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".
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-09-11
Place of birth
Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
Miami Vice
2006
6.01
Me and You and Everyone We Know
2005
7.00
Rush Hour
1998
7.05
The Perfect Storm
2000
6.48
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
7.03
Identity
2003
7.20
Scary Movie
1991
5.19
Hardball
2001
6.48
American Gangster
2007
7.59
Wristcutters: A Love Story
2007
7.00
Roadracers
1994
5.90
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
5.00
Winter's Bone
2010
6.79
The Amateurs
2006
5.60
A Slipping Down Life
1999
4.11
Freaked
1993
6.10
Small Town Saturday Night
2010
5.40
Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011
6.61
Higher Ground
2011
5.80
Lincoln
2012
6.86
Rosalie Goes Shopping
1989
5.70
Nails
1992
4.90
Heartbreak Hotel
1988
5.03
Outlaw Country
2012
6.00
The Sessions
2012
6.90
Welcome
2007
6.40
Arcadia
2012
6.00
The Pardon
2013
4.64
Kingdom Come
2012
6.20
Roving Woman
2022
6.30
The Playroom
2013
5.35
Life of Crime
2013
5.75
Late Last Night
1999
5.29
Earthwork
2011
10.00
Dead Air
1994
5.20
Everest
2015
6.82
Home Fries
1998
5.10
Low Down
2014
5.54
Cool and the Crazy
1994
4.45
Johnny Be Good
1988
4.55
Playing God
1997
5.50
The Driftless Area
2015
5.06
Night of the Scarecrow
1995
4.80
Sweet Poison
1991
5.00
Blue Streak
1999
6.49
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
4.50
Congo
1995
5.56
Strange Frequency²
2003
5.38
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
6.10
Too Late
2016
6.90
Bar-B-Que Movie
1988
3.40
Police Academy
1984
6.70
Small Town Crime
2018
6.40
Boogie Boy
1998
4.52
Steel
1997
4.27
S. Darko
2009
4.40
'Til There Was You
1997
3.90
D.O.A.
1988
6.30
Dakota
1988
4.00
Deep in the Heart
1996
0.00
Resurrection Slope
2013
6.00
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
7.41
End of Sentence
2019
6.30
Murder Rap
1988
1.00
Where's Marlowe?
1998
5.70
Unlovable
2018
5.70
Never Leave Nevada
1990
7.00
Contagion
2011
6.64
Sand
2000
3.20
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
6.75
Eve's Necklace
2010
0.00
Dr. Del
2016
0.00
Flesh and Bone
1993
6.10
It Takes Two
1988
5.30
Future-Kill
1985
4.56
On Holiday
2010
3.50
Silver Wolf
1999
5.90
Perfect Little Angels
1998
5.30
Sam's Circus
2001
0.00