Biography and Cool Josh Hartnett Photos

Joshua Daniel “Josh” Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor and film producer. He came to fame after his first film role, in 1998’s Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, and as Matt Eversmann in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down. Biography and Cool Josh Hartnett Photos Hartnett grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota and was raised mostly by his father, Daniel Hartnett (a building manager), and stepmother, Molly (an artist). He has three younger half-siblings, named Jessica, Jake and Joe and is of Irish ancestry. He was raised Roman Catholic, attending Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Grade School, where he played Adam Apple in an eighth grade production of “Krazy Kamp”. 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 a broken left knee. Hartnett got his first job at a local video store. He had also worked at McDonald’s and Burger King for a short time before getting his start in acting at Youth Performance Company in Minneapolis. He became a vegetarian at the age of 12 but temporarily returned to meat eating during the shooting of The Black Dahlia. He attended the prestigious Acting Program at SUNY Purchase in New York for a short period of time.