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John Hawkes

John Hawkes

Birthday: 1959-09-11 | Place of Birth: Alexandria, Minnesota, USA

John Hawkes was born John Marvin Perkins in Alexandria, Minnesota, to Patricia Jeanne (Olson) and Peter John Perkins, a farmer. He is of Scandinavian and British Isles descent. John moved to Austin, Texas to begin his career as an actor and musician. He co-founded the Big State Productions Theatre Company and appeared in the group's original play, "In the West", at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He took on the stage name "John Hawkes" because another actor shared his birth name, John Perkins. John starred in the critically-acclaimed, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), which received wide praise and was awarded the special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Camera d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Additional feature credits include the Lion's Gate film, A Slipping-Down Life (1999) with Guy Pearce, the psychological thriller Identity (2003) alongside John Cusack and Ray Liotta, Miami Vice (2006) with Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell, Playing God (2004), The Perfect Storm (2000), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and Caçadores de Perigo (1997). Hawkes also starred in and co-produced the independent film, Buttleman (2003), for which he received a Breakout Performance Award at the 2004 Sedona Film Festival and a Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Deep Ellum Film Festival. Hawkes' television credits include a lead role in the critically-acclaimed HBO series, Deadwood (2004), in which he played "Sol Star", a spirited entrepreneur in a lawless town. John lives in Los Angeles, where he writes, records and performs music with his band, "King Straggler".

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Roving Woman

as    Gregory Milloy

2019
The Peanut Butter Falcon

as    Duncan

2019
End of Sentence

as    Frank Fogle

2019
Deadwood: The Movie

as    Sol Star

2018
Unlovable

as    Jim

2018
Small Town Crime

as    Mike Kendall

2017
2017
Legend of Master Legend

as    Maser Legend

2016
Too Late

as    Mel Sampson

2015
Everest

as    Doug Hansen

2015
The Driftless Area

as    Shane

2014
Low Down

as    Joe Albany

2014
Life of Crime

as    Louis Gara

2013
The Pardon

as    Finnon 'Arkie' Burke

2012
The Sessions

as    Mark

2012
Lincoln

as    Robert Latham

2012
Kingdom Come

as    Self

2012
Outlaw Country

as    Tarzen Larkin

2011
Higher Ground

as    CW Walker

2011
Martha Marcy May Marlene

as    Patrick

2010
Small Town Saturday Night

as    Donnie Carson

2010
Winter's Bone

as    Teardrop

2007
American Gangster

as    Freddie Spearman

2006
Miami Vice

as    Alonzo Stevens

2005
Me and You and Everyone We Know

as    Richard Swersey

2004
Deadwood

as    Sol Star