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Garret Hedlund was born on 3 September 1984, in Roseau, Minnesota USA, of Swedish, German, and Norwegian ancestry. Garret is an actor, singer, and model, best known for appearing in the film “Troy” as Patroclus. He’s also been cast in several other popular films including “Eragon”, “Tron: Legacy”, and “Pan”. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Garett Hedlund? As of mid-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $6 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. He’s worked with many big names in the industry, but also does a lot of Country music projects. As he continues his career, it is expected that his wealth will increase.

Garrett Hedlund Net Worth $6 million

Garret was raised in a remote cattle farm before moving to Arizona during the 10th grade. Subsequently during the early stages of his career, he worked as a waiter and saved his money to take acting lessons with coach Jean Fowler. He improved his skills, later modelling for Teen magazine. In 2003, he turned eighteen and moved to Los Angeles to fully pursue an acting career.

He made his major film debut in the film “Troy” alongside Brad Pitt., released in 2004 and which found a lot of success. He then appeared in “Georgia Rule” alongside Lindsay Lohan, released three years later, however, the film failed and didn’t make it to box office expectations. In the same year, he starred with Kevin Bacon in “Death Sentence”, and in 2010, appeared in the “Tron” sequel “Tron: Legacy” alongside Jeff Bridges. His net worth was well established.

In the same year, he became part of “Country Strong” alongside Tim McGraw and Gwyneth Paltrow, for which film he recorded several country songs, and his performances were praised by critics, being compared to Charlie Robison with reviews noting his convincing performance. His song “Give In To Me’ reached the 79th spot of the Billboard Hot 100; other songs became successful too. In 2012, he starred in “On the Road” alongside Kristen Stewart and Amy Adams, an adaptation of the novel of the same name. In 2014, he appeared in the drama “Unbroken” which was directed by Angelina Jolie and there are now reports that he has been cast in the sequel to “Tron: Legacy”.

Hedlund has also been nominated and won several awards; in 2011, he was named as the Man of the Year at the Glamour Awards. In the same year he also got a Maui Film Festival Rising Star Award and an Actor of the Year Young Hollywood Award. He’s also been nominated in the Teen Choice Awards, Saturn Awards, and Black Reel Awards.

It is known that Garrett was offered the role of Finnick in “The Hunger Games” sequel “Catching Fire” but he turned it down. He also turned down an offer to become Christian Grey in the adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey”.

For his personal life, with actress Kirsten Dunst Garret formed a “Hollywood Couple” for four years, but they have apparently broken up, in mid-2016.



Full Name Garrett Hedlund
Net Worth $6 Million
Date Of Birth September 3, 1984
Place Of Birth Roseau, Minnesota, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m)
Profession Actor
Education Horizon High School
Nationality American
Parents Kristi Hedlund, Robert Hedlund
Siblings Nathaniel Hedlund, Amanda Hedlund
Nicknames Garrett John Hedlund
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1330560/
Awards Young Hollywood Award for Actor of the Year; Glamour Award for Man of The Year
Nominations Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star – Male
Movies Tron: Legacy, Pan, On the Road, Country Strong, Unbroken, Four Brothers, Mojave, Eragon, Troy, Friday Night Lights, Inside Llewyn Davis, Death Sentence, Georgia Rule, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Lullaby, Mudbound, Tron: The Next Day, Untitled Tron: Legacy Sequel, Burden
Trademark
1 Muscular physique
2 Light bold blue eyes
3 Deep resonant voice
Quote
1 [on being inspired by co-star Hugh Jackman on the set of Pan] Hugh’s amazing. He sets a standard for young males all over the place. He puts 110 percent into everything he does, including fitness. Hugh and I trained with this wonderful trainer named David Kingsbury. We got some gym sessions in together. It’s a lot to keep up with, but it’s wonderful to see someone who works out as hard as he does, it’s inspiring.
2 When Terrence Howard and I worked together [on John Singleton’s Four Brothers (2005)], he showed me what was basically the first thing I ever learned on a guitar. It was a little Spanish number. But by the time we started working on On the Road (2012) together, five years later, I’d obviously learned how to play more, so Terrence came to my room with a guitar and played a song, and then I played a song, and then he played a song, and then I played a song – this must have gone back and forth about 12 times. It was nice to have been able to do that.
3 A great amount of good is always evened out by a great amount of bad. I find it’s best to acknowledge that weird balance.
4 I’ve always had a longstanding dream, ever since I was a kid, where I was running on a big lake of ice and I kept running and kept running, just about to where I was trying to get to, and I fell through the ice, and then I couldn’t find the hole where I fell through to get back out again. It was always like this certain thing where I could only get so far before everything collapses. So I guess it’s a bit of living in fear. But I don’t try to put it that way, because I feel that is going to pull everything you fear toward you. It’s about acknowledging the fear for about five percent, and then ninety-five percent goes into shrugging it all off.
5 Everything to me in life is like the second scratch.
6 I’ve been told I’m too good looking for certain roles, but that’s okay, it just motivates me to go deeper.
7 [on Friday Night Lights (2004)]: I grew up on a farm, and Lucas in the jungles of Alabama, so I think we adapted very well. It’s just a lot that these guys are holding on their shoulders at such a young age. There’s a lot they’re dealing with, the town pressure or support, their home life, all of that causes a sense of internal insecurities. These guys are realizing how crazy it is that they’re going through all this at such a young age.
Fact
1 Turned down for two of Marvel movie roles twice, one as Steve Rogers/Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and as Peter Quill/Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).
2 Named the #8 Sexiest Man by Glamour magazine in 2011.
3 Good friends with Tron: Legacy (2010) co-star Olivia Wilde.
4 Was discovered at a ProScout event.
5 His father is of Swedish descent. His mother is of three quarters German and one quarter Norwegian ancestry.
6 Broke his arm snowboarding and could not attend the London premiere of Eragon (2006) with his fellow cast members.
7 Attended Horizon High School in Phoenix, Arizona but graduated a semester early to pursue acting.
8 Current residence: In an apartment in Los Angeles (which he bought with the money he made from Troy (2004)).
9 When he was 15, went to various punk rock shows to photograph the bands and their fashions.
10 Enjoys hunting and the outdoors.
11 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 (2004).
12 Participated in ice skating, wrestling and football during high school.
13 Parents divorced when he was a young boy.
14 Is a huge fan of punk rock.
15 Nominated for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male for “Troy” in the 2004 Teen Choice Awards.
16 Family: mother Kristi, father Robert, older brother Nathaniel and older sister Amanda.
17 Ran track and field during high school.
18 Gained at least 30 lbs. of muscle for the role of Patroclus in Troy (2004), then gained another 20 for the role of Don Billinsley in Friday Night Lights (2004) – only to slim back down for the role of Jack Mercer in Four Brothers (2005)
19 Grew up as a huge fan of Tim McGraw only to have him play his father in Friday Night Lights (2004)
20 Won the role of Patroclus in Troy (2004) only one month after arriving in Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
21 Modeled for L.L. Bean and Teen magazine before acting.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Burden 2017 filming Mike Burden
Mosaic 2017 TV Movie post-production
Mudbound 2017 Jamie McAllan
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk 2016 Dime
Pan 2015 Hook
Mojave 2015 Tom
Unbroken 2014/I Fitzgerald
Lullaby 2014/II Jonathan
Kings of Leon: Beautiful War 2013 Short Main
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 Johnny Five
On the Road 2012 Dean Moriarty Neal Cassady
Tron: The Next Day 2011 Short Sam Flynn
Tron 2010 Sam Flynn
Country Strong 2010 Beau Hutton
Death Sentence 2007 Billy Darley
Georgia Rule 2007 Harlan
Eragon 2006 Murtagh
Eragon 2006 Video Game Murtagh (voice)
Four Brothers 2005 Jack Mercer
Friday Night Lights 2004 Don Billingsley
Troy 2004 Patroclus

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Mojave 2015 performer: “Can’t Help It” / writer: “Can’t Help It”
Lullaby 2014/II performer: “Fall apart”
Country Strong 2010 performer: “Silver Wings”, “Friends in Low Places”, “Hard Out Here”, “Chances Are”, “Give In To Me”, “Hide Me Babe”, “Turn Loose All The Horses”, “Timing Is Everything”

Self

Title Year Status Character
Made in Hollywood 2015-2016 TV Series Himself
Today 2015-2016 TV Series Himself
A Doppelgänger and the Desert: Making Mojave 2016 Video short Himself
2016 Golden Globe Arrivals Special 2016 TV Special Himself (uncredited)
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition 2015 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2007-2015 TV Series Himself
20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards 2015 TV Special Himself
The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards 2014 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Sidewalks Entertainment 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Q with Jian Ghomeshi 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Cinema 3 2012 TV Series Himself
Rencontres de cinéma 2012 TV Series Himself
MSN Exclusives 2012 TV Series Himself
13th Annual Young Hollywood Awards 2011 TV Special Himself – Actor of the Year Film
Installing the Cast of ‘TRON: Legacy’ 2011 Video documentary short Himself
Launching the ‘TRON: Legacy’ 2011 Video documentary short Himself
The Tron Phenomenon 2011 Video documentary short Himself
Visualizing ‘TRON: Legacy’ 2011 Video documentary short Himself
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2011 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
CMT Hot 20 Countdown 2011 TV Series Himself – Guest
Jump Start Live 2011 TV Series Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael 2011 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2010 TV Series Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2010 TV Series Himself – Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2010 TV Series Himself
Entertainment Tonight 2010 TV Series Himself
Inside the Inheritance Trilogy: The Magic of ‘Eragon’ 2007 Video documentary Himself
CMT Greatest Moments: Tim McGraw 2006 TV Special Himself
ESPY Awards 2005 TV Special Himself
‘Friday Night Lights’: The Story of the 1988 Permian Panthers 2005 Video documentary short Himself
Tim McGraw: Under the Friday Night Lights 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself
HBO First Look 2004 TV Series documentary Himself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2011 Young Hollywood Award Young Hollywood Awards Actor of the Year

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 INOCA International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) Best Supporting Actor On the Road (2012)
2011 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Supporting Actor Tron: Legacy (2010)
2004 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male Troy (2004)

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