Biography for
Garrett Hedlund More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

3 September 1984, Roseau, Minnesota, USA

Birth Name

Garrett John Hedlund

Height

6' 2½" (1.89 m)

Mini Biography

Born in Roseau, Minnesota, Garrett spent his early years growing up on a farm in a small town. When he was in the ninth grade his family moved to Scottsdale Arizona, where he began taking private acting lessons. After graduating high school, he immediately moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

One month later, he'd landed the role of Achilles' cousin Patroclus in the major motion picture Troy (2004) opposite Brad Pitt. His next feature was Friday night lights (2004) starring Billy Bob Thornton, in which Garrett played a high school football player.

He then landed a starring role opposite Mark Wahlberg in Four Brothers (2005), playing one of four brothers whose mother is murdered.

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Trade Mark

His deep voice

Trivia

Modeled for L.L. Bean and Teen Magazine before acting.

Won the role of Patroclus in Troy (2004) only one month after arriving in Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

Grew up as a huge fan of Tim McGraw only to have him play his father in Friday Night Lights (2004)

Gained at least 30 lbs. of muscle for the role of Patroclus in Troy (2004), then gained another 20 for the role of Don Billinsley in Friday Night Lights (2004) - only to slim back down for the role of Jack Mercer in Four Brothers (2005)

Ran track in high school

Has a brother and a sister

Graduated a semester early from Horizon High school in Phoenix, Arizona

Participated in wrestling and football during high school

Family: mother Kristi, father Robert, older brother Nathaniel, and older sister Amanda.

Nominated for Choice Breakout Movie Star - Male for "Troy" in the 2004 Teen Choice Awards.

Is a huge fan of punk rock.

Parents divorced when he was a young boy.

Participated in ice skating, wrestling, and football in high school.

Grew up on a farm that only got one radio station, that played country music. The airwaves were dominated by Tim McGraw, who later went on to star as his father in "Friday Night Lights".

Enjoys hunting and the outdoors.

When he was 15, went to various punk rock shows to photograph the bands, and their fashions.

Current residence: In an apartment in LA (which he bought with the money he made from Troy).

He attended Horizon High School, but graduated a semester early to pursue acting.

Broke his arm snowboarding and could not attend the London premiere of Eragon with his fellow cast members.

Attended Horizon High School before becoming an actor.

Is of Swedish ancestry.

Was discovered at a ProScout event.

Attended Horizon High School.

Good friends with 'TRON: Legacy' co-star Olivia Wilde.

Personal Quotes

On Friday Night Lights: "I grew up on a farm, and Lucas in the jungles of Alabama, so I think we adapted very well. It's just a lot that these guys are holding on their shoulders at such a young age. There's a lot they're dealing with, the town pressure or support, their home life, all of that causes a sense of internal insecurities. These guys are realizing how crazy it is that they're going through all this at such a young age."

I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivates me to go deeper.

Everything to me in life is like the second scratch.

I've always had a longstanding dream, ever since I was a kid, where I was running on a big lake of ice and I kept running and kept running, just about to where I was trying to get to, and I fell through the ice, and then I couldn't find the hole where I fell through to get back out again. It was always like this certain thing where I could only get so far before everything collapses. So I guess it's a bit of living in fear. But I don't try to put it that way, because I feel that is going to pull everything you fear toward you. It's about acknowledging the fear for about five percent, and then ninety-five percent goes into shrugging it all off.

A great amount of good is always evened out by a great amount of bad. I find it's best to acknowledge that weird balance.

Where Are They Now

(September 2005) Currently filming Eragon in Hungary. This film is due to be released on December 15th, 2006.

(September 2006) Filming the movie Death Sentence in Columbia, South Carolina.

(August 2010) Filming On the Road (2012) in Bariloche, Argentina.