Was scheduled to speak at a political rally in support of Sen. Paul Wellstone the weekend the Senator was killed along with 7 others in a plane crash. On October 26, 2002 (the day after the Senator's death), Hartnett appeared at a peace rally in St. Paul and spoke a few words in remembrance.
In 2011 Hartnett was named #1 on the list of 'Top 100 Most Beautiful Men in the World'.
Was set to play the role of Tino in Deuces Wild (2002) but dropped out when he won the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001). The Tino role eventually went to James Franco.
He went to Minneapolis South High School with actress Rachael Leigh Cook and TV host/interior designer Genevieve Gorder.
Has been in a long-term relationship with Tamsin Egerton, since August 2012. They have three children together.
Is a vegetarian, and was voted the sexiest vegetarian in the world by PETA, 2003.
Named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2002.
Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21." (1999)
Voted #3 on Bliss magazine's "Sexiest Male" in 2003, the same year PETA named him the "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive", as chosen by voters.
Quotes[]
I've had my heart broken, and it's not fun. But I'd rather have my heart broken than break someone else's heart.
We're all on a journey. The average American switches professions four times. I'm lucky to be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months.
I'm trying to choose scripts by character. I'm not so worried about creating a career. I want to create good roles, because ...I want to be the best actor I can be.
I try my hardest not to have any plans. It drives the people in my life crazy. But I try to spend the majority of my time back home.
Usually, when I meet a really pretty girl, right off the bat I start to feel pretty insecure.
Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else.
Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.
The intensity of my sudden fame was overwhelming for me, and in the middle of that, I felt I couldn't trust any new person I met or their motives. I spent a lot of time back home in Minnesota with my friends and family. I did smaller movies, and I stopped working for a while. If I could go back and take with me my wisdom of today, I wish I'd been more resilient. I hope I wouldn't be as panicked as I was. Maybe I'd have known that no matter what people try to take from you, you don't have to give it to them. I've definitely grown a bit.
I've definitely said no to some of the wrong people. I said no because I was tired and wanted to spend more time with my friends and family. That's frowned upon in this industry. People don't like being told no. I don't like it. I learned my lesson when Christopher Nolan and I talked about Batman. I decided it wasn't for me. Then he didn't want to put me in The Prestige. They not only hired their Batman for it, they also hired my girlfriend at the time (Scarlett Johansson)... That's when I realized relationships were formed in the fire of that first Batman film and I should have been part of the relationship with this guy Nolan, who I felt was incredibly cool and very talented. I was so focused on not being pigeonholed and so scared of being considered only one thing as an actor. I should have thought, Well, then, work harder, man. Watching Christian Bale go on to do so many other things has been just awesome. I mean, he's been able to overcome that. Why couldn't I see that at the time?
