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John Hawkes

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

2015
Everest

as Doug Hansen

Movie
2012
Lincoln

as Robert Latham

Movie
2012
The Sessions

as Mark

Movie
2011
Contagion

as Roger

Movie
2007
American Gangster

as Freddie Spearman

Movie
2003
Identity

as Larry

Movie
2000
The Perfect Storm

as Mike "Bugsy" Moran

Movie
1998
Rush Hour

as Stucky

Movie
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn

as Pete Bottoms

Movie
2014
True Detective

as Hank Prior

TV Show