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John Hawkes

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  • Birth Name: John Perkins
  • Birth Place: Minnesota
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/11/1959, Virgo
  • Profession: Actor; writer; rock musician
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John Hawkes Fast Facts:
  • After a year of college in Minnesota, moved to Austin, TX, where he co-founded Big State Productions, a theater company that provided  Hawkes with the opportunity to write, direct and act. 
  • First major film role came in 1987 with the low-budget crime drama Murder Rap.
  • Wrote and performed a one-man show, Nimrod Soul, at Los Angeles' Theatre at the Improv in 1994. 
  • Breakout film role was Bugsy, a dim-witted fisherman who provided comic relief in the hit drama The Perfect Storm (2000). 
  • Subsequently landed series-regular roles on the HBO series Deadwood and Eastbound & Down.
  • Has been a musician since the early '80s, singing and playing guitar with rock bands such as Meat Joy, Gangster Folk and King Straggler.
  • College:
  • Attended St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN