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.
