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John Hawkes

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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.