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3 | Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor and producer, best known for his heartthrob image in the early 2000s. |
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5 | His early performances (namely, Trip Fontaine in ''Literature/TheVirginSuicides'' and Hugo in ''Film/{{O}}'' as well as Creator/RidleyScott's Film/BlackHawkDown) were well received by the critics, proving that despite his heartthrob image the guy was not just a pretty face. Sadly, he soon became every girl's [[CelebCrush celebrity crush]] and got swallowed up in the hype that brought in lame movies and lazy acting, culminating with the 2001 [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot disaster]] ''Film/PearlHarbor''. |
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7 | Known for his 6-foot, 3-inch frame, deep voice and a prominent beauty mark on his neck, Hartnett was considered one of the main teen sex symbols (and one of the few reasons people actually went to see ''Pearl Harbor''). He's also more famous for his relationships with celebrity beauties, such as Creator/ScarlettJohansson, than for his acting achievements. |
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9 | After the hype has died out, Hartnett opted for a change in his career, turning to smaller, indie films or more serious directors. Some of these attempts proved to be huge flops (such as Brian De Palma's ''Film/TheBlackDahlia''), but he has landed several praised performances, such as in a little-known film, ''Mozart and the Whale'', where he played a character with UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome, and in ''Film/LuckyNumberSlevin''. Began to undergo a CareerResurrection as gunslinger Ethan Chandler on ''Series/PennyDreadful'', followed by performances in studio films like ''Film/WrathOfMan'' and ''Film/OperationFortune'', both for Creator/GuyRitchie, and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}''. |
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11 | He is married to and has three children with English actress Creator/TamsinEgerton (whom he has been in a relationship with since 2012). |
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13 | !!His films include: |
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15 | * ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'' (1998): John Tate |
16 | * ''Film/TheFaculty'' (1998): Zeke Tyler |
17 | * ''Literature/TheVirginSuicides'' (1999): Trip Fontaine |
18 | * ''Film/BlowDry'' (2001): Brian Allen |
19 | * ''Film/TownAndCountry'' (2001): Tom Stoddard |
20 | * ''Film/PearlHarbor'' (2001): Danny Walker |
21 | * ''Film/{{O}}'' (2001): Hugo Goulding |
22 | * ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' (2001): Matt Eversmann |
23 | * ''Film/FortyDaysAndFortyNights'' (2002): Matt Sullivan |
24 | * ''Film/HollywoodHomicide'' (2003): K. C. Calden |
25 | * ''Film/WickerPark'' (2004): Matthew Simon |
26 | * ''Film/SinCity'' (2005): The Salesman |
27 | * ''Film/MozartAndTheWhale'' (2005): Donald Morton |
28 | * ''Film/LuckyNumberSlevin'' (2006): Slevin Kelevra |
29 | * ''Film/TheBlackDahlia'' (2006): Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert |
30 | * ''Film/ThirtyDaysOfNight'' (2007): Eben Oleson |
31 | * ''August'' (2008): Tom Sterling |
32 | * ''I Come with the Rain'' (2009): Kline |
33 | * ''Film/{{Bunraku}}'' (2010): The Drifter |
34 | * ''Series/DieHart'' (2020): Himself |
35 | * ''Film/WrathOfMan'' (2021): Dave "Boy Sweat" Hancock |
36 | * ''Film/OperationFortuneRuseDeGuerre '' (2022): Danny Francesco |
37 | * ''Series/BlackMirror'' - "[[Recap/BlackMirrorBeyondTheSea Beyond the Sea]]": David |
38 | * ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' (2023): Ernest Lawrence |
39 | * ''Film/{{Trap}}'' (2024): Cooper |
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42 | !! His work provides examples of: |
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44 | * BigOlEyebrows: He's known for his fairly thick eyebrows. |
45 | * CelebrityIsOverrated: The reason Hartnett ultimately left Hollywood, by his own admission. |
46 | --> "I was on the cover of every magazine. I couldn't really go anywhere. I didn't feel comfortable in my own skin. I was alone." |
47 | * CreatorBacklash: |
48 | ** He seems to agree with ''Film/FortyDaysAndFortyNights'' being hailed as one of the most sexist, offensive sex "comedies" of all time. |
49 | ** He doesn't seem terribly fond of ''Halloween H20''. |
50 | * DoingItForTheArt: He was never particularly enthused about the sex symbol niche people tried to shoehorn him into and the bland lead roles that came with that association. Rather than pursue mainstream success, he started turning to smaller indie roles that he found more interesting. In the 2020s he began tentatively moving back into the studio system, with supporting roles in two Creator/GuyRitchie films and a Creator/ChristopherNolan film. |
51 | * DullSurprise: His early acting style was often described as wooden and uninspired in his early films. His later roles were far more acclaimed as his acting evolved and he had more to work with. |
52 | * HollywoodHypeMachine: And a strong one indeed. He was called the Next Big Thing in the early 2000s, but he gradually vanished from the spotlight due to his increasing discomfort with fame and turned down major roles and today is known for smaller, indie films. |
53 | * IAmNotSpock: According to [[https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/josh-hartnett-quit-hollywood-moved-back-minnesota/story?id=23532493 this interview]] from 2014, fear of this was the reason he turned down the roles of Superman, Batman and Spider-Man. |
54 | --> "Spider-Man was something we talked about. Batman was another one. But I somehow knew those roles had potential to define me, and I didn't want that. I didn't want to be labeled as Superman for the rest of my career." |
55 | * MoneyDearBoy: Apparently, the only reason he agreed to do ''Film/PearlHarbor''. That said, he later turned down a $10 million offer for ''Film/SupermanReturns''. |
56 | * MrFanservice: He was considered one of the main sex symbols aound the time ''Pearl Harbor'' came up, and movies such as ''Film/LuckyNumberSlevin'', in which he spends a good amount of screen time wearing nothing but a towel, seem to exploit it. |
57 | * ShirtlessScene: Too many to count. ''40 Days and 40 Nights'' feature several ones, and he spends good amount of screen time in ''Lucky Number Slevin'' wearing nothing but a towel. |
58 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Most of his movies invoke that he's 6-foot, 3-inch, dark, and handsome. |
59 | * VocalDissonance: Some people claimed his voice was too deep for his cute boy face. |
60 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was offered or considered for the roles of Batman, Superman and Spider-man at various times and was even offered ten million to play the lead in ''Film/SupermanReturns'' but turned it down as he didn't want to be associated with the role forever afterwards and he was growing disillusioned with major films and fame in general. He later claimed his only regret was turning down what would later become Creator/HeathLedger's role in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' which he was to star in alongside Creator/JoaquinPhoenix. |
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