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 │Josh Hartnett - Who is this talented and good-looking young actor? Where  │
 │did he come from? Here’s the answer!                                     │
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 │Joshua Daniel Hartnett was born in San Francisco (or was it St Paul? there│
 │are two different versions ...)on July 21st, 1978 (star sign cancer), he  │
 │was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the oldest of four siblings, he  │
 │got one sister called Jessica and two brothers, Jake and Joe.             │
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 │Josh attended Nativity of Our Lord School then went on to Creitin Derham  │
 │Hall. He liked to play football in High School, but injuries forced him to│
 │quit.                                                                     │
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 │During his time in the high school he had a job in a video store. That's  │
 │how he fell in love with movies. When Josh's dad realized his son wanted  │
 │become an actor, he sat him down to watch old movies. One movie star Josh │
 │idolizes is the late Jimmy Stewart, he also idolizes Ethan Hawke. His     │
 │favorit actress is Gwyneth Paltrow. Josh’s aunt "coerced" (his own words)│
 │him into auditioning for an acting company.                               │
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 │In 1996 Josh graduated from South High School. Josh had already performed │
 │on many local stages, including Children's Theater Company,               │
 │Youth Performance Company and stepping Stone Theater. He also took part in│
 │National commercials, one of his first jobs was in a Northwest Airlines   │
 │commercial. Then he went to New York to study acting at SUNY. Josh was    │
 │kicked out of theater school for protesting its policies, you can read his│
 │statement on it in the Cracker-Interview.                                 │
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 │Josh tried out six times for Dawson’s Creek, he also auditioned for the  │
 │Postmen with Kevin Costner. He moved to California to start his acting    │
 │career. Finally he was successful he landed a part on the short-lived     │
 │TV-series Cracker, he had to play a troubled kid. In the following year he│
 │got a role in Halloween H20 which he followed up with a role in           │
 │The Faculty, his popularity increased.                                    │
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 │He also modelled in a Tommy Hilfinger campaign with some Faculty co-stars.│
 │In 1999 he was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars  │
 │Under 21".                                                                │
 │Now Josh wanted to distance himself from the horror genre he took part in │
 │The Virgin Suicides and Here on Earth, for further informations on        │
 │upcoming movies with Josh Hartnett, visit the following websites: O, Town │
 │and Country, The Queen Of the Damned.                                     │
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 │In addition to acting, Josh enjoys visual arts, baseball, basketball,     │
 │football and hockey. He also likes to spend time with his family in       │
 │St.Pauls. His favorite music is Jazz and Blues. His favorite color is blue│
 │his favorite food pizza.                                                  │
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