Name: John Hawkes
Date of Birth: 11 September 1959 Graduate of Jefferson High School (Alexandria, Minnesota), 1977. Cites Robert Duvall as the actor he most admires. In an interview in Fade In magazine, Hawkes revealed that while hitch-hiking around America, he would play various characters when he was getting a ride. When Hawkes was cast as Sol Star, a Jewish merchant, in "Deadwood" (2004) he told the show's creator, David Milch, that there was one catch, however: "I'm not Jewish," Hawkes frankly told Milch upon their first meeting. "David asked me, 'Have you ever felt shame or sadness or ostracized?' I said, 'Every day.' And David said, 'Then you're Jewish.'". ... Read more John Hawkes movies (actor)User Comments |
