John Hawkes
Gender: Male
Born: 11th September 1959 (currently 52 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Deadwood, Taken, Eastbound & Down
Movies: Me and You and Everyone We Know, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Miami Vice, A Slipping-Down Life, Freaked, Roadracers, Wristcutters: A Love Story, The Pardon, S. Darko, Winter’s Bone, Small Town Saturday Night, Blue Streak, Eves Necklace, Higher Ground, Harold Buttleman, Daredevil Stuntman, The Perfect Storm, Home Fries, American Gangster, Earthwork, Contagion, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Lincoln, The Amateurs, Night of the Scarecrow, Cool and the Crazy, Playing God, Deep in the Heart (of Texas), Hardball, Rush Hour, Identity, Late Last Night, Zombie Strippers, Sand, Everything Will Happen Before You Die, The Surrogate, Outlaw Country, The Playroom, Sweet Poison, Tender as Hellfire, Arcadia
John Hawkes (born John Marvin Perkins; September 11, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his portrayal of the merchant Sol Star on the HBO series Deadwood, Dustin Powers on Eastbound & Down, and his Academy Award-nominated performance as the menacing backwoods meth addict Teardrop in Winter's Bone.
Hawkes was born John Marvin Perkins in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Patricia and Pete Perkins. He graduated from Jefferson High School and moved to Austin, Texas, where he was a member of the band Meat Joy, with Gretchen Phillips. He was also a member of the musical group King Straggler with fellow actors Rodney Eastman and Brentley Gore.
Hawkes played the role of Greg Penticoff in season 1 of 24. He portrayed Dustin Powers, brother of protagonist Kenny Powers, in the first season of the HBO series Eastbound & Down, and played Lennon on ABC's Lost.
His film roles include Me and You and Everyone We Know, The Perfect Storm, American Gangster and Wristcutters: A Love Story.
In 2011, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Winter's Bone, as well as for a number of other awards, including the Screen Actors Guild
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