Josh Hartnett

JOSH HARTNETT was born in San Francisco and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He first came to audiences' attention as "Michael 'Fitz' Fitzgerald" in the television series "Cracker". He made his feature film debut in 1998, co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in HALLOWEEN: H20 for Miramax. That same year, he received an MTV Movie award nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance. Also in 1998, Josh starred in THE FACULTY directed by Robert Rodriguez, again for Miramax. In 1999 he starred in Paramount Classics critically acclaimed black comedy THE VIRGIN SUICIDES opposite Kirsten Dunst, Sofia Coppola's directorial debut.

In 2001 Hartnett hit a stride by starring in three features. He portrayed the antagonist in the Lions Gate Film O, a modern day version of Othello. His portrayal of the dark and dangerous character, Hugo, earned him widespread praise. He then landed a role in the Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster PEARL HARBOR which earned over $1 billion dollars worldwide for Disney. He segued to Morocco where he starred in Sony’s BLACK HAWK DOWN for director Ridley Scott, again, a Jerry Bruckheimer production. The film, which was based on Mark Bowden's 1999 nonfiction novel of the same name, told the story of an ill-fated U.S.Humanitarian mission in Somalia which took place on October 3. 1993. In 2002 the National Theater Owners awarded him with the ShoWest 2002 Male Star of Tomorrow Award.

Josh was seen in MGM's WICKER PARK opposite Diane (Troy) Krueger and Rose (Troy) Byrne for director Paul McGuigan and Miramax’s SIN CITY for director Robert Rodriguez. This past year, he completed THE BLACK DAHLIA for Universal and director Brian De Palma and MOZART AND THE WHALE written by Ron Bass It’s a love story between two people with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, whose emotional dysfunctions threaten to sabotage their budding romance.

Additional film credits include HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE, 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS, BLOW DRY, TOWN AND COUNTRY, and HERE ON EARTH.

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