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Garrett Hedlund

Garrett Hedlund

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Garrett John Hedlund (born September 3, 1984) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actor known for his role in the movie Four Brothers
Four Brothers (film)
Four Brothers is an action crime film directed by John Singleton. The movie stars Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Mark Wahlberg, and Garrett Hedlund. The film was shot in Detroit, Michigan and, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This film is loosely based on the 1965 western film The Sons of Katie Elder...

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Garrett John Hedlund (born September 3, 1984) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actor known for his role in the movie Four Brothers
Four Brothers (film)
Four Brothers is an action crime film directed by John Singleton. The movie stars Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Mark Wahlberg, and Garrett Hedlund. The film was shot in Detroit, Michigan and, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This film is loosely based on the 1965 western film The Sons of Katie Elder...

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Hedlund was born in Roseau, Minnesota
Roseau, Minnesota
Roseau is a city in Roseau County, Minnesota, USA.The population was 2,756 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Roseau County.Minnesota State Highways 11, 89, and 310 are three of the main arterial routes in the community....

. He was discovered while attending a ProScout
ProScout
ProScout is an American model and talent scouting corporation, working independently to organize meetings between aspiring talent and industry leading agencies. The company was first incorporated in 1993 with its main office in Chicago, Illinois...

 event in Phoenix, Arizona. Hedlund has appeared in several films, including Troy
Troy
Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer...

(in which he made his film debut as Patroclus, younger cousin of Achilles); Friday Night Lights, which charts the 1988 football season of the Permian Panthers, Eragon
Eragon (film)
Eragon is a 2006 live-action/CGI fantasy-adventure film based on the novel of the same name by author Christopher Paolini. The cast includes Edward Speleers in the title role, Jeremy Irons, Garrett Hedlund, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Djimon Hounsou, Joss Stone, and the voice...

, Georgia Rule
Georgia Rule
Georgia Rule is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and starring Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Garrett Hedlund and Cary Elwes. The original music score was composed by John Debney. The film is rated R for sexual content and some language. The film was...

, and Death Sentence.

He will play the lead role in the upcoming 2010 film Tron Legacy
Tron Legacy
Tron Legacy is a forthcoming 2010 science fiction film. It is a sequel to the 1982 film Tron.Joseph Kosinski is directing the film, while the previous film director, Steven Lisberger, returns as a producer. Jeff Bridges will reprise his role as Kevin Flynn, and Bruce Boxleitner his roles as Alan...

, which is the sequel to the 1982 film Tron
Tron (film)
Tron is a 1982 American science fiction film by Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn , Bruce Boxleitner as Tron and his User Alan Bradley, Cindy Morgan as Yori and Dr. Lora Baines, and Dan Shor as Ram...

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Filmography

  • Troy
    Troy (film)
    Troy is a 2004 epic/action film concerning the Trojan War. It is loosely based on Homer's Iliad, besides material from Virgil's Aeneid and other sources of the Epic Cycle, but it frequently diverges from myth...

    (2004) - Patroclus
    Patroclus
    In Greek mythology, as recorded in the Iliad by Homer, Patroclus, or Patroklos , was the son of Menoetius, grandson of Actor, King of Opus, and was Achilles’ beloved comrade.- Patroclus’ genealogy :...

  • Friday Night Lights (2004) - Don Billingsley
  • Four Brothers
    Four Brothers (film)
    Four Brothers is an action crime film directed by John Singleton. The movie stars Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Mark Wahlberg, and Garrett Hedlund. The film was shot in Detroit, Michigan and, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This film is loosely based on the 1965 western film The Sons of Katie Elder...

    (2005) - Jack Mercer
  • Eragon
    Eragon (film)
    Eragon is a 2006 live-action/CGI fantasy-adventure film based on the novel of the same name by author Christopher Paolini. The cast includes Edward Speleers in the title role, Jeremy Irons, Garrett Hedlund, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Djimon Hounsou, Joss Stone, and the voice...

    (2006) - Murtagh
  • Georgia Rule
    Georgia Rule
    Georgia Rule is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and starring Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Garrett Hedlund and Cary Elwes. The original music score was composed by John Debney. The film is rated R for sexual content and some language. The film was...

    (2007) - Harlan Wilson
  • Death Sentence (2007) - Billy Darley
  • Hectic (2009) - Louis
  • Tron Legacy
    Tron Legacy
    Tron Legacy is a forthcoming 2010 science fiction film. It is a sequel to the 1982 film Tron.Joseph Kosinski is directing the film, while the previous film director, Steven Lisberger, returns as a producer. Jeff Bridges will reprise his role as Kevin Flynn, and Bruce Boxleitner his roles as Alan...

    (2010) - Sam Flynn

External links

  • http://mrhedlund.com