John Hawkes
Known For
Acting
Born
1959-09-11 in Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
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.
Most Known For
Lost
as Lennon
The X-Files
as Phillip Padgett
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Terry Wicker
24
as Greg Penticoff
Monk
as Matthew Teeger
True Detective
as Hank Prior
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as George
Psych
as Rollins
ER
as P.A.
The Practice
as Stuart Donovan
Deadwood
as Sol Star
Without a Trace
as Terry Wicker
Touched by an Angel
as Mason Cook
Northern Exposure
as Jason
Wings
as Mark the Waiter
Pacific Blue
as Paul Brent
Millennium
as Mike Bardale
Rush Hour
as Stucky
Lincoln
as Robert Latham
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Pete Bottoms