ACTOR

Josh Hartnett

1978 - Today

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Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) 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 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josh Hartnett has received more than 16,437,004 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Josh Hartnett is the 2,082nd most popular actor (down from 1,943rd in 2019), the 3,381st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,233rd in 2019) and the 962nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Josh Hartnett ranks 2,082 out of 13,578. Before him are Leo White, Dudley Moore, Adolphe Menjou, Cary Elwes, Harry Andrews, and Lee Hoi-chuen. After him are Mariska Hargitay, Matthew Fox, Dany Boon, Chris Tucker, Franco Interlenghi, and Tom Hulce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Josh Hartnett ranks 32. Before him are Katie Holmes, Jensen Ackles, Claudio Pizarro, Dirk Nowitzki, Zoe Saldana, and Kakha Kaladze. After him are Shunsuke Nakamura, Katherine Heigl, Walter Samuel, Nelly Furtado, Stana Katic, and Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco.

Others Born in 1978

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Josh Hartnett ranks 3,381 out of 20,380. Before him are Alec John Such (1951), Ric Ocasek (1949), Michael Buffer (1944), Adolphe Menjou (1890), Michael Cunningham (1952), and David Riesman (1909). After him are Mariska Hargitay (1964), Matthew Fox (1966), Evel Knievel (1938), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Chris Tucker (1971), and Ma Rainey (1886).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Josh Hartnett ranks 962. Before him are Jim Beaver (1950), Tony Danza (1951), Benjamin Bratt (1963), Amy Irving (1953), Amanda Seyfried (1985), and Adolphe Menjou (1890). After him are Mariska Hargitay (1964), Matthew Fox (1966), Chris Tucker (1971), Tom Hulce (1953), Marlee Matlin (1965), and Jack Cassidy (1927).

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Television and Movie Roles

Black Hawk Down
SSG Matthew Eversmann
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Dec 28o 20017.385 / 10
Lucky Number Slevin
Slevin
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.
Feb 24o 20067.482 / 10
30 Days of Night
Eben Oleson
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
Oct 17o 20076.4 / 10