In 2005, he co-starred with Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson and André Benjamin in the crime drama Four Brothers as Jack Mercer. That same year, he also co-starred with Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard and Tim McGraw as Don Billingsley in the 2004 sports drama Friday Night Lights, where McGraw played his abusive father.
Īt the age of nineteen, Hedlund made his debut in his first feature film playing Patroclus who was the younger cousin of Achilles played by Brad Pitt in the mythological epic adventure war drama Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen. In 2003, Hedlund moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. Career 2003–2009: Early work and breakthrough Six months after graduating from Horizon High School, he moved to Los Angeles. In Arizona he saved his tips from working as a waiter to pay for lessons with acting coach Jean Fowler, with whom he worked on speeches and script material. During his school years he participated in ice hockey, track and field, melee fight and American football. From an early age, he has had a great fondness for reading. In the 9th grade, he moved to live with his mother in Arizona. Hedlund was raised on a remote beef cattle farm near the small town of Wannaska, Minnesota in the Scandinavian diaspora. 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. Garrett John Hedlund was born on September 3, 1984, in Roseau, Minnesota, to Kristine Anne ( née Yanish) and Robert Martin Hedlund. Garrett John Hedlund (born Septem) is an American actor.
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