Garrett John Hedlund is an American actor, model and singer of Scandinavian descent. His films include Troy, Friday Night Lights, Four Brothers, Eragon, Death Sentence, Tron: Legacy, Country Strong, On the Road, Inside Llewyn Davis, Unbroken, Pan, Mudbound and Triple Frontier. He lends his image and voice to his character Murtagh in the video game Eragon. In 2012, he was cast as Kaneda Shotaro in the live-action version of Akira.
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Garrett John Hedlund is an American actor, model and singer of Scandinavian descent. His films include Troy, Friday Night Lights, Four Brothers, Eragon, Death Sentence, Tron: Legacy, Country Strong, On the Road, Inside Llewyn Davis, Unbroken, Pan, Mudbound and Triple Frontier. He lends his image and voice to his character Murtagh in the video game Eragon. In 2012, he was cast as Kaneda Shotaro in the live-action version of Akira, but production of the film was cancelled. He also models for the Italian fashion firm Prada and is an advertising model and catwalk model. He was named \”Man of the Year\” at the 2011 Glamour Awards for his work in On The Road and Country Strong. He is the youngest of three children, with a brother, Nathaniel, and a sister, Amanda.
His father is of Swedish descent and his mother is of Norwegian and German descent. In 2003, Hedlund moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. He debuted in his first feature film playing Brad Pitt’s younger cousin Patroclus in the mythological epic adventure war drama Troy. In 2007, he co-starred with Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman in the comedy-drama Georgia Rule, directed by Garry Marshall. In 2010, he starred with Jeff Bridges in the science fictionaction film Tron, whose director Steven Lisberger returned to produce. In December 2012, Disney said that Hedlund would reprise his role of Sam Flynn in the sequel to Tron. He co-stars with Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester and Tim McGraw in the musical dramaCountry Strong.
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