Profiles-JoshHartnett

Joshua Daniel Hartnett was born in San Francisco (or was it St Paul? there are two different versions)on July 21st, 1978 (star sign cancer), he was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the oldest of four siblings, he got one sister called Jessica and two brothers, Jake and Joe.
Josh attended Nativity of Our Lord School then went on to Creitin Derham Hall. He liked to play football in High School, but injuries forced him to quit.During his time in the high school he had a job in a video store. That's how he fell in love with movies. When Josh's dad realized his son wanted become an actor, he sat him down to watch old movies. One movie star Josh idolizes is the late Jimmy Stewart, he also idolizes Ethan Hawke. His favorite actress is Gwyneth Paltrow. Josh’s aunt "coerced" (his own words) him into auditioning for an acting company.In 1996 Josh graduated from South High School. Josh had already performed on many local stages, including Children's Theater Company, Youth Performance Company and stepping Stone Theater. He also took part in National commercials, one of his first jobs was in a Northwest Airlines commercial. Then he went to New York to study acting at SUNY. Josh was kicked out of theater school for protesting its policies, you can read his statement on it in the Cracker-Interview.Josh tried out six times for Dawson’s Creek, he also auditioned for the Postmen with Kevin Costner. He moved to California to start his acting career.
Finally he was successful he landed a part on the short-lived TV-series Cracker, he had to play a troubled kid. In the following year he got a role in Halloween H20 which he followed up with a role in The Faculty, his popularity increased. He also modelled in a Tommy Hilfinger campaign with some Faculty co-stars.In 1999 he was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21". Now Josh wanted to distance himself from the horror genre he took part in The Virgin Suicides along side with Kirsten Dunst and Kathleen Turner.Also last year Josh played Captain Danny Walkerin the hit Pearl Harbor with Ben Affleck.In addition to acting, Josh enjoys visual arts, baseball, basketball, football and hockey. He also likes to spend time with his family in St.Pauls. His favorite music is Jazz and Blues. His favorite color is blue, his favorite food pizza.