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John Hawkes is an American actor who works in film and television. Born in Alexandria, Minnesota, in 1959, he began his work period in 1985. He is educated at St. Cloud State University and speaks English.
Hawkes has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His work includes roles in drama fiction and thriller genres.
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Film & TV
Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
John Hawkes (born John Marvin Perkins; September 11, 1959) is an American 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. Hawkes starred in the critically-acclaimed, Me…
Known for
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt2025
- Roving Woman — Gregory Milloy2022
- The Peanut Butter Falcon — Duncan2019
- End of Sentence — Frank Fogle2019
- Deadwood: The Movie — Sol Star2019
- Too Old to Die Young — Viggo2019
- Small Town Crime — Mike Kendall2018
- Unlovable — Jim2018
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — Charlie2017
- Legend of Master Legend — Maser Legend2017
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1959-09-11 ) September 11, 1959 (age 66)
- Alma mater
- St. Cloud State University
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1984–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Alexandria
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- St. Cloud State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- thriller
- Image
- JohnHawkesHS2009.jpg
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- Commons category
- John Hawkes (actor)
- date of birth
- 1959-09-11
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- name in native language
- John Hawkes
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
John Hawkes (born September 11, 1959) is an American actor. He is the recipient of two Independent Spirit Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Hawkes is known for his roles in the films Winter's Bone (2010) and The Sessions (2012), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, respectively. Some of his other film credits include From Dusk till Dawn (1996), The Perfect Storm (2000), Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), American Gangster (2007), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), Lincoln (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). He has also appeared in many television series, notably Deadwood (2004–2006) and Eastbound & Down (2009–2013), as well as the fourth season of True Detective (2024).
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