- Was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21." [1999]
- Born in San Francisco but grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Auditioned for Remember the Titans (2000).
- Started a production company, Roulette Entertainment, with Elden Henson (Elden Ratliff).
- Has three younger siblings: Jessica, Jake, and Joe.
- He was caught supposedly robbing a Dairy Queen when he was 16 (he and his friends were
actually making a short film).
- He went to high school with actress Rachael Leigh Cook.
- Was raised for the most part by his father, Daniel, and stepmother, Molly. His mother moved
back to San Francisco after divorcing his father.
- Josh also attended Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul Minnesota before attending South High School.
- Josh was in a production of Tom Sawyer, he played the part of Huckleberry Finn.
- Moved back to Minnesota (March 2002).
- Quit football in high school because of an injured left knee.
- Was one of Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars under 25 (2002).
- Was one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People (2002).
- Was scheduled to speak at a political rally in support of Senator Paul Wellstone the weekend
the Senator was killed along with 7 others in a plane crash. On October 26th 2002 (the day after
the Senator's death), Hartnett appeared at a peace rally in St. Paul, Minnesota and spoke a few
words in rememberance.
- Was set to star as Clark Kent/Superman in Wolfgang Petersen's Batman vs.Superman, but the project
has was delayed until after Brett Ratner's X-Men film.
- Is a vegetarian.
- Josh is of Swedish descent.
- Was voted Bliss magazines 3rd sexiest male.
- Shares birthday with Robin Williams.
- Dated his childhood sweetheart Ellen Fenster. They had been together for a number of years, bought
a $2.5 million mansion together in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In February 2004 the two decided to go
their separate ways.
- Was set to play the role of Tino in Deuces Wild (2002) but dropped out when he won the role of Danny
Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001). The Tino role eventually went to James Franco.
- Was considered for the role of Evan Treborn in The Butterfly Effect (2004).
- Director Sofia Coppola directed both Josh and his former girlfriend Scarlett Johansson, but not in the same
movie. Scarlett was in Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003) and Josh starred in The Virgin Suicides (1999).
- Is of Irish ancestry.
- Is a huge jazz fan.
- Quit smoking for his training for Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia (2006).
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