Garrett Hedlund in On The Road
Garrett Hedlund has enjoyed a career that has lasted nearly a decade and it 2012 could well be the year where he starts grabbing everyone's attention.
He may already have some blockbuster projects under his belt but it is his performance in new movie On The Road that has everyone talking.
Yes the actor is back on the big screen this week in an adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel of the same name.
Hedlund made his big screen debut back in 2004 when he landed the role of Patroclus in big budget movie Troy.
The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and also starred Brad Pitt and Eric Bana. While the movie did struggle with the critics it was a hit at the box office.
He mixed and matched his roles in the movies that followed as he went from suffered at the hands of an abusive father in Friday Night Lights before moving onto crime movie Four Brothers.
The biggest role of his career came in 2010 when he landed the role of Sam Flynn in Tron: Legacy.
The movie was a sequel to the 1982 movie and saw Joseph Kosinski in the director's chair while Olivia Wilde and Jeff Bridges were also on the cast list.
Tron:Legacy grossed in excess of $400 million at the global box office, despite mixed reviews from the critics, and it further cemented Hedlund as an exciting acting talent to keep an eye on.
His new movie On The Road sees Hedlund team up with director Walter Salles while Kristen Stewart and Sam Riley are also on the cast list.
The movie has already been doing well on the festival circuit in the last few weeks - Hedlund's performance in particular receiving lots of praise.
Just after his father's death, Sal Paradise (Riley), an aspiring New York writer, meets Dean Moriarty (Hedlund), a devastatingly charming ex-con, married to the very liberated and seductive Marylou.
Sal and Dean bond instantly. Determined not to get locked in to a constricted life, the two friends cut their ties and take to the road with Marylou (Stewart).
Thirsting for liberty, the three young people head off in search of the world, of other encounters, and of themselves.
And the good roles just keep on coming for Hedlund as he is set to star in Ethan and Joel Coen's latest film Inside Llewyn Davis.
The movie has been penned by the Coen brothers while Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake and John Goodman join Hedlund on the cast list.
He has also completed work on Lullaby, which is the first directorial outing for Andrew Levitas.
On The Road is released 12th October
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