December 2019
John Hawkes (born John Marvin Perkins; September 11, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his portrayal of the merchant Sol Star on the HBO series Deadwood, Dustin Powers on Eastbound & Down, Academy Award-nominated performance as the menacing backwoods meth addict Teardrop in Winter's Bone and his Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominated portrayal of Mark O'Brien (poet) in The Sessions.
Hawkes was born in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Patricia Jeanne (née Olson) and Peter John "Pete" Perkins, a farmer of wheat, corn, hogs, and cattle.
He was raised in a "pastoral, small city... a midwest Scandinavian community". Hawkes graduated from Jefferson High School and moved to Austin, Texas, where he was a member of the band Meat Joy, with Gretchen Phillips.[4] He was also a member of the musical group King Straggler with fellow actors Rodney Eastman and Brentley Gore.
Filmography John Hawkes
Small Town Crime
Thriller Directed by: Eshom Nelms & Ian NelmsWith: John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Octavia SpencerAn alcoholic ex-cop (Hawkes) finds the body of a young woman and, through an act of self-redemption, becomes hell-bent on finding the killer but unwittingly puts his family in danger and gets caught up with several dark characters along the way.
March 2013
Six Sessions
Melodrama Directed by: Ben LewinWith: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. MacyA man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.
January 2013
Lincoln
Biographical, Drama, Historical Directed by: Steven SpielbergWith: Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,...As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
January 2011
Winter's Bone
Drama Directed by: Debra GranikWith: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Lauren Sweetser,...An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Thriller, Drama Directed by: Sean DurkinWith: Hugh Dancy, Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson,...Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
January 2006