Garrett Hedlund has had a multitude of starring roles since he made an auspicious debut as part of the all-star cast in Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy with Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger when he was just 18 years old.
This February, Hedlund will co-star as Harry Anslinger in Lee Daniels’ The United States Vs. Billy Holiday from Paramount Pictures. His most recent work includes Netflix’s Triple Frontier, co-starring Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac, Adria Arjona, and Pedro Pascal, and the independent film Dirt Music filmed in Australia.
In the award-winning film for Netflix, Mudbound, Hedlund co-starred with Mary J. Blige, Carey Mulligan and Jason Clarke. Directed by Dee Rees and based on the Hillary Jordan novel, the cast won the Robert Altman Award at the Spirit Awards as well as the Breakthrough Cast Award at the Hollywood Film Awards. The film received numerous award recognitions, including Academy Award nominations for Best Ci
Garrett Hedlund has had a multitude of starring roles since he made an auspicious debut as part of the all-star cast in Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy with Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger when he was just 18 years old.
This February, Hedlund will co-star as Harry Anslinger in Lee Daniels’ The United States Vs. Billy Holiday from Paramount Pictures. His most recent work includes Netflix’s Triple Frontier, co-starring Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac, Adria Arjona, and Pedro Pascal, and the independent film Dirt Music filmed in Australia.
In the award-winning film for Netflix, Mudbound, Hedlund co-starred with Mary J. Blige, Carey Mulligan and Jason Clarke. Directed by Dee Rees and based on the Hillary Jordan novel, the cast won the Robert Altman Award at the Spirit Awards as well as the Breakthrough Cast Award at the Hollywood Film Awards. The film received numerous award recognitions, including Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Writing Adapted Screenplay.
Hedlund also starred in Andrew Heckler’s Burden portraying the lead character based on the true story of a KKK Klansman whose life course is changed when he finds love. Burden premiered in January of 2018 at Sundance.
On the small screen, HBO premiered Stephen Soderbergh’s “Mosaic,” which stars Hedlund and Sharon Stone. The project was an experimental show with a tie-in with a newly developed app that helped viewers follow different characters’ storylines.
Hedlund received critical accolades for his starring role in Walter Salles’ On The Road opposite Sam Riley and Kristen Stewart, based on the novel by Jack Kerouac. He also starred alongside Vin Diesel, Steve Martin and Chris Tucker and his On The Road co-star Kristen Stewart in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk from director Ang Lee. Hedlund was also in William Monahan’s Mojave, in which he appeared once again with his Inside Llewyn Davis co-star, Oscar Isaac.
Hedlund also starred alongside Hugh Jackman and Rooney Mara in Warner Bros’ Pan, directed by Joe Wright, in which he portrayed ‘Hook.’ Previous film credits include; Universal’s Unbroken, based on the Laura Hillenbrand book and directed by Angelina Jolie; Inside Llewyn Davis alongside Oscar Isaac, Carrie Mulligan and John Goodman and Lullaby.
Hedlund has had the opportunity to work with great actors and directors in Twentieth Century Fox’s Death Sentence opposite Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preston and John Goodman; Universal Pictures’ Georgia Rule opposite Lindsay Lohan and Jane Fonda; and Eragon co-starring with Djimon Honsou, Jeremy Irons and John Malkovich. Hedlund also starred in Paramount Pictures’ Four Brothers with director John Singleton and co-stars Mark Wahlberg, Andre 3000 and Tyrese Gibson and Universal’s Friday Night Lights, directed by Peter Berg and produced by Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment. Hedlund starred as tailback Don Billingsley, co-starring with Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Lucas Black and Tim McGraw. He also starred in Tron: Legacy alongside Jeff Bridges and Olivia Wilde and Country Strong opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester and Tim McGraw.
Hedlund was born in northern Minnesota and spent his high school years in Scottsdale, Arizona, before starring in Petersen’s iconic film at the age of eighteen. He began taking private acting classes while in high school and took a unique approach to his pursuit of the craft by reading screenplays of older films, watching those films on video, and then pretending he was auditioning for one of the roles in the film. He also spent countless hours reading the Hollywood trade papers at his local bookstore and calling agents in Los Angeles. He graduated from high school a semester early and immediately packed his bags and headed for Hollywood.
Hedlund has been honored with the Young Hollywood “Film Actor of the Year” Award, the Glamour UK “Man of the Year” Award and the Maui Film Festival’s “Rising Star” Award.
