'''Joshua Daniel Hartnett''' (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor. He came to fame after his first film role, in 1998's ''Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'', and has since become a leading Hollywood actor, having starred in ''
Here on Earth'', ''
Pearl Harbor'', ''
Wicker Park'', and most recently ''
The Black Dahlia''.
Biography
Early life
Hartnett was born in San Francisco, California and was raised mostly by his father, Daniel Hartnett, and stepmother, Molly. His birth mother moved back to her native San Francisco after divorcing his father. Hartnett has three younger siblings, named Jessica, Jake and Joe. He grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota and attended Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Grade School, where he played Huck Finn in an eighth grade production. He later attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School before switching to South High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from which he graduated in June 1996. Hartnett played football in high school, but stopped because of an injured left knee.
Hartnett attended SUNY in Purchase, New York. His first job was working at a Mr. Movies in St. Paul. He got his start acting at Youth Performance Company in Minneapolis.
Career
In April 1997, Hartnett made his screen debut playing the role of Michael Fitzgerald on the short-lived television series, ''
Cracker''. He also performed in small plays and on national television commercials, before being cast in his first feature film, playing the son of Jamie Lee Curtis' character in ''Halloween: H20'', which was released on August 5, 1998 and performed well at the box office.
Hartnett has since developed a steady film career, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including ''
The Faculty'', ''
Black Hawk Down'', and ''
Pearl Harbor''. He was originally set to play the role of Tino in ''Deuces Wild'', but dropped out to star in ''
Pearl Harbor''. Hartnett was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's 21 Hottest Stars Under 21 in 1999, one of Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars under 25 and one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, both in 2002, and was voted Bliss Magazine's 3rd sexiest male.
Hartnett's most recent film is the drama-mystery ''
The Black Dahlia'', in which he plays a detective investigating the notorious real-life murder of actress Elizabeth Short. Among his upcoming roles are ''Resurrecting the Champ'', a drama also starring Samuel L. Jackson, and the graphic novel-based ''30 Days of Night'', in which he plays a small-town sheriff; Hartnett describes the film as "supernatural, but kind of a western".
Another film, ''The Prince of Cool'', in which Hartnett would
