Biography
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 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 A Slipping-Down Life (1999), Identity (2003), Miami Vice (2006), Playing God (2004), The Perfect Storm (2000), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), 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.
Filmography (124)
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
Roving Woman
2022
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
End of Sentence
2019
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
Too Old to Die Young
2019
Small Town Crime
2018
Unlovable
2018
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
Legend of Master Legend
2017
Too Late
2016
Dr. Del
2016
Massive Attack, Tricky & 3D - Take It There
2016
Everest
2015
The Driftless Area
2015
Low Down
2014
True Detective
2014
The Pardon
2013
The Playroom
2013
Life of Crime
2013
Resurrection Slope
2013
Sigur RΓ³s: Valtari Film Experiment
2013
Lincoln
2012
Outlaw Country
2012
The Sessions
2012
Arcadia
2012
Kingdom Come
2012
Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011
Higher Ground
2011
Earthwork
2011
Contagion
2011
Winter's Bone
2010
Small Town Saturday Night
2010
Eve's Necklace
2010
Everything Will Happen Before You Die
2010
On Holiday
2010
S. Darko
2009
Eastbound & Down
2009
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
American Gangster
2007
Wristcutters: A Love Story
2007
Welcome
2007
Miami Vice
2006
The Amateurs
2006
Psych
2006
Me and You and Everyone We Know
2005
Deadwood
2004
Lost
2004
Identity
2003
Strange FrequencyΒ²
2003
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
2003
Monk
2002
Taken
2002
Without a Trace
2002
Hardball
2001
Sam's Circus
2001
24
2001
Strange Frequency
2001
The Perfect Storm
2000
Sand
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
A Slipping Down Life
1999
Late Last Night
1999
Blue Streak
1999
Silver Wolf
1999
Rush Hour
1998
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
Home Fries
1998
Boogie Boy
1998
Where's Marlowe?
1998
Perfect Little Angels
1998
Martial Law
1998
Brimstone
1998
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
Fantasy Island
1998
The Magnificent Seven
1998
Playing God
1997
Steel
1997
'Til There Was You
1997
The Practice
1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
Deep in the Heart
1996
Millennium
1996
Dangerous Minds
1996
The Big Easy
1996
Pacific Blue
1996
Profit
1996
Night of the Scarecrow
1995
Congo
1995
The Naked Truth
1995
Roadracers
1994
Dead Air
1994
Cool and the Crazy
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
ER
1994
Rebel Highway
1994
Freaked
1993
Flesh and Bone
1993
The X-Files
1993
Nails
1992
Mann & Machine
1992
Scary Movie
1991
Sweet Poison
1991
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
Never Leave Nevada
1990
Wings
1990
Northern Exposure
1990
Rosalie Goes Shopping
1989
Heartbreak Hotel
1988
Johnny Be Good
1988
Bar-B-Que Movie
1988
D.O.A.
1988
Dakota
1988
Murder Rap
1988
It Takes Two
1988
A Taste for Death
1988
Future-Kill
1985
Police Academy
1984
Heartland
How and Why
Dead Beat
Path Lights
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