Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett
Hartnett in 2014
Born	Joshua Daniel Hartnett (1978-07-21) July 21, 1978 (age 46) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	State University of New York at Purchase
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Tamsin Egerton ​ (m. 2021)​
Children	4

Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978)^[1][2] is an American actor. He began his career playing Michael Fitzgerald on ABC's Cracker (1997–1998), after which he became known as a teen idol^[3] through starring parts in films such as Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, The Faculty (both 1998), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Pearl Harbor, O, Black Hawk Down (all 2001), and 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002).

Hartnett continued to work steadily throughout the 2000s, with a mix of leading and supporting roles in Hollywood Homicide (2003), Wicker Park (2004), Mozart and the Whale, Sin City (both 2005), The Black Dahlia, Lucky Number Slevin (both 2006), Resurrecting the Champ, 30 Days of Night (both 2007), August (2008), and I Come with the Rain (2009). Subsequent credits include Bunraku (2010), Oh Lucy! (2017), Target Number One (2020), Wrath of Man (2021), Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Oppenheimer (both 2023), and Trap (2024). For his portrayal of nuclear physicist Ernest Lawrence in Oppenheimer, Hartnett was awarded—alongside his co-stars—the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.

On television, Hartnett portrayed Ethan Chandler on the Showtime series Penny Dreadful (2014–2016), receiving nominations for three Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. He also appeared in The Bear where he portrayed Frank in season 3.