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”.
John Hawkes Biography / Wiki
| Name | John Hawkes |
| Also Know | John Perkins |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Alexandria, Minnesota, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1959-09-11 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 63 |
| Deathday |
John Hawkes Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Scary Movie | Warren | 1991-10-18 | On Halloween night, big-time nerd Warren attends a spookhouse in a small Texas town. But is the haunted house as harmless as it seems, or has a psycho… |
| Roadracers | Nixer | 1994-07-22 | Cynical look at a 1950s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff…. |
| The Sessions | Mark O’Brien | 2012-05-02 | Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O’Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment … |
| The Playroom | Martin Cantwell | 2013-02-06 | Four children in their attic hideaway make up a fantastic story, while downstairs their parents weave a drunken intrigue of their own…. |
| Life of Crime | Louis Gara | 2013-09-14 | Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the… |
| Earthwork | Stan Herd | 2011-05-20 | In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan’s Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned b… |
| Low Down | Joe Albany | 2014-01-19 | The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father’s struggle — and failure — to kick his heroin habit…. |
| Too Late | Mel Sampson | 2016-03-25 | Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past…. |
| Small Town Crime | Mike Kendall | 2018-01-19 | Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turn… |
| End of Sentence | Frank Fogle | 2019-09-23 | Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, … |
| Murder Rap | Christopher | 1988-05-01 | When a young audio fanatic accidentally records a brutal murder, his pursuit of the killer lures him into a sinister plot of revenge and deceit, Texas… |
| Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman | Harold Buttleman | 2003-05-08 | Harold Buttleman, small town tuxedo salesman, thinks he’s the next great daredevil stuntman. He’s not…. |
| Eve’s Necklace | William (voice) | 2010-07-01 | A deadly threat in the present and a dark secret from the past imperil a young couple in this first-ever motion picture with an all-mannequin cast…. |
| On Holiday | Wild Bill | 2010-03-02 | A young man named Peyton moves to Los Angeles with his girlfriend. Over the course of three years and six parties, Peyton goes into a world of drugs, … |
| Me and You and Everyone We Know | Richard Swersey | 2005-06-17 | A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life…. |
| Winter’s Bone | Teardrop | 2010-06-11 | 17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her fami… |
| Welcome | Bill | 2007-10-05 | A family moves into their new home, only to discover it’s haunted…. |
| Arcadia | Tom | 2012-02-13 | Greta’s dad Tom is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that’s missing is Mom…. |
| The Pardon | Finnon ‘Arkie’ Burke | 2013-03-22 | Toni Jo tries to break her husband, Cowboy, out of prison and becomes an instant sensation due to her beauty…. |
| Bar-B-Que Movie | Jerry – Dad | 1988-01-01 | In this twisted spoof of “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” a vacationing family encounters a communal group of cannibalistic misfits, played by legendar… |
| Resurrection Slope | John | 2013-01-19 | In ‘Resurrection Slope’ A young boy at the brink of adolescence takes a harrowing journey through a mystical dreamworld, confronting his emerging ques… |
| Unlovable | Jim | 2018-11-01 | A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man…. |
| Everything Will Happen Before You Die | Lane | 2010-05-06 | Former party boy Edgar is finally ready to settle down. He’s got a thriving T-shirt design business and is about to get married, but on his wedding da… |
| Roving Woman | 2022-06-13 | A break-up leaves Sarah reeling and directionless, standing alone on her ex’s doorstep in a ballgown. Following her impulses, she starts to drive thro… | |
| Identity | Larry | 2003-04-25 | Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers th… |
| Small Town Saturday Night | Donnie Carson | 2010-05-31 | Just days before Rhett (Chris Pine) is leaving for Nashville to pursue a lifelong dream of being a singer/songwriter, his girlfriend Samantha (Bre Bla… |
| Outlaw Country | Tarzen Larkin | 2012-08-24 | A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty where music, love, hope and tragedy collide. … |
| Sweet Poison | Jimmy | 1991-06-13 | A convict on the run from the law kidnaps a couple who are on their way to a funeral. He finds that he got more than he bargained for when he realizes… |
| Everest | Doug Hansen | 2015-09-10 | Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, “Everest” documents the awe-i… |
| Higher Ground | CW Walker | 2011-08-26 | Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own beg… |
| Hardball | Ticky Tobin | 2001-09-14 | An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Ch… |
| A Slipping Down Life | David Elliot | 1999-01-22 | A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer…. |
| Nails | Harvey Cassler | 1992-07-25 | The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed…. |
| Cool and the Crazy | Crazy | 1994-09-16 | Unhappily married couple Roslyn and Michael lead separate affairs that lead to violent repercussions for all…. |
| Dakota | Rooster | 1988-12-02 | John Dakota is young bum with a hidden past. He meets a nice family and works on their ranch. He soon becomes a good friend of the disabled son and he… |
| The Peanut Butter Falcon | Duncan | 2019-08-09 | A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolin… |
| Sand | Hardy | 2000-01-02 | A young man tries running from his past by hiding from his two violent brothers, only to have them track and harass him and his friends…. |
| Dr. Del | Del Canyon | 2016-01-01 | Del Canyon reluctantly returns to his small hometown to run his family’s apothecary, the only source for medical attention for hundreds of miles. The … |
| The Perfect Storm | Mike “Bugsy” Moran | 2000-06-29 | In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing b… |
| Rosalie Goes Shopping | Schnucki Greenspace | 1989-01-01 | Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit ca… |
| The Driftless Area | Shane | 2015-04-18 | Pierre Hunter, a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents’ death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella, Pi… |
| Boogie Boy | T-Bone | 1998-02-12 | A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears…. |
| Future-Kill | The Light Man | 1985-05-03 | The star of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang … |
| Wristcutters: A Love Story | Yan | 2007-10-19 | Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down… |
| Martha Marcy May Marlene | Patrick | 2011-06-10 | After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Co… |
| Never Leave Nevada | Christo Chevalier | 1990-04-22 | Two salesman go to Nevada to exploit nuclear protesters and end up finding something more…. |
| Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | 1996-06-20 | Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a small-town sheriff…. | |
| The Amateurs | Moe | 2006-04-28 | Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams… |
| Freaked | Cowboy | 1993-09-11 | A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist…. |
| Lincoln | Robert Latham | 2012-11-09 | The revealing story of the 16th US President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p… |
| Kingdom Come | Himself | 2011-01-01 | The documentary, Kingdom Come follows a first-time director (Daniel Gillies) as he tries to raise a million dollars to finance his first film, Broken … |
| Late Last Night | Ponzo | 1999-06-20 | After a fight with his wife, who’s leaving him, Dan’s day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and int… |
| Playing God | Flick | 1997-10-17 | Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, famed LA surgeon Dr Eugene Sands abandons his former life on… |
| Night of the Scarecrow | Danny | 1995-01-01 | A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing th… |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Charlie Hayes | 2017-12-01 | After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her… |
| Deep in the Heart | Mac | 1996-10-10 | Two British filmmakers attempt to make a documentary about Austin, Texas, and encounter strange and eccentric characters along the way…. |
| Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment | Father (Leaning Towards Solace) | 2013-03-05 | Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs fro… |
| It Takes Two | Thief #2 | 1988-07-13 | Travis is due to marry Stephanie in a few days when he is convinced by beautiful saleswoman Jonni to buy a fancy sports car. The car looks good, but i… |
| Perfect Little Angels | Jeff | 1998-06-15 | Having just moved to a new town, widow Elaine Freedman and her teenage daughter Justine are greeted by the effusive, terribly nice Dr. Calvin Lawrence… |
| American Gangster | Freddie Spearman | 2007-11-02 | Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem dist… |
| Where’s Marlowe? | Film clerk | 1998-10-01 | After making a disastrous 3-hour documentary on New York City’s water supply, two young filmmakers focus on the goings-on of life in the LA offices of… |
| Silver Wolf | Randy | 1999-01-10 | A boy learns to deal with personal loss by making friends with a wild animal in this drama for the entire family. Jesse is a 16-year-old who is trying… |
| Miami Vice | Alonzo Stevens | 2006-07-27 | A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox C… |
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Dave | 1998-11-13 | Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him after her. When her best friend Karla wins free tickets t… |
| Deadwood: The Movie | Sol Star | 2019-05-31 | Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota’s statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wo… |
| Johnny Be Good | Pizza Boy #1 | 1988-03-22 | It’s recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America’s hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one … |
| S. Darko | Phil | 2009-04-28 | Seven years after her brother’s death, Samantha Darko finds herself stranded in a small desert town after her car breaks down where she is plagued by … |
| Contagion | Roger | 2011-09-08 | As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus – that kills within days – rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control t… |
| Dead Air | Morton | 1994-10-06 | A distraught disc jockey seeks out a mystery caller who may be the killer of his girlfriend…. |
| Blue Streak | Eddie | 1999-09-17 | Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid … |
| The Rape of Doctor Willis | Mateson | 1991-11-03 | A drama directed by Lou Antonio…. |
| From Dusk Till Dawn | Pete Bottoms / Liquor Store Clerk | 1996-01-19 | Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be … |
| Steel | Mugger | 1997-08-15 | When a renegade military reject puts new superweapons in dangerous hands, John Henry Irons becomes Steel. Wearing body armor, wielding a fearsome elec… |
| D.O.A. | Sloane | 1988-03-18 | Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the … |
| Flesh and Bone | Groom | 1993-11-05 | Some thirty years after Arlis witnesses his father murdering a family, he runs into Kay, who happens to be the family’s baby who was spared. Kay and A… |
| Congo | Bob Driscoll | 1995-06-09 | Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone bers… |
| Heartbreak Hotel | M.C. | 1988-09-30 | When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother who was a big fan of Elvis Presley gets in a wreck he and his band members decides to kid… |
| Home Fries | Randy | 1998-11-25 | Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begin… |
| Rush Hour | Stucky | 1998-09-18 | When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn’t want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Dete… |
| Police Academy | Driver of Teskey Truck (uncredited) | 1984-03-22 | New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This o… |
| Til There Was You | Gawayne | 1997-05-30 | Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight…. |
| Miracle at St. Anna | Herb Redneck | 2008-09-15 | Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd “Buffalo Soldier” Division stationed in Tusca… |
John Hawkes Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Everything Will Happen Before You Die | Co-Executive Producer | 2010-05-06 | Former party boy Edgar is finally ready to settle down. He’s got a thriving T-shirt design business and is about to get married, but on his wedding da… |
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