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John Hawkes was born John Marvin Perkins in Alexandria, Minnesota, to Patricia Jeanne (Olson) and Peter John Perkins, a farmer. He is of British and Scandinavian 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 … 

Net Worth $4 Million
Date Of Birth September 11, 1959
Place Of Birth Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
Height 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Profession Actor, Soundtrack, Producer
IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm5813534
Quote
1 [on filming The Sessions (2012)] Mark O’Brien used to say that disabled people are invisible to able-bodied people. In between takes, I’d stay on the gurney and crew members would set sandwiches and wardrobe people would lay coats on me. I got some idea of what it’s like to be thought of as furniture.
2 [on filming The Sessions (2012)] It was unusual to be lying immobile with a beautiful naked woman on me, but it was not a bad thing. And, as an actor who often misses his mark, it was easier in a way to be immobile. The DP [director of photography] was never angry with me.
3 [on The Sessions (2012), playing Mark O’Brien, a real-life man who has been partially paralyzed from polio since childhood] Ben Lewin had written a great script and I thought the character needed to fight self-pity at every turn. It’s really boring to watch a character wallow, even if they have every reason to. It’s much more interesting to watch them try to solve their problems, especially if they’re ill-equipped to do so. I also thought we should seek out humor, wherever we could find it. I didn’t want Mark to be a saint. I wanted Mark to be a pain in the ass and an asshole, as we all are from time to time. Just a human being, really.
4 [on working with Daniel Day-Lewis] I spent 10 hours with Abraham Lincoln, which was thrilling in and of itself. But it never felt weird to me. I don’t have a problem with an actor’s preparation or process. Anyone who’s put off by his intensity is probably afraid of their own shortcomings. He’s the character when you meet him and work with him, but it’s not weird to me, or silly, or obsessive in the least. It’s his way to do extraordinary work. I don’t have actor training, myself. I’ve been accused of being a Method actor, not even quite knowing what that is, but I loved his commitment to the project.
5 [2010, on American Gangster (2007)] I’m proud of that credit. There’s some good people in that. For a Hollywood movie, that was a decent film, I thought. That’s hard to do when you have movie stars and a huge budget. Harder, almost. I don’t know how I got cast. I just got sent a script. They said, “Do you want to play this part?” I don’t think my manager and agent even really know for sure how it all happened. They must have seen something, I don’t know. It was amazing to live in New York for a few months and work. Ridley Scott was an interesting director. Not only did I not receive any acting direction from him, I didn’t see him directing any other actor over three months. I think he just casts people and trusts them. It was more like, “Try it again”, as opposed to “Do this, specifically”. And when he liked it, it was done. Pieces of the set were walking away, and lights were moved, and all that stuff. You’d say, “You got it? Can I have one more?” He’s like, “Nope, we’ve got it”. I do think he cares a great deal about actors. I don’t think he’s just a camera director, although he is a genius at figuring out shots and how to maximize each shot. But it’s the actor’s dream, in a way, to be left alone. There’s always part of you that needs some hand-holding now and then, but you have to figure that if they’re moving on, then what you did must be good.
6 [2010, on his small part in Lost (2004)] I never knew much about the show. When I got cast, I thought, “Well, I should watch it”, but then I realized it was like 99 hours of television, and I didn’t really have that kind of time, so I approached it more like a movie and just read the script and played the character. I still haven’t even… I’ve seen just one of the episodes that I was in. And that was only because I was visiting my father in Texas, and we had a family thing, and I didn’t really watch it. I was just coming in as a guest. It was a big machine, I’ll put it that way. I was helping turn the cogs…It was a money gig, really. I’m sorry if you’re a huge fan of the show, but I just don’t really know it at all. I heard it was like Gilligan’s Island (1964), and I really loved “Gilligan’s Island”, so I figured…No, no. But yeah, man, it’s tough for an actor. It’s not always autographs and sunglasses, as they say. A lot of times, you just don’t get the jobs you want to get. You try for them, and you don’t get them, or you don’t have a chance to try for them. It was slow here in town, honestly, for a while. I look at my favorite actors, like Robert Duvall and Gene Hackman, and those guys didn’t partway through their careers start guest-starring on TV shows, but sometimes you just have to suck it up and do it.
7 [2010, on Deadwood (2004)] I think that was the best job I’ve ever had… It was just an unbelievably great job. I don’t have anything but positive things to say about that cast and that whole experience. Great cast and great stories and great crew. The Perfect Storm (2000) was an impressive set – and I’ve worked on a lot of Hollywood movies with bloated budgets and big sets – but “Deadwood” was a set unto its own. It was several blocks of deer carcasses hanging and bleeding, and horseshit everywhere. People would come to the set to visit, and if they wanted to watch a scene, they had to walk through mud and urine. A lot of people made short visits. It was just fantastic. We shot, I think, 25 miles north of L.A. on the old Gene Autry Melody Ranch, and I never once drove onto that set without a smile on my face.
8 [2010, on making The Perfect Storm (2000)] That was a big deal for me, because that was a good part in a Hollywood blockbuster. And yeah, I died, but so did everyone. At least, I got to stay to the end. The actress, Rusty Schwimmer, and I met at an audition, and they put us in touch and said, “We want to screen-test you guys for the parts”. So, she and I went and had a beer or two and worked on the scene without anyone knowing we were doing it. We went in the next day, and it was one of those rare occasions where two actors screen-test together and both get the part. She was terrific. Again, there were a lot of people on that movie who I really admire. Mark Wahlberg, I didn’t know what to expect, although I’d seen him be good in The Basketball Diaries (1995). I’m not really a fan of those pop-music videos he was doing, but man, what a dedicated, sincere, just really quietly supportive person to those around him, and a really, really dedicated and hard worker. George Clooney was a practical joker who nailed us all several times. Very funny. And John C. Reilly, William Fichtner, who are wonderful actors. It was cool being invited into the club, just for starters. To start playing better roles. Not bigger movies-I wasn’t so interested in that. Although that one made sure I didn’t have to have a day job. I was in pretty good shape after that. But for a studio movie, it was an amazing set, a lot of work, and really great.
9 [2010, on filming Congo (1995)] The best part of the job, I think, was the other actors. A lot of people I admired a great deal and got to know and hang with. I didn’t have much to do in the movie, and the main thing I had to do – which was die – we did it in Los Angeles, simulating the African jungle. Then we went to Costa Rica, which was why I took the job. We went to Costa Rica for nearly a month to do the rest of the movie. For myself and Taylor Nichols and Bruce Campbell, our function in Costa Rica for three months was to work about five days total, and that was mainly just shots of us hiking along with backpacks, heading into the jungle. We had a ton of time off there, so Bruce Campbell and I would rent cars, and his wife was there for a while, but when she went back to America, he and I toured around the country and went to pay phones every couple of days and called the production office and said, “Do you need us yet?” And they’d say, “No”. And we would drive somewhere else and hang out. He was such a funny, funny man, Bruce. I’ve lost touch with him over the years, but we had a ball. That was a lot of fun. Tim Curry was in that cast, who was a hero of mine from his stage and screen work and the Rocky Horror stuff. And Ernie Hudson and Laura Linney. They were all really nice people. I was kind of intimidated, being on a big Hollywood movie like that and not having much to do, but those people were… It’s one of those times where you realize that these are just normal people, and they’re also really kind to their underlings, which I thought was pretty nice. So yeah, not much to do on the acting side of it, but more the experience of going to Costa Rica and hanging out. It’s a lovely country.
10 [on being an actor]: You never really forget who you are. If you did, you’d need to seek some professional help.
Fact
1 Was previously in the bands Meat Joy and King Straggler, and is now working on a solo album.
2 Turned down the role of The Governor in the television series The Walking Dead (2010).
3 Got his first major starring role as Sol in ‘Deadwood (2004-2006)’ at 45 years old.
4 Does not have any formal Acting training and never attended Drama school.
5 He has English, Irish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish ancestry.
6 Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 10, 2011 in Austin, Tx.
7 When Hawkes was cast as Sol Star, a Jewish merchant, in Deadwood (2004) he told the show’s creator, David Milch, that there was one catch, however: “I’m not Jewish,” Hawkes frankly told Milch upon their first meeting. “David asked me, ‘Have you ever felt shame or sadness or ostracized?’ I said, ‘Every day.’ And David said, ‘Then you’re Jewish.'”.
8 In an interview in Fade In magazine, Hawkes revealed that while hitch-hiking around America, he would play various characters when he was getting a ride.
9 Cites Robert Duvall as the actor he most admires.
10 Graduate of Jefferson High School (Alexandria, Minnesota), 1977.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Dr. Del 2016 TV Movie post-production Del Canyon
Everest 2015 Doug Hansen
Too Late 2015/I Sampson
Inside Amy Schumer 2015 TV Series Juror #8
The Driftless Area 2015 Shane
How and Why 2014 TV Movie Goodman Hesselman
Low Down 2014 Joe Albany
Eastbound & Down 2009-2013 TV Series Dustin Powers
Life of Crime 2013 Louis Gara
The Pardon 2013 Finnon ‘Arkie’ Burke
The Sleepy Man 2013 Short Sleepy Man
Resurrection Slope 2013 Short John
Leaning Towards Solace 2012 Short Father
Lincoln 2012 Robert Latham
Outlaw Country 2012 TV Movie Tarzen Larkin
The Bluegrass Brainwash Conspiracy 2012 Short
The Playroom 2012 Martin Cantwell
Arcadia 2012 Tom
The Sessions 2012 Mark
Contagion 2011 Roger
Higher Ground 2011 CW Walker
Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011 Patrick
On Holiday 2010 Wild Bill
Eve’s Necklace 2010 William (voice)
Small Town Saturday Night 2010 Donnie Carson
Lost 2010 TV Series Lennon
Winter’s Bone 2010 Teardrop
Everything Will Happen Before You Die 2010 Lane
Wasteland 2009/I Short Daniel
Earthwork 2009 Stan Herd
Psych 2009 TV Series Rollins
Path Lights 2009 Short Bobby
ACME Saturday Night 2009 TV Series
S. Darko 2009 Phil
Tender as Hellfire 2009 Short French
Miracle at St. Anna 2008 Herb Redneck
Dark Yellow 2008 Short Man
Monk 2008 TV Series Matthew Teeger
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2007 TV Series Terry Wicker
Without a Trace 2007 TV Series Terry Wicker
American Gangster 2007 Freddie Spearman
Welcome 2007/II Short Bill
Deadwood 2004-2006 TV Series Sol Star
Miami Vice 2006 Alonzo Stevens
Wristcutters: A Love Story 2006 Yan
The Amateurs 2005 Moe
Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005 Richard Swersey
Sweet Underground 2004 Johnny
Identity 2003 Larry
Buttleman 2003 Harold Buttleman
Strange Frequency 2 2003 TV Movie Jared (segment “Soul Man”)
Taken 2002 TV Mini-Series Marty Erickson
24 2001 TV Series Greg Penticoff
Hard Ball 2001 Ticky Tobin
Sam’s Circus 2001 TV Movie Gunner
Strange Frequency 2001 TV Series Songwriter
The Orange Orange 2001 Short Romeo
Sand 2000 Hardy
The Perfect Storm 2000 Mike ‘Bugsy’ Moran
The Practice 2000 TV Series Stuart Donovan
You, Me and the Kids 2000 TV Series Eric
Nathan Dixon 1999 TV Movie Russell Keach
Blue Streak 1999 Eddie
The Magnificent Seven 1999 TV Series
Late Last Night 1999 TV Movie Ponzo
The X-Files 1999 TV Series Phillip Padgett
Martial Law 1999 TV Series Jake Simms
A Slipping-Down Life 1999 David Elliot
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven 1998 TV Series Jake Thompson
Brimstone 1998 TV Series Frederick Wilcot ‘Willy’ Graver
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 1998 Dave
Fantasy Island 1998 TV Series Arnie White
Where’s Marlowe? 1998 Earl
Rush Hour 1998 Stucky
Home Fries 1998 Randy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1998 TV Series George
Boogie Boy 1998 T-Bone
The Naked Truth 1997 TV Series Duane Baldwin
Profit 1997 TV Series Dr. Jeremy Batewell
Playing God 1997 Flick
ER 1997 TV Series P.A.
Nash Bridges 1997 TV Series Vaughn
Pacific Blue 1997 TV Series Paul Brent
Steel 1997 Mugger
‘Til There Was You 1997 Gawayne
The Big Easy 1997 TV Series Wild Bill
Millennium 1996 TV Series Mike Bardale
Promised Land 1996 TV Series Jake
Dangerous Minds 1996 TV Series Evan
Deep in the Heart 1996 Mac
Shaughnessy 1996 TV Movie
From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 Pete Bottoms, Liquor Store Clerk
Angry Cafe 1995 Turtle
Planet Rules 1995 TV Series Cecil Flood (1995)
Touched by an Angel 1995 TV Series Mason Cook
Night of the Scarecrow 1995 Danny
Congo 1995 Bob Driscoll
The Marshal 1995 TV Series Elton
Dead Air 1994 TV Movie Morton
Cool and the Crazy 1994 TV Movie Crazy
Rebel Highway 1994 TV Series Crazy / Nixer
Roadracers 1994 TV Movie Nixer
Wings 1993-1994 TV Series Mark the Waiter
Flesh and Bone 1993 Groom
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. 1993 TV Series Utah Johnny Montana’s Assistant
Freaked 1993 Cowboy
Northern Exposure 1992 TV Series Jason
Civil Wars 1992 TV Series Jim Montgomery
Nails 1992 TV Movie Harvey Cassler
Mann & Machine 1992 TV Series Tommy Chartraw
The Rape of Doctor Willis 1991 TV Movie Mateson
Sweet Poison 1991 TV Movie Jimmy
Scary Movie 1991 Warren
Never Leave Nevada 1990 Christo
Rosalie Goes Shopping 1989 Schnucki Greenspace
Bar-B-Que Movie 1988 Short Jerry – Dad
Dakota 1988 Rooster
Heartbreak Hotel 1988 M.C.
It Takes Two 1988 Thief #2
Johnny Be Good 1988 Pizza Boy #1
D.O.A. 1988 Sloane
Murder Rap 1987 Christopher / Wiseman
Future-Kill 1985 The Light Man (as John Perkins)

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011 performer: “Marcy’s Song”
Winter’s Bone 2010 performer: “Bred and Buttered” – uncredited / writer: “Bred and Buttered” – uncredited
The Amateurs 2005 writer: “A Good Man”

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Blue 2015/I associate producer completed
Everything Will Happen Before You Die 2010 co-executive producer

Music Department

Title Year Status Character
Utah Too Much 2009 Video documentary short songwriter: “Utah Too Much”

Sound Department

Title Year Status Character
HBO First Look 2000 TV Series documentary field audio – 1 episode

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Blue 2015/I thanks completed
Behind the Scenes with ‘The Amateurs’ 2008 Video documentary short thanks
HBO First Look 2000 TV Series documentary special thanks – 1 episode

Self

Title Year Status Character
Kingdom Come 2011 Documentary Himself
The Substance of Things Hoped For: Making Higher Ground 2011 Documentary short Himself
55th BFI London Film Festival 2011 TV Movie Himself
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards 2011 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards 2011 TV Special Himself
In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber 2011 TV Series
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2011 TV Special Himself
Moving Pictures Live! 2010 TV Series Himself
The Making of ‘s. Darko’ 2009 Video documentary short Himself
Utah Too Much 2009 Video documentary short Himself
Behind the Scenes with ‘The Amateurs’ 2008 Video documentary short Himself – ‘Moe’
The Making of ‘Me and You and Everyone We Know’ 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
Dusty Wright’s Culture CatchCulture Catch 2005 TV Series Himself
HBO First Look 2000 TV Series documentary Himself / Michael ‘Bugsy’ Moran
Made in Hollywood 2011-2014 TV Series Himself
The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – Nominee
19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – Nominee
70th Golden Globe Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – Nominee
18th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards 2013 TV Special Himself
Cinema 3 2012 TV Series Himself
Sidewalks Entertainment 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest
Días de cine 2012 TV Series Himself
The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards 2012 TV Special Himself – Presenter

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Chelsea Lately 2012 TV Series Mark O’Brien in ‘The Sessions’
Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness 2007 TV Series documentary Pete Bottoms, Liquor Store Clerk

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2013 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead The Sessions (2012)
2012 EDA Special Mention Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction The Sessions (2012)
2012 Hollywood Breakthrough Award Hollywood Film Awards Breakthrough Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 Special Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival Dramatic The Sessions (2012)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama The Sessions (2012)
2013 AACTA International Award Australian Film Institute Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2013 Critics Choice Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2013 Dorian Award Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) Film Performance of the Year – Actor The Sessions (2012)
2013 IFC Award Iowa Film Critics Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2013 NCFCA Award North Carolina Film Critics Association Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2013 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2013 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role The Sessions (2012)
2013 VFCC Award Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 EDA Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Cast Ensemble Lincoln (2012)
2012 COFCA Award Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
2012 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Supporting Actor Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
2012 DFCS Award Denver Film Critics Society Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 DFCS Award Detroit Film Critic Society, US Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 HFCS Award Houston Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Male Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
2012 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actor Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
2012 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role The Sessions (2012)
2012 SDFCS Award San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Motion Picture The Sessions (2012)
2012 WAFCA Award Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2011 DFCS Award Denver Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
2011 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Performance Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
2011 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Ensemble Acting Contagion (2011)
2011 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
2011 SLFCA Award St. Louis Film Critics Association, US Best Supporting Actor Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
2011 WAFCA Award Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
2008 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture American Gangster (2007)
2007 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Deadwood (2004)

2nd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 COFCA Award Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 SLFCA Award St. Louis Film Critics Association, US Best Actor The Sessions (2012)
2012 UFCA Award Utah Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)

3rd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2012 DFWFCA Award Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor The Sessions (2012)

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