Garrett Hedlund Biography

American actor known for his roles in the films Friday Night Lights Four Brothers Eragon Country Strong for his role as Patroclus in the movie Troy as Sam Flynn in Tron: Legacy and as Dean Moriarty (a fictionalized Neal Cassady) in the film On the Road. Hedlund was born in Roseau Minnesota the son of Kristine Anne (née Yanish) and Robert Martin Hedlund. He has an older brother Nathaniel and an older sister Amanda. His father is of Swedish descent.Hedlund was raised on a remote beef cattle farm near the small town of Wannaska Minnesota.
At fourteen he moved to live with his mother in Arizona where he saved his waiter’s tips to pay an acting coach $60 an hour to work on speeches and script material. Modelling gigs for LL Bean and Teen magazine followed. Someone said to me 'If you want to catch a fox you’ve got to be in the forest. So in 2003 at the age of eighteen Garret moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career.\ His first movie role was as Patroclus in Troy. The film which starred Brad Pitt was released May 14 2004. He also starred as Don Billingsley in the 2004 drama film Friday Night Lights in which Tim McGraw played his abusive father.

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