John Hawkes
Acting • Born 1959-09-11
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
124 credits
Miami Vice
Movie • 2006
Alonzo Stevens
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Movie • 2005
Richard Swersey
Rush Hour
Movie • 1998
Stucky
The Perfect Storm
Movie • 2000
Mike "Bugsy" Moran
From Dusk Till Dawn
Movie • 1996
Pete Bottoms
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Movie • 1998
Dave
Identity
Movie • 2003
Larry
Scary Movie
Movie • 1991
Warren
Hardball
Movie • 2001
Ticky Tobin
American Gangster
Movie • 2007
Freddie Spearman
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Movie • 2007
Yan
Roadracers
Movie • 1994
Nixer
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
Movie • 1996
Winter's Bone
Movie • 2010
Teardrop
The Amateurs
Movie • 2006
Moe
A Slipping Down Life
Movie • 1999
David Elliot
Freaked
Movie • 1993
Cowboy
Small Town Saturday Night
Movie • 2010
Donnie Carson
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Movie • 2011
Patrick
Higher Ground
Movie • 2011
CW Walker
Lincoln
Movie • 2012
Robert Latham
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Movie • 1989
Schnucki Greenspace
Nails
Movie • 1992
Harvey Cassler
Heartbreak Hotel
Movie • 1988
M.C.
Outlaw Country
Movie • 2012
Tarzen Larkin
The Sessions
Movie • 2012
Mark
Welcome
Movie • 2007
Bill
Arcadia
Movie • 2012
Tom
The Pardon
Movie • 2013
Finnon 'Arkie' Burke
Kingdom Come
Movie • 2012
Self
Roving Woman
Movie • 2022
Gregory Milloy
The Playroom
Movie • 2013
Martin Cantwell
Life of Crime
Movie • 2013
Louis Gara
Late Last Night
Movie • 1999
Ponzo
Earthwork
Movie • 2011
Stan Herd
Dead Air
Movie • 1994
Morton
Everest
Movie • 2015
Doug Hansen
Home Fries
Movie • 1998
Randy
Low Down
Movie • 2014
Joe Albany
Cool and the Crazy
Movie • 1994
Crazy
Johnny Be Good
Movie • 1988
Pizza Boy #1
Playing God
Movie • 1997
Flick
The Driftless Area
Movie • 2015
Shane
Night of the Scarecrow
Movie • 1995
Danny
Sweet Poison
Movie • 1991
Jimmy
Blue Streak
Movie • 1999
Eddie
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Movie • 1991
Mateson
Congo
Movie • 1995
Bob Driscoll
Strange Frequency²
Movie • 2003
Jared (segment 'Cold Turkey')
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie • 2008
Herb Redneck
Too Late
Movie • 2016
Mel Sampson
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Movie • 2025
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Movie • 2017
Charlie
Bar-B-Que Movie
Movie • 1988
Jerry - Dad
Police Academy
Movie • 1984
Driver of Teskey Truck (uncredited)
Small Town Crime
Movie • 2018
Mike Kendall
Boogie Boy
Movie • 1998
T-Bone
Steel
Movie • 1997
Mugger
S. Darko
Movie • 2009
Phil
'Til There Was You
Movie • 1997
Gawayne
D.O.A.
Movie • 1988
Sloane
Dakota
Movie • 1988
Rooster
Deep in the Heart
Movie • 1996
Mac
Resurrection Slope
Movie • 2013
John
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Movie • 2019
Duncan
End of Sentence
Movie • 2019
Frank Fogle
Murder Rap
Movie • 1988
Christopher
Where's Marlowe?
Movie • 1998
Film clerk
Unlovable
Movie • 2018
Jim
Never Leave Nevada
Movie • 1990
Christo Chevalier
Contagion
Movie • 2011
Roger
Sand
Movie • 2000
Hardy
Deadwood: The Movie
Movie • 2019
Sol Star
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Movie • 2003
Harold Buttleman
Eve's Necklace
Movie • 2010
William (voice)
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Movie • 2013
Father (Leaning Towards Solace)
Dr. Del
Movie • 2016
Del Canyon
Flesh and Bone
Movie • 1993
Groom
Future-Kill
Movie • 1985
The Light Man
It Takes Two
Movie • 1988
Thief #2
Everything Will Happen Before You Die
Movie • 2010
Lane
On Holiday
Movie • 2010
Wild Bill
Silver Wolf
Movie • 1999
Randy
Perfect Little Angels
Movie • 1998
Jeff
Sam's Circus
Movie • 2001
Gunner
Massive Attack, Tricky & 3D - Take It There
Movie • 2016
John Hawkes
Heartland
Movie
How and Why
Movie
Goodman Hesselman
Dead Beat
Movie
Deadwood
TV • 2004
Sol Star
Martial Law
TV • 1998
Jake Simms
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Terry Wicker
Brimstone
TV • 1998
Frederick Wilcot 'Willy' Graver
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Mason Cook
Monk
TV • 2002
Matthew Teeger
24
TV • 2001
Greg Penticoff
Taken
TV • 2002
Marty Erickson
Taken
TV • 2002
Wings
TV • 1990
Mark the Waiter
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Terry Wicker
The Practice
TV • 1997
Stuart Donovan
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Phillip Padgett
Millennium
TV • 1996
Mike Bardale
Lost
TV • 2004
Lennon
ER
TV • 1994
P.A.
Eastbound & Down
TV • 2009
Dustin Powers
Mann & Machine
TV • 1992
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
TV • 1998
Dangerous Minds
TV • 1996
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
George
Too Old to Die Young
TV • 2019
Viggo
Psych
TV • 2006
Rollins
The Big Easy
TV • 1996
Wild Bill
Legend of Master Legend
TV • 2017
Maser Legend
The Naked Truth
TV • 1995
Duane Baldwin
A Taste for Death
TV • 1988
Tony
True Detective
TV • 2014
Hank Prior
Fantasy Island
TV • 1998
Arnie White
Pacific Blue
TV • 1996
Paul Brent
Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Jason
The Magnificent Seven
TV • 1998
Morris
Profit
TV • 1996
Dr. Jeremy Batewell
Rebel Highway
TV • 1994
Nixer
Rebel Highway
TV • 1994
Crazy