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 cofounded the Big State Productions Theatre Company and appeared in the groups original play In the West at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC He took on the stage name John Hawkes because another actor shared his birth name John Perkins John starred in the criticallyacclaimed 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 dOr Award at the Cannes Film Festival Additional feature credits include the Lions Gate film A SlippingDown 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 coproduced 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 criticallyacclaimed 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
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