 52 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 52 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed11
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · actor

Wander (2020)

70th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Dark Knight (2008)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 45 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Aaron Eckhart's work okay for kids?

Across up to 40 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore29 titles27–92 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity40 titles10–58 · median 26 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity32 titles36–85 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs28 titles24–63 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense27 titles35–83 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Aaron Eckhart work with?

People who share at least 2 of Aaron Eckhart's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Neil LaBute shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles