American actor
His father is a computer executive, his mother is a childrens book author, and he has two brothers.
Was raised in Cupertino, California and as a teenager, lived with his family in England and Sydney, Australia.
Was engaged to actress Emily Cline , but separated from her in 1998.
Bought a motorcycle after learning to ride one for Erin Brockovich .
Took three years off after high school to surf in Hawaii and served a religious mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland and France. He has since lapsed out of Mormonism.
Enrolled as a film major at Brigham Young University, graduating in 1994.
Was Darren Aronofsky s choice for James Gordon for the doomed Batman: Year One project.
Frequently cast by director Neil LaBute.
Appeared in The Missing (2003/I) with Tommy Lee Jones , who preceded him in the role of "Two-Face".
Has played a character named "Nick" in four films: Thursday , Any Given Sunday , Thank You for Smoking , No Reservations .
One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.
Appears in The Dark Knight - the first film in the new Batman series to feature The Joker. Prior to that, he appeared in The Black Dahlia , in which a major plot element is the film The Man Who Laughs , which provided the inspiration for The Joker.
Is the first and, to date, only live-action actor in the Batman film series to play both "Harvey Dent" and his villainous alter-ego, "Two-Face". Previously, Billy Dee Williams played "Harvey Dent" in Batman , while Tommy Lee Jones played "Two-Face" in Batman Forever . Richard Moll played both roles in "Batman: The Animated Series" , which was animated.
Was considered for the role of "Leonard" in Memento .
Nicole Kidman personally choose him to play her husband in Rabbit Hole .
Broke up with Molly Sims [December 11, 2009].
Named his five favorite films as Apocalypse Now , Five Easy Pieces , The Getaway , Bringing Up Baby and Midnight Express .
His favorite actor is Cary Grant.
Aaron is of German descent on his fathers side, and has English, Scottish, German, and Northern Irish (Scots-Irish) ancestry on his mothers side. Some of his fathers ancestors were ethnic Germans who lived in Russia.
(June 2004) Co-starring in "Oleanna" at the Garrick Theater in London with Julia Stiles.
He has worked with 4 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Oliver Stone , Steven Soderbergh , Ron Howard , and Clint Eastwood.
[on his height] Normal. . . About 6 feet tall and a buck seventy.
