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Famous actor, Garret Hedlund, was born on September 3rd of 1984 in Roseau, Minnesota. His parents are Robert Martin Hedlund and Kristine Anne Yanish. He has a Swedish descent from his father side. Also, the actor has a brother named Nathaniel and a sister named Amanda. Both are older than him. He lived his childhood on a cattle farm near Wannaska, Minnesota but when he was 14 years old he moved with his mother to Arizona. In his new city, he attended Horizon High School. There he received acting private classes. Hedlund was very passionate about acting, even at a young age. Before he finished high school, he was already signed by a talent agency. In 2003, he finally graduated from high school and immediately moved to Los Angeles, California in order to start an acting career.

In less than a year, when he was just 19 years old, he got a role in the famous movie Troy, starring Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, and Sean Bean. In his film-debut, he got to play Patroclus, the cousin of the main character, Achilles. Because of his performance on Troy he received the title of “Best Young Actor”. The same year he also appeared on Friday Night Lights. His next film was in 2005: he played a role in Four Brothers. By that time, he was living a great moment in his career. In 2006, he was a supporting actor in Eragon. Then he filmed Georgia Rule in 2007, where he played opposite Jane Fonda and Lindsay Lohan. His acting career improved in 2010, when he stepped up to leading roles with the character of Sam Flynn in the film Tron: Legacy.

Next, in 2011 he did a country music drama called Country Strong. He co-starred with Leighton Meester, Gwyneth Paltrow and rejoined with the musician Tim McGraw. For this movie, Hedlund had to develop his singing and guitar skills in order to record numerous songs among “Chances are”. All these songs appeared on the Country Song: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The Hollywood actor received pretty good reviews because of his performance; many even said his voice had similarities with Charlie Robinson’s voice. He also released another six songs on a second soundtrack called Country Strong: More Music from the Motion Picture. Garret Hedlund also appeared in the movie On the Road along with Kirsten Dunst, Kirsten Stewart, Amy Adams, Steve Buscemi, Terrence Howard, and Viggo Mortensen, in 2012.

In 2014, he had leading role in Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie. He also played the main character in Lullaby, the same year. In addition, the 30-year-old actor will be Hook in Pan and Thomas in Mojave, both scheduled to be released this year.

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Body Facts of Garret Hedlund:

In the following list, you will find interesting information about Garret Hedlund, like Garret Hedlund height and Garret Hedlund age.

Weight in Pounds: 176lbs

Weight in Kilograms: 80kg

Height in Centimeters: 186cm

Height in Meters: 1.86m

Height in Feet: 6 Feet 2 Inches

Waist in Inches: 32 Inches

Chest in Inches: 40 Inches

Biceps in Inches: 16 Inches

Eye Color: Blue

Age in 2014: 30 years

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