Josh Hartnett in Pearl Harbor (2001)
German postcard. Photo: Touchstone Pictures / Bueno Vista International. Josh Hartnett in Pearl Harbor (Michael Bay, 2001).
Handsome American actor Josh Hartnett (1978) made his feature film debut in the slasher film Halloween H20: 20 Years (1998). Later, followed by teen roles in films such as the Sci-Fi horror film The Faculty (1998) and the drama The Virgin Suicides (1999). He also starred in the war films Pearl Harbor (2001) and Black Hawk Down (2001).
Joshua Daniel Hartnett was born in 1978 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His parents were Wendy Anne (Kronstedt) and Daniel Thomas Hartnett, a building manager. He has three younger siblings: Jessica, Jake, and Joe. Josh was raised for the most part by his father, Daniel, and stepmother, Molly. His mother moved back to San Francisco after divorcing his father. Josh attended Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul Minnesota before attending South High School. After graduating from South High School in 1996, he attended the Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film at SUNY Purchase in New York. Wikipedia: "Although the series was cancelled after sixteen episodes, Hartnett had made a name for himself." In 1997, he was offered the role of Michael Fitzgerald in the short-lived but acclaimed drama series Cracker (1997-1998). Josh started off doing small plays and national commercials but broke into the film business with his starring roles in the horror films Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (Steve Miner, 1998) playing the son of Jamie Lee Curtis, and The Faculty (Robert Rodriguez, 1998). Director Sofia Coppola directed Hartnett in The Virgin Suicides (1999) with Kirsten Dunst.
Josh Hartnett played the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (Michael Bay, 2001). He appeared as Hugo, the film's version of Iago, in the romantic drama O (Tim Blake Nelson, 2001), an update of Shakespeare's 'Othello'. The film is set in an upper-class prep school, and centered around basketball player Odin (Mekhi Phifer). One of his best films is the war drama Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, 2001) with Ewan McGregor and Eric Bana. Hartnett was chosen as one of Teen People magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21" in 1999, Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars under 25", and one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People", both in 2002. He was also voted Bliss magazine's "3rd Sexiest Male", and in 2003 PETA named him the Sexiest Vegetarian Alive, as chosen by voters. Then followed the crude romantic comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights (Michael Lehmann, 2002) in which he played a young man who vows to stay celibate for forty days, but then finds the girl of his dreams. He co-starred with Diane Kruger in the romantic mystery Wicker Park (Paul McGuigan, 2004). He was one of the many stars in Sin City (Robert Rodriguez, 2005), followed by Mozart and the Whale (Petter Næss, 2005), a love story between two savants (Hartnett and Radha Mitchell) with Asperger's syndrome. Hartnett reunited with Paul McGuigan for the excellent crime drama Lucky Number Slevin (Paul McGuigan, 2006), with Ben Kingsley and Morgan Freeman. Less successful was the Neo-Noir thriller The Black Dahlia (Brian de Palma, 2006), with Scarlett Johansson and based on the crime novel by James Elroy. He played a detective investigating the notorious real-life murder of Elizabeth 'Black Dahlia' Short. From 2004 to late 2006, Josh Hartnett was the boyfriend of Scarlett Johansson. Hartnett co-starred with Samuel Jackson in the sports drama Resurrecting the Champ (Rod Lurie, 2007). That same year, he starred in the graphic novel–based vampire horror film 30 Days of Night (David Slade, 2007). After some forgettable films, he starred in the action film Bunraku (Guy Moshe, 2010) opposite Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson.
In 2011, Josh Hartnett co-starred in the romantic comedy-drama Stuck Between Stations (Brady Kiernan, 2011). Since 2012, he is in a long-term relationship with actress Tamsin Egerton. They have two daughters, Thisbe (2015) and Roxanna (2017). A flop was the action film The Lovers (Roland Joffé, 2015) in which Hartnett and Egerton co-starred. From 2014 to 2016, he starred as Ethan Chandler in the horror TV series Penny Dreadful, for which he was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award. He co-starred with Michiel Huisman in the historical war drama The Ottoman Lieutenant (Joseph Ruben, 2017) and was in the Japanese-American comedy-drama Oh Lucy (Atsuko Hirayanagi, 2017), starring Shinobu Terajima. Recently, he starred in the TV series Paradise Lost (2020) with Barbara Hershey and Nick Nolte, and Die Hart (Eric Appel, 2020) starring Kevin Hart and John Travolta. 20121 seems a promising year for Hartnett. Upcoming films are Wrath of Man (Guy Ritchie, 2021) with Jason Stratham and Ida Red (John Swab, 2021) with Melissa Leo. Josh Hartnett lives in Surrey, England, with Tamsin Egerton and their children.
Sources: D'Amico (IMDb), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Josh Hartnett in Pearl Harbor (2001)
German postcard. Photo: Touchstone Pictures / Bueno Vista International. Josh Hartnett in Pearl Harbor (Michael Bay, 2001).
Handsome American actor Josh Hartnett (1978) made his feature film debut in the slasher film Halloween H20: 20 Years (1998). Later, followed by teen roles in films such as the Sci-Fi horror film The Faculty (1998) and the drama The Virgin Suicides (1999). He also starred in the war films Pearl Harbor (2001) and Black Hawk Down (2001).
Joshua Daniel Hartnett was born in 1978 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His parents were Wendy Anne (Kronstedt) and Daniel Thomas Hartnett, a building manager. He has three younger siblings: Jessica, Jake, and Joe. Josh was raised for the most part by his father, Daniel, and stepmother, Molly. His mother moved back to San Francisco after divorcing his father. Josh attended Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul Minnesota before attending South High School. After graduating from South High School in 1996, he attended the Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film at SUNY Purchase in New York. Wikipedia: "Although the series was cancelled after sixteen episodes, Hartnett had made a name for himself." In 1997, he was offered the role of Michael Fitzgerald in the short-lived but acclaimed drama series Cracker (1997-1998). Josh started off doing small plays and national commercials but broke into the film business with his starring roles in the horror films Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (Steve Miner, 1998) playing the son of Jamie Lee Curtis, and The Faculty (Robert Rodriguez, 1998). Director Sofia Coppola directed Hartnett in The Virgin Suicides (1999) with Kirsten Dunst.
Josh Hartnett played the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (Michael Bay, 2001). He appeared as Hugo, the film's version of Iago, in the romantic drama O (Tim Blake Nelson, 2001), an update of Shakespeare's 'Othello'. The film is set in an upper-class prep school, and centered around basketball player Odin (Mekhi Phifer). One of his best films is the war drama Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, 2001) with Ewan McGregor and Eric Bana. Hartnett was chosen as one of Teen People magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21" in 1999, Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars under 25", and one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People", both in 2002. He was also voted Bliss magazine's "3rd Sexiest Male", and in 2003 PETA named him the Sexiest Vegetarian Alive, as chosen by voters. Then followed the crude romantic comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights (Michael Lehmann, 2002) in which he played a young man who vows to stay celibate for forty days, but then finds the girl of his dreams. He co-starred with Diane Kruger in the romantic mystery Wicker Park (Paul McGuigan, 2004). He was one of the many stars in Sin City (Robert Rodriguez, 2005), followed by Mozart and the Whale (Petter Næss, 2005), a love story between two savants (Hartnett and Radha Mitchell) with Asperger's syndrome. Hartnett reunited with Paul McGuigan for the excellent crime drama Lucky Number Slevin (Paul McGuigan, 2006), with Ben Kingsley and Morgan Freeman. Less successful was the Neo-Noir thriller The Black Dahlia (Brian de Palma, 2006), with Scarlett Johansson and based on the crime novel by James Elroy. He played a detective investigating the notorious real-life murder of Elizabeth 'Black Dahlia' Short. From 2004 to late 2006, Josh Hartnett was the boyfriend of Scarlett Johansson. Hartnett co-starred with Samuel Jackson in the sports drama Resurrecting the Champ (Rod Lurie, 2007). That same year, he starred in the graphic novel–based vampire horror film 30 Days of Night (David Slade, 2007). After some forgettable films, he starred in the action film Bunraku (Guy Moshe, 2010) opposite Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson.
In 2011, Josh Hartnett co-starred in the romantic comedy-drama Stuck Between Stations (Brady Kiernan, 2011). Since 2012, he is in a long-term relationship with actress Tamsin Egerton. They have two daughters, Thisbe (2015) and Roxanna (2017). A flop was the action film The Lovers (Roland Joffé, 2015) in which Hartnett and Egerton co-starred. From 2014 to 2016, he starred as Ethan Chandler in the horror TV series Penny Dreadful, for which he was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award. He co-starred with Michiel Huisman in the historical war drama The Ottoman Lieutenant (Joseph Ruben, 2017) and was in the Japanese-American comedy-drama Oh Lucy (Atsuko Hirayanagi, 2017), starring Shinobu Terajima. Recently, he starred in the TV series Paradise Lost (2020) with Barbara Hershey and Nick Nolte, and Die Hart (Eric Appel, 2020) starring Kevin Hart and John Travolta. 20121 seems a promising year for Hartnett. Upcoming films are Wrath of Man (Guy Ritchie, 2021) with Jason Stratham and Ida Red (John Swab, 2021) with Melissa Leo. Josh Hartnett lives in Surrey, England, with Tamsin Egerton and their children.
Sources: D'Amico (IMDb), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.