Birth name  Joshua Daniel Hartnett
Date of Birth  21 July 1978
Place of Birth  San Francisco, California, USA
Height  6' 3"
Education Graduated from South High School in June of 1996 and attended SUNY in Purchase, New York

Trivia

He took the lead role in SUPERMAM Vs. BATMAN after Jude Law rejected it.

His claim to fame movie was HALLOWEEN:H2O.High School tidbits: Played football, worked in a video store.

Favorite actress is Gwyneth Paltrow.

Auditioned six times for a role on "Dawson's Creek."

He auditioned for parts in both 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU and THE PATRIOT but lost the roles to Heath Ledger.

His films include HALLOWEEN:H2O, THE FACULTY, HERE ON EARTH (also starring Chris Klein and Leelee Sobieski), THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (with Kirsten Dunst), TOWN AND COUNTRY, BLOW DRY, PEARL HARBOR (with Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale), O (a remake of Shakespeare's Othello), 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS and BLACK HAWK DOWN.

High School tidbits: Played football, worked in a video store.

Josh Hartnett was the first person to try out for PEARL HARBOR, but it was for Ben Affleck's part.

He was born in San Francisco but grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Auditioned for Remember the Titans (2000).

Josh went out with Michelle Williams during the filming of THE FACULTY.

Started a production company, Roulette Entertainment, with Elden Henson (Elden Ratliff).

It was a wig that Josh Hartnett was wearing in the movie THE VIRGIN SUICIDES.

Has three younger siblings: Jessica, Jake, and Joe.

He was caught robbing a Dairy Queen when he was 16 (he and his friends were actually making a short film).

He went to high school with actress Rachael Leigh Cook.

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 also attended Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul Minnesota before attending South High School.

His favorite book is On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Josh was in a school play of Tom Sawyer, he played the part of Huckleberry Finn.

Recently moved back to Minnesota (March 2002).

Quit football in high school because of an injured left knee.

(1999) chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21"

 

One of Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars under 25 (2002)

One of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People (2002)

 

Personal quotes

"I've had my heart broken, and it's not fun. But I'd rather have my heart broken than break someone else's heart."

"I always wanted to get out (in the world) and see what was there...what defines me is wanderlust."

"It's hard for me to work closely with a girl and not completely fall in love with her as a person." (interview in Feb 2002 issue of 'Teen People'

"My opinions definitely changed when I got [to Hollywood]. I thought it was going to be this magical place where people walked around in slouch hats and overalls and carried monstrous signs. When I saw Chaplin, I thought that was the way Hollywood is — except a little more built up. I thought the studios' heads would just kind of wink across the tops of building at each other and say, "Aha!" So I was kind of disappointed. I moved away pretty quickly."
- Josh Hartnett