John Hawkes
Actor
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
Contagion
as Roger 2011
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Pete Bottoms 1996
American Gangster
as Freddie Spearman 2007
Rush Hour
as Stucky 1998
Everest
as Doug Hansen 2015
Identity
as Larry 2003
Lincoln
as Robert Latham 2012
Police Academy
as Driver of Teskey Truck (uncredited) 1984
The Perfect Storm
as Mike "Bugsy" Moran 2000
Winter's Bone
as Teardrop 2010
Miami Vice
as Alonzo Stevens 2006
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Dave 1998
Blue Streak
as Eddie 1999
The Peanut Butter Falcon
as Duncan 2019
Congo
as Bob Driscoll 1995
Martha Marcy May Marlene
as Patrick 2011