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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 11, 1959
Place of Birth
Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- John Perkins
- جان هاکس
John Hawkes
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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".
Known For
0.0
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
6.3
Gregory Milloy
Roving Woman
2022
6.3
Frank Fogle
End of Sentence
2019
7.4
Duncan
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
7.4
Viggo
Too Old to Die Young
2019
6.8
Sol Star
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
5.7
Jim
Unlovable
2018
6.4
Mike Kendall
Small Town Crime
2018
8.1
Charlie Hayes
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
8.0
Maser Legend
Legend of Master Legend
2017
Credits
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
0.0
Roving Woman
as Gregory Milloy
2022
6.3
End of Sentence
as Frank Fogle
2019
6.3
The Peanut Butter Falcon
as Duncan
2019
7.4
Too Old to Die Young
as Viggo
2019
7.4
Deadwood: The Movie
as Sol Star
2019
6.8
Unlovable
as Jim
2018
5.7
Small Town Crime
as Mike Kendall
2018
6.4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Charlie Hayes
2017
8.1
Legend of Master Legend
as Maser Legend
2017
8.0
Too Late
as Mel Sampson
2016
6.9
Massive Attack, Tricky & 3D - Take It There
as John Hawkes
2016
0.0
Dr. Del
as Del Canyon
2016
0.0
Everest
as Doug Hansen
2015
6.8
The Driftless Area
as Shane
2015
5.1
Low Down
as Joe Albany
2014
5.5
True Detective
as Hank Prior
2014
8.3
Life of Crime
as Louis Gara
2013
5.7
The Pardon
as Finnon 'Arkie' Burke
2013
4.6
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
as Father (Leaning Towards Solace)
2013
7.7
The Playroom
as Martin Cantwell
2013
5.4
Resurrection Slope
as John
2013
6.0
Lincoln
as Robert Latham
2012
6.9
Outlaw Country
as Tarzen Larkin
2012
6.0
The Sessions
as Mark
2012
6.9
Kingdom Come
as Self
2012
6.2
Arcadia
as Tom
2012
6.0
Martha Marcy May Marlene
as Patrick
2011
6.6
Contagion
as Roger
2011
6.6
Higher Ground
as CW Walker
2011
5.8
Earthwork
as Stan Herd
2011
10.0
Eve's Necklace
as William (voice)
2010
0.0
Winter's Bone
as Teardrop
2010
6.8
Small Town Saturday Night
as Donnie Carson
2010
5.4
Everything Will Happen Before You Die
as Lane
2010
1.7
On Holiday
as Wild Bill
2010
3.5
S. Darko
as Phil
2009
4.4
Eastbound & Down
as Dustin Powers
2009
7.4
Miracle at St. Anna
as Herb Redneck
2008
6.1
American Gangster
as Freddie Spearman
2007
7.6
Wristcutters: A Love Story
as Yan
2007
7.0
Welcome
as Bill
2007
6.4
Miami Vice
as Alonzo Stevens
2006
6.0
Psych
as Rollins
2006
7.9
The Amateurs
as Moe
2006
5.6
Me and You and Everyone We Know
as Richard Swersey
2005
7.0
Lost
as Lennon
2004
7.9
Deadwood
as Sol Star
2004
8.1
Strange Frequency²
as Jared (segment 'Soul Man')
2003
5.4
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
as Harold Buttleman
2003
5.0
Identity
as Larry
2003
7.2
Taken
as Marty Erickson
2002
7.5
Taken
2002
7.5
Without a Trace
as Terry Wicker
2002
7.2
Monk
as Matthew Teeger
2002
7.9
24
as Greg Penticoff
2001
7.8
Hardball
as Ticky Tobin
2001
6.5
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Sam's Circus
as Gunner
2001
0.0
Sand
as Hardy
2000
3.2
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Terry Wicker
2000
7.6
The Perfect Storm
as Mike "Bugsy" Moran
2000
6.5
Blue Streak
as Eddie
1999
6.5
Late Last Night
as Ponzo
1999
5.3
A Slipping Down Life
as David Elliot
1999
4.1
Silver Wolf
as Randy
1999
5.9
Home Fries
as Randy
1998
5.1
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Dave
1998
5.4
Brimstone
1998
7.6
Where's Marlowe?
as Film clerk
1998
5.7
Martial Law
1998
7.1
Fantasy Island
as Arnie White
1998
7.5
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
6.6
Rush Hour
as Stucky
1998
7.0
Perfect Little Angels
as Jeff
1998
5.3
Boogie Boy
as T-Bone
1998
4.5
Playing God
as Flick
1997
5.5
Steel
as Mugger
1997
4.3
'Til There Was You
as Gawayne
1997
3.9
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as George
1997
8.1
The Practice
as Stuart Donovan
1997
7.7
Millennium
as Mike Bardale
1996
7.7
Deep in the Heart
as Mac
1996
0.0
Dangerous Minds
1996
8.5
The Big Easy
as Wild Bill
1996
8.7
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
5.0
Pacific Blue
as Paul Brent
1996
5.3
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Pete Bottoms
1996
7.0
The Naked Truth
as Duane Baldwin
1995
6.4
Night of the Scarecrow
as Danny
1995
4.8
Congo
as Bob Driscoll
1995
5.6
Dead Air
as Morton
1994
5.2
Touched by an Angel
as Mason Cook
1994
7.2
ER
as P.A.
1994
7.8
Cool and the Crazy
as Crazy
1994
4.5
Roadracers
as Nixer
1994
5.9
Rebel Highway
as Nixer
1994
10.0
Rebel Highway
as Crazy
1994
10.0
Flesh and Bone
as Groom
1993
6.1
Freaked
as Cowboy
1993
6.1
The X-Files
as Phillip Padgett
1993
8.4
Nails
as Harvey Cassler
1992
5.2
Mann & Machine
1992
7.0
The Rape of Doctor Willis
as Mateson
1991
4.5
Scary Movie
as Warren
1991
5.2
Sweet Poison
as Jimmy
1991
5.0
Northern Exposure
as Jason
1990
7.9
Never Leave Nevada
as Christo Chevalier
1990
7.0
Wings
as Mark the Waiter
1990
6.9
Rosalie Goes Shopping
as Schnucki Greenspace
1989
5.7
Dakota
as Rooster
1988
4.0
A Taste for Death
as Tony
1988
4.7
Heartbreak Hotel
as M.C.
1988
5.0
It Takes Two
as Thief #2
1988
5.3
Murder Rap
as Christopher
1988
1.0
Johnny Be Good
as Pizza Boy #1
1988
4.6
D.O.A.
as Sloane
1988
6.3
Bar-B-Que Movie
as Jerry - Dad
1988
3.4
Future-Kill
as The Light Man
1985
4.6
Police Academy
as Driver of Teskey Truck (uncredited)
1984
6.7