Garrett Hedlund

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

Won the role of Patroclus in Troy 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

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

Ran track and field 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 during 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 Los Angeles (which he bought with the money he made from Troy ).

Attended Horizon High School in Phoenix, Arizona 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.

His father is of Swedish descent. His mother is of three quarters German and one quarter Norwegian ancestry.

Was discovered at a ProScout event.

Good friends with Tron co-star Olivia Wilde.

Named the #8 Sexiest Man by Glamour magazine in 2011.

Turned down for two of Marvel movie roles twice, one as Steve Rogers/Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger and as Peter Quill/Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy .

Born on the same date as Paz de la Huerta.

Everything to me in life is like the second scratch.