Hart Bochner
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Hart Matthew Bochner was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Ruth (Roher), a concert pianist, and Lloyd Bochner, an actor. He is of Russian Jewish and Ukrainian Jewish descent. Hart made his feature film debut portraying
George C. Scott's son in
Ernest Hemingway's
L'île des adieux (1977)
and would go on to gain notice for his role in the Academy
award-winning,
La bande des quatre (1979). However, it
was his role in Piège de cristal (1988),
opposite Bruce Willis, that would earn him
pop culture status. His performance as the obnoxiously sleazy Harry
("Hans, Bubby") Ellis was bestowed the #2 spot on Maxim's "The Greatest
Movie Sleazeballs Of All Time" list. Other films also include playing
opposite Susan Sarandon in
Wayne Wang's
Ma mère, moi et ma mère (1999),
Point de rupture (1998) with
Bridget Fonda, the cult hit
Appartement zéro (1988) opposite
Colin Firth,
George Cukor's
Riches et célèbres (1981), with
Jacqueline Bisset, and
John Schlesinger's
Innocent, coupable d'aimer (1993), opposite
Anthony Hopkins.
On television, Bochner starred in the Emmy award-winning epic miniseries, Les orages de la guerre (1988), Ernest Hemingway's Le soleil se lève aussi (1984), John Steinbeck's À l'est d'Eden (1981), La croisère maudite (1991), La croisée des destins (1995), and Haywire (1980).
He would inevitably transition to behind-the-scenes work as a director, making his debut with the cult comedy, PCU (1994), for Twentieth Century Fox, and Prof et rebelle (1996) for Columbia Pictures. Just Add Water (2008) for Sony Pictures is his latest directorial effort, which he also wrote, and stars Danny DeVito, Dylan Walsh, Jonah Hill, and Justin Long.
He will next be seen starring in the upcoming Campbell Scott film, Company Retreat (2009), as well as Toy boy (2009) opposite Ashton Kutcher. Most recently was seen starring as Debra Messing's love interest in the USA Network series, The Starter Wife (2008).
Bochner lives in Los Angeles and is actively involved in several causes, sitting on the board of directors for the Environmental Media Association as well as the DGA-PAC Leadership Council, and L.A.'s Green Ribbon Commission. In 2008, Bochner was named Time Magazine's "Greenest Celebrity in Hollywood".
On television, Bochner starred in the Emmy award-winning epic miniseries, Les orages de la guerre (1988), Ernest Hemingway's Le soleil se lève aussi (1984), John Steinbeck's À l'est d'Eden (1981), La croisère maudite (1991), La croisée des destins (1995), and Haywire (1980).
He would inevitably transition to behind-the-scenes work as a director, making his debut with the cult comedy, PCU (1994), for Twentieth Century Fox, and Prof et rebelle (1996) for Columbia Pictures. Just Add Water (2008) for Sony Pictures is his latest directorial effort, which he also wrote, and stars Danny DeVito, Dylan Walsh, Jonah Hill, and Justin Long.
He will next be seen starring in the upcoming Campbell Scott film, Company Retreat (2009), as well as Toy boy (2009) opposite Ashton Kutcher. Most recently was seen starring as Debra Messing's love interest in the USA Network series, The Starter Wife (2008).
Bochner lives in Los Angeles and is actively involved in several causes, sitting on the board of directors for the Environmental Media Association as well as the DGA-PAC Leadership Council, and L.A.'s Green Ribbon Commission. In 2008, Bochner was named Time Magazine's "Greenest Celebrity in Hollywood".
