I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant owners do, because eventually I am going to have to prove to my kids that once I was an actor!

"I took some time out of the business. Hartnett turned down the role of Superman which would undoubtedly have catapulted his career into orbit. Although the series was cancelled after sixteen episodes Hartnett had made a name for himself.

He first came to audiences' attention in 1997 as "Michael Fitzgerald" in the television series Cracker. Hartnett has since gone on to further fame for his roles in films such as Pearl Harbor Black Hawk Down 40 Days and 40 Nights and 30 Days of Night and has starred for a variety of well-known directors such as Ridley Scott Brian De Palma Robert Rodriguez Tran Anh Hung Roland Joffé and Michael Bay.