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Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett

Actor, also producer · Born July 21, 1978 (48) · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award winner

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

Born
July 21, 1978 (48)
From
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
53 on MovieCove · 60 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 16% in 30 days

What are Josh Hartnett's films like?

Across their 48 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th 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
Self
23%
Bonds
22%
Morality
19%
Survival
16%
Power
8%
Society
8%
Ideas
4%
Identity12 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 43 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 11 · Serious 14 · Dark 18

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 20 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 11

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 17 · Intense 20

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

Steady 13 · Shifting 25 · Whiplash 5

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

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 4

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

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 24 · Relentless 7

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

Casual 10 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 12

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

Easy watch 10 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 15

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 22 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 12

Roles they play

42 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 25 of 42 analyzed roles.

Hero
25 of 42
Ally
4 of 42
Trickster
4 of 42
Herald
3 of 42
Shadow
2 of 42
Shapeshifter
2 of 42
Mentor
1 of 42
Threshold guardian
1 of 42
Show the 42 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
34
Melancholic
23
Dread
16
Absurd
12
Thrilling
10
Other
33

How their films linger

Bittersweet20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet28
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous10
  • Cyclical1

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 Josh Hartnett's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 40 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 Josh Hartnett'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

60 credits, 53 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Below(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Calvin Penney

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Verity(2026)

    as Jeremy Crawford

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Fight or Flight(2024)

    as Lucas Reyes

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Trap(2024)

    as Cooper

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Oppenheimer(2023)

    as Ernest Lawrence

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Die Hart(2023)

    as Josh

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre(2023)

    as Danny Francesco

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Bear(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · as Frank

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Fear Index (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Alex Hoffman

  • Ida Red(2021)

    as Wyatt Walker

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Wrath of Man(2021)

    as Boy Sweat Dave

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Exterminate All the Brutes(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · as American Colonist / Belgian Colonist

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Valley of the Gods(2019)

    as John Ecas

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Die Hart(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · as Josh Hartnett

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • Most Wanted(2020)

    as Victor Malarek

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Paradise Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · as Yates Forsythe

  • Inherit the Viper(2019)

    as Kip Conley

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • She's Missing(2019)

    as Ren

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Oh Lucy!(2017)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain(2017)

    Producer · as Eric LeMarque

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Ottoman Lieutenant(2017)

    as Jude Gresham

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Wild Horses(2015)

    as KC Briggs

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Lovers(2015)

    as James / Jay

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Penny Dreadful(2014)

    Show 27 episodes · as Ethan Chandler

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Parts Per Billion(2014)

    as Len

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Drunk History(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Clark Gable

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Black Mirror(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as David Ross

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Stuck Between Stations(2011)

    as Paddy

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Girl Walks Into a Bar(2011)

    as Sam Salazar

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Bunraku(2010)

    as The Drifter

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • I Come with the Rain(2009)

    as Kline

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Nobody(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • August(2008)

    Producer · as Tom Sterling

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Stories USA(2007)

    as Gianni (segment "Member")

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • 30 Days of Night(2007)

    as Eben Oleson

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Resurrecting the Champ(2007)

    as Erik Kenman Jr.

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Black Dahlia(2006)

    as Bucky Bleichert

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Lucky Number Slevin(2006)

    as Slevin

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Mozart and the Whale(2005)

    as Donald Morton

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Sin City(2005)

    as The Man

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Stories of Lost Souls(2005)

    as The Neighbor

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Wicker Park(2004)

    as Matthew

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Lost in Translation(2003)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood Homicide(2003)

    as Det. K.C. Calden

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • 40 Days and 40 Nights(2002)

    as Matt Sulivan

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Black Hawk Down(2001)

    as Eversmann

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • O(2001)

    as Hugo Goulding

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Pearl Harbor(2001)

    as Danny Walker

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Town & Country(2001)

    as Tom Stoddard

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Blow Dry(2001)

    as Brian Allen

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Virgin Suicides(1999)

    as Trip Fontaine

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Here on Earth(2000)

    as Jasper Arnold

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Faculty(1998)

    as Zeke

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Halloween H20: 20 Years Later(1998)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Cracker: Mind Over Murder(1997)

    Show 16 episodes · as Michael Fitzgerald

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • All Day & All Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as Billy Davies

  • The Last Draw of Jack of Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jack

  • The Long Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • White Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jack Freeman

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 59 titles, 55 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2001.

Biggest box office

Oppenheimer (2023)

$976M worldwide

Highest rated

Oppenheimer (2023)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Verity (2026)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19922026

Peak 2001 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 33 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
Acting58 of 59: 54 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thProducing4 of 59: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleOther crew1 of 59: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

59 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s4 · acting2000s21 · 20 acting · 2 crew2010s14 · 14 acting · 1 crew2020s16 · 16 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 48% of 40 roles
980308131823

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

Won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2024, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

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 Josh Hartnett's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 45; across their 43 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Midcredits score across 53 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th17

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 53 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed20

Most divisive · producer

Nobody (2009)

93rd percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Oppenheimer (2023)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 42 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 Josh Hartnett's work okay for kids?

Across up to 31 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 & Gore22 titles37–95 · median 75 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity31 titles17–70 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity23 titles47–88 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs18 titles30–66 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense20 titles39–88 · median 72 · 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 Josh Hartnett work with?

People who share at least 2 of Josh Hartnett's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Boaz Davidson shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles