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Hart Bochner

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A struggling Hypnotist in New York City is blackmailed into being the world's first hypnotist hit man after a mysterious woman finds out his degree is fake.
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Hart Matthew Bochner was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Ruth (Roher), a concert pianist, and Lloyd Bochner, an actor. He is of Russian Jewish and Ukrainian Jewish descent. Hart made his feature film debut portraying George C. Scott's son in Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream (1977) and would go on to gain notice for his role in the Academy award-winning, Breaking Away (1979). However, it was his role in Die Hard (1988), opposite Bruce Willis, that would earn him pop culture status. His performance as the obnoxiously sleazy Harry ("Hans, Bubby") Ellis was bestowed the #2 spot on Maxim's "The Greatest Movie Sleazeballs Of All Time" list. Other films also include playing opposite Susan Sarandon in Wayne Wang's Anywhere But Here (1999), Break Up (1998) with Bridget Fonda, the cult hit Apartment Zero (1988) opposite Colin Firth, George Cukor's Rich and Famous (1981), with Jacqueline Bisset, and John Schlesinger's The Innocent (1993), opposite Anthony Hopkins.

On television, Bochner starred in the Emmy award-winning epic miniseries, War and Remembrance (1988), Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises (1984), John Steinbeck's East of Eden (1981), And the Sea Will Tell (1991), Children of the Dust (1995), and Haywire (1980).

He would inevitably transition to behind-the-scenes work as a director, making his debut with the cult comedy, PCU (1994), for Twentieth Century Fox, and High School High (1996) for Columbia Pictures. Just Add Water (2008) for Sony Pictures is his latest directorial effort, which he also wrote, and stars Danny DeVito, Dylan Walsh, Jonah Hill, and Justin Long.

He will next be seen starring in the upcoming Campbell Scott film, Company Retreat (2009), as well as Spread (2009) opposite Ashton Kutcher. Most recently was seen starring as Debra Messing's love interest in the USA Network series, The Starter Wife (2008).

Bochner lives in Los Angeles and is actively involved in several causes, sitting on the board of directors for the Environmental Media Association as well as the DGA-PAC Leadership Council, and L.A.'s Green Ribbon Commission. In 2008, Bochner was named Time Magazine's "Greenest Celebrity in Hollywood".
BornOctober 3, 1956
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Hart Bochner and Damon Gupton in Criminal Minds (2005)
Hart Bochner and Damon Gupton in Criminal Minds (2005)
Hart Bochner in Terror Train (1980)
Hart Bochner and Sandee Currie in Terror Train (1980)
Hart Bochner in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Hart Bochner, Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Capshaw, Eddie Jemison, Sandra Oh, Ellen Pompeo, and Sara Ramirez in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Hart Bochner, George C. Scott, Julius Harris, David Hemmings, Brad Savage, and Michael-James Wixted in Islands in the Stream (1977)
Hart Bochner, George C. Scott, and Brad Savage in Islands in the Stream (1977)
Hart Bochner in Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Hart Bochner and Debra Messing in The Starter Wife (2008)
Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, and Hart Bochner in Anywhere But Here (1999)
On the set filming One Part Sugar

Known for

Bruce Willis and Hart Bochner in Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard
8.2
  • Ellis
  • 1988
Stacy Keach and Kevin Conroy in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
7.8
  • Arthur Reeves(voice)
  • 1993
Helen Slater in Supergirl (1984)
Supergirl
4.4
  • Ethan
  • 1984
Breaking Away (1979)
Breaking Away
7.7
  • Rod
  • 1979

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Actor

  • Ellen
    • Post-production
  • Justin Marcel McManus in Forty Winks (2022)
    Forty Winks
  • Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
    The Dropout
    • (uncredited)
  • John Hawkes, Jena Malone, Miles Teller, Augusto Aguilera, Cristina Rodlo, and Nell Tiger Free in Too Old to Die Young (2019)
    Too Old to Die Young
  • Criminal Minds (2005)
    Criminal Minds
  • Warren Beatty, Alden Ehrenreich, and Lily Collins in Rules Don't Apply (2016)
    Rules Don't Apply
  • Mark Feuerstein in Royal Pains (2009)
    Royal Pains
  • Kerry Washington in Scandal (2012)
    Scandal
  • Feed Me
  • Chloë Grace Moretz in Carrie (2013)
    Carrie
    • (uncredited)
  • Heather Locklear, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and Breckin Meyer in Franklin & Bash (2011)
    Franklin & Bash
  • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
    Grey's Anatomy
  • Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Aldis Hodge, Christian Kane, and Beth Riesgraf in Leverage (2008)
    Leverage
  • Company Retreat
  • Ashton Kutcher in Spread (2009)
    Spread
    • (uncredited)
  • Debra Messing in The Starter Wife (2008)
    The Starter Wife

Director

  • Scott Bakula in NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
    NCIS: New Orleans
  • Just Add Water (2008)
    Just Add Water
  • Jon Lovitz in High School High (1996)
    High School High
  • PCU (1994)
    PCU
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Writer

  • Just Add Water (2008)
    Just Add Water
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Rules Don't Apply
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Rules Don't Apply
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Rules Don't Apply
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Break Up
Trailer 1:07
Break Up
Terror Train
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Terror Train
The Innocent
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The Innocent
Urban Legends: The Final Cut
Trailer 2:16
Urban Legends: The Final Cut
Say Nothing
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Say Nothing
Liberty Stands Still
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Liberty Stands Still
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

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    • October 3, 1956
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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    Voted "#2 Greatest Movie Sleazeball of All Time", for Die Hard (1988), Maxim Magazine, 2005.

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