American actor, model and singer

Garrett John Hedlund ( bear September 3, 1984 ) [ 1 ] is an american english actor, exemplar and singer of scandinavian origin. His films include Troy ( 2004 ), Friday Night Lights ( 2004 ), Four Brothers ( 2005 ), Eragon ( 2006 ), Death Sentence ( 2007 ), Tron: Legacy ( 2010 ), Country Strong ( 2010 ), On the Road ( 2012 ), Inside Llewyn Davis ( 2013 ), Unbroken ( 2014 ), Pan ( 2015 ), Mudbound ( 2017 ) and Triple Frontier ( 2019 ). [ 2 ]

early life [edit ]

Garrett John Hedlund was born on September 3, 1984, in Roseau, Minnesota, to Kristine Anne ( née Yanish ) and Robert Martin Hedlund. [ 1 ] His forefather is of swedish descent and his mother is of norwegian and german descent. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He is the youngest of three children, with a brother, Nathaniel, and a sister, Amanda.

Hedlund was raised on a distant gripe cattle grow near the minor town of Wannaska, Minnesota [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] in the scandinavian diaspora. [ 8 ] In the 9th grade, he moved to live with his mother in Arizona. From an early long time, he has had a great affection for reading. [ 9 ] During his school years he participated in ice rink ice hockey, track and field, melee fight and American football. [ 10 ] In Arizona he saved his tips from working as a waiter to pay for lessons with acting coach Jean Fowler, with whom he worked on speeches and script material. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Six months after graduating from Horizon High School, [ 13 ] he moved to Los Angeles. [ 14 ]

career [edit ]

2003–2009 : early on make [edit ]

In 2003, Hedlund moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. [ 14 ] As a adolescent, Hedlund modeled for L.L. Bean and Teen Magazine. [ 15 ] At the age of nineteen, [ 16 ] Hedlund made his debut in his first feature of speech film playing Patroclus who was the younger cousin of Achilles played by Brad Pitt [ 17 ] in the fabulous epic venture war drama Troy, [ 18 ] directed by Wolfgang Petersen. [ 19 ] The film was released on May 14, 2004. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He besides co-starred with Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard and Tim McGraw as Don Billingsley in the 2004 sports drama Friday Night Lights, where McGraw played his abusive father. [ 22 ] He co-starred with Mark Wahlberg in the crime play Four Brothers as Jack Mercer. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] He co-starred with Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Djimon Hounsou and John Malkovich in the fantasy-adventure film Eragon as Murtagh Morzansson. [ 25 ] In October 2006, it was announced that the actors from the Eragon film would lend their voices to the game adaptation. [ 26 ] Hedlund lends his image and voice to his character Murtagh in the video game Eragon. [ 27 ] In 2007, he co-starred with Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman in the comedy Georgia Rule, directed by Garry Marshall. [ 28 ] That same year, he co-starred with Kevin Bacon in the crime thriller Death Sentence, [ 29 ] directed by James Wan. [ 30 ]

2010–2013 : breakthrough [edit ]

In 2010, Hedlund plays Sam Flynn the main protagonist in the science fiction/action film Tron: Legacy, acting aboard Jeff Bridges and Olivia Wilde. [ 31 ] Hedlund won a “ darwinian cast process ” which tested hundreds of actors, being chosen for having the “ unique combination of intelligence, wit, wit, look and animalism ” that the producers were looking for in Flynn ‘s son. Hedlund trained hard to do his own stunts, which included jumpstart over cars and ample wire and harness work. [ 32 ] The film was released on December 17, 2010, and directed by Joseph Kosinski. [ 33 ] It is a sequel to the 1982 film Tron, whose director Steven Lisberger returned to produce. Hedlund was besides considered by Disney to play Captain America / Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, [ 34 ] but had to abandon the project because his film agenda got in the way of Tron: Legacy. [ 35 ] Hedlund co-star with Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester and his Friday Night Lights co-star, nation musician Tim McGraw in the musical play Country Strong, which was released on December 22, 2010. [ 36 ] He recorded a act of songs for the movie including “ Chances Are ” which appeared on Country Strong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. His operation was well received by critics. Noting voice similarities between Hedlund and Charlie Robison, Roughstock said “ the best birdcall on this album belongs to him ” and Country Weekly wrote that of all the songs performed by actors in this film, his was “ the most convincing ”. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Six early songs, including a duet with Meester, were featured on a second gear soundtrack titled Country Strong: More Music from the Motion Picture. On June 7, 2011, Hedlund was named “ Man of the year ” at the Glamour Awards. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] He besides co-starred with Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen as Dean Moriarty in the 2012 venture drama On the Road, [ 41 ] produced by Francis Ford Coppola. [ 42 ] The film was directed by Walter Salles and based on Jack Kerouac ‘s novel of same name. [ 43 ] Hedlund was cast as Kaneda Shotaro in the live-action adaptation of Akira [ 44 ] but production of the film was cancelled. [ 45 ] In 2012, he was an advertise and catwalk model for the italian fashion firm Prada. [ 46 ] Disney said in December 2012 that Hedlund would reprise his role of Sam Flynn in the sequel to Tron: Legacy. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] He co-starred with Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Adam Driver in the 2013 French-American black drollery – drama film Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. [ 49 ] Hedlund pays court to a fallen cowboy whose name is Lane Frost in the music video of the song Beautiful War by American rock band Kings of Leon. [ 50 ]

In 2013, he was besides the image of Yves Saint Laurent Beauté ‘s french men ‘s aroma “ La Nuit de l’Homme ”. [ 51 ] [ 16 ] Hedlund reportedly turned down the roles of Christian Grey in the film adaptation of E. L. James ‘ best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey [ 52 ] and Finnick Odair in the sequel to the dystopian science fiction/adventure movie The Hunger Games titled The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. [ 53 ]

2014–present : professional expansion [edit ]

In 2014, Hedlund co-starred with Jack O’Connell and Domhnall Gleeson in the historical play Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Hedlund played James Hook ( future Captain Hook ) in the film Pan in 2015, co-star alongside Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara and Levi Miller, directed by Joe Wright. [ 56 ] In September of that lapp class, Hedlund wrote the book The Art of Pan with Joe Wright and Christopher Grove. [ 57 ] He co-starred with Joe Alwyn and Vin Diesel the 2016 film war drama film Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, directed by Ang Lee. [ 58 ] In 2017, he co-starred with Carey Mulligan the film Mudbound, directed by Dee Rees. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] besides that same class, he co-starred with Sharon Stone as an aspiring artist in Steven Soderbergh ‘s HBO murder mystery drama serial Mosaic. [ 61 ] It was released in two forms : as an io / Android fluid app and as a television drama. [ 62 ] He co-starred with Forest Whitaker and Usher in the 2018 drama film Burden, inspired by true events. [ 63 ] In 2019, he co-starred with Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, and Pedro Pascal in the action-adventure movie, released by Netflix, Triple Frontier recorded between Soacha and Bogotá, where he plays a former special Forces Soldier in a particular mercenary operation in South America. [ 64 ] He co-stars with Kelly Macdonald in the amatory play film Dirt Music, directed by Gregor Jordan, [ 65 ] based on the novel of the same name by Tim Winton. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] Hedlund recorded a number of songs for the film. In August of that class, a “ Dirt Music ” soundtrack album ( featuring music from the film ) was released as a digital download. [ 68 ] In 2021 he portrayed controversial U.S. government official Harry J. Anslinger in the biographic film The United States vs. Billie Holiday, directed by Lee Daniels ; Anslinger was actually in his mid 50s to 60s during the adjust of the film. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] In September 2021, he stars in the first Stephen King podcast titled Strawberry Spring. [ 71 ] [ 72 ]

personal life [edit ]

Hedlund is a skilled guitarist and violinist. [ 10 ] During the film of Eragon in Slovakia, his co-star Jeremy Irons was his personal teacher in the development of alternative violin techniques. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] Hedlund was in a kinship with his On the Road co-star Kirsten Dunst from 2012 to 2016. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] They were briefly engaged before they broke up. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] Since March 2019, Hedlund has been in a kinship with actress Emma Roberts. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] In August 2020, it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child, a son. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] On December 27, 2020, in Los Angeles, [ 83 ] Roberts gave parturition to a male child named Rhodes Robert Hedlund. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] Country singer and actor Tim McGraw is godfather to Hedlund ‘s son. [ 86 ]

Filmography [edit ]

movie [edit ]

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Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released

television [edit ]

short circuit films [edit ]

Podcasts [edit ]

Year Title Role Director Notes
2021 Strawberry Spring Henry Denton Lee Metzger By Stephen King
TBD Make It Up as We Go TBA Scarlett Burke [90]

Video games [edit ]

Year Title Voice role Notes
2006 Eragon Murtagh Morzansson
2017–2018 Mosaic Joel Hurley

Music video [edit ]

discography [edit ]

Soundtrack Country Strong [edit ]

Soundtrack Dirt Music [edit ]

Dirt Music: Songs from the Original Motion Picture
Title Album Duration
“Dumb Things” Dirt Music Soundtrack 2:30
“I Will Put My Ship In Order” Dirt Music Soundtrack 3:33
“Stolen Car” (trio with: Julia Stone, George Mason) Dirt Music Soundtrack 4:04
“Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor” (trio with: Julia Stone, George Mason) Dirt Music Soundtrack 1:58
“I’m Here” (trio with: Julia Stone, George Mason) Dirt Music Soundtrack 3:07
“Song To The Siren” (trio with: Julia Stone, George Mason) Dirt Music Soundtrack 2:58
“Storm Clouds” (trio with: Julia Stone, George Mason) Dirt Music Soundtrack 3:16

other songs [edit ]

Year Song Band/Singer Notes
2014 “Fall Apart” Garrett Hedlund Lullaby Soundtrack (song from the movie)

Chart history [edit ]

Hedlund ‘s duet with Meester— ” Give in to Me “ — was the only song to chart as a single, reaching No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 96 on the Canadian Hot 100 .

Awards and nominations [edit ]

References [edit ]

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