 The following year , away from film , Eckhart guest starred in two episodes of NBC 's comedy sitcom Frasier , where he played a boyfriend of Charlotte , Dr. Frasier Crane 's love interest . His next film role was in E. Elias Merhige 's thriller Suspect Zero , a movie about an FBI agent who tracks down a killer who murders serial killers . Upon release , the movie received broadly negative reviews . Despite the reception , Eckhart 's performance was favored by critics ; Newsday wrote that Eckhart was a " classically handsome leading man ... but Merhige demands of him complexity and anguish . " Suspect Zero was a box office disappointment , earning $ 11 million worldwide . Also in 2004 , Eckhart starred on the London stage , opposite Julia Stiles , in David Mamet 's Oleanna at the Garrick Theatre . The drama ran until mid @-@ 2004 . For this performance , Eckhart received favorable critical reviews . In 2005 , returning to film , Eckhart appeared in Neverwas as a therapist who takes a job at a rundown mental hospital that once treated his father ( Nick Nolte ) . The feature was never given a full theatrical release , eventually being released straight to DVD in 2007 . 
