Garrett Hedlund

It is a sequel to the 1982 film Tron, whose director Steven Lisberger returned to produce.

Like its predecessor, Tron: Legacy has also been described as a cult film.

Hedlund was also considered by Disney to play Captain America / Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but had to abandon the project because his film schedule got in the way of Tron: Legacy.

Garrett John Hedlund (born September 3, 1984 ) is an American actor and musician.

Garrett John Hedlund was born on September 3, 1984, in Roseau, Minnesota, to Kristine Anne (née Yanish) and Robert Martin Hedlund.

His father is of Swedish descent and his mother is of Norwegian and German descent.

He is the youngest of three children, with a brother, Nathaniel, and a sister, Amanda.

Hedlund was raised on a remote beef cattle farm near the small town of Wannaska, Minnesota in the Scandinavian diaspora.

In the 9th grade, he moved to live with his mother in Arizona.

From an early age, he has had a great fondness for reading.

During his school years he participated in ice hockey, track and field, wrestling, and American football.

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.

Six months after graduating from Horizon High School, he moved to Los Angeles.

In 2003, Hedlund moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career.

As a teenager, Hedlund modeled for L.L. Bean and Teen Magazine.

At 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.

His films include Troy (2004), Friday Night Lights (2004), Four Brothers (2005), Eragon (2006), Death Sentence (2007), Tron: Legacy (2010), Country Strong (2010), On the Road (2012), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Unbroken (2014), Pan (2015), Mudbound (2017), Triple Frontier (2019), and The Marsh King's Daughter (2023).

The film was released on May 14, 2004.

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.

In 2005, he co-starred with Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson and André Benjamin in the crime drama Four Brothers as Jack Mercer.

He co-starred with Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou and John Malkovich in the fantasy / adventure film Eragon as Murtagh Morzansson.

This 20th Century Fox film is an international co-production between United States, United Kingdom and Hungary.

In October 2006, it was announced that the actors from the Eragon film would lend their voices to the game adaptation.

Hedlund lends his image and voice to his character Murtagh in the video game Eragon.

In 2007, he co-starred with Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda and Cary Elwes in the comedy Georgia Rule, directed by Garry Marshall.

That same year, he co-starred with Kevin Bacon in the crime thriller Death Sentence, directed by James Wan.

In this film Hedlund plays the main villain Billy Darley.

In 2010, Hedlund plays Sam Flynn the main protagonist in the science fiction / action film Tron: Legacy, acting alongside Jeff Bridges and Olivia Wilde.

Hedlund won a "Darwinian casting process" which tested hundreds of actors, being chosen for having the "unique combination of intelligence, wit, humor, look and physicality" that the producers were looking for in Flynn's son.

Hedlund trained hard to do his own stunts, which included jumping over cars and copious wire and harness work.

The film was released on December 17, 2010, and directed by Joseph Kosinski.

Hedlund co-starred with Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester and his Friday Night Lights co-star, country musician Tim McGraw in the musical drama Country Strong, which was released on December 22, 2010.

He recorded a number of songs for the film including "Chances Are" which appeared on Country Strong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

His performance was well received by critics.

Noting voice similarities between Hedlund and Charlie Robison, Roughstock said "the best song on this album belongs to him" and Country Weekly wrote that of all the songs performed by actors in this film, his was "the most convincing".

Six other songs, including a duet with Meester, were featured on a second soundtrack titled Country Strong: More Music from the Motion Picture.

On June 7, 2011, Hedlund was named "Man of the Year" at the Glamour Awards.

He also co-starred with Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen as Dean Moriarty in the 2012 adventure drama On the Road, produced by Francis Ford Coppola.

The film was directed by Walter Salles and based on Jack Kerouac's novel of same name.

Hedlund's performance in this film was praised by critics.