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'''Mark Hamill''' (born in [[Wikipedia:Oakland, California|Oakland, California]] on [[September 25]], [[1950s#1951|1951]]) is an actor, best known for his portrayal of [[Jedi Knight/Canon|Jedi Knight]] [[Luke Skywalker/Canon|Luke Skywalker]] in the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy and [[wikipedia:Joker (comics)|The Joker]] in ''[[wikipedia:Batman: The Animated Series|Batman: The Animated Series]]'' and the rest of the [[Wikipedia:DC animated universe|DC animated universe]], and in the video games ''Batman Vengeance'', ''[[wikipedia:Batman: Arkham Asylum|Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Batman:Arkham City|Batman: Arkham City]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Batman:Arkham Knight|Batman: Arkham Knight]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:DC Universe Online|DC Universe Online]]''. Hamill's film career since ''Star Wars'' has been mostly connected to lower-budget science fiction movies that went straight to video, but he has been successful on [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]], as a voice actor in animation and video games, and as a comic book creator.
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'''Mark Hamill''' (born in [[Wikipedia:Oakland, California|Oakland, California]] on [[September 25]], [[1950s#1951|1951]]) is an actor, best known for his portrayal of [[Luke Skywalker]] in the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy and [[wikipedia:Joker (comics)|The Joker]] in ''[[wikipedia:Batman: The Animated Series|Batman: The Animated Series]]'' and the rest of the [[Wikipedia:DC animated universe|DC animated universe]], and in the video games ''Batman Vengeance'', ''[[wikipedia:Batman: Arkham Asylum|Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Batman:Arkham City|Batman: Arkham City]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Batman:Arkham Knight|Batman: Arkham Knight]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:DC Universe Online|DC Universe Online]]''. Hamill's film career since ''Star Wars'' has been mostly connected to lower-budget science fiction movies that went straight to video, but he has been successful on [[Wikipedia:Broadway theatre|Broadway]], as a voice actor in animation and video games, and as a comic book creator.
   
 
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{{Quote|I lit up when I found out that they were going to make my face a mask on a box of cereal. With little dots where to cut my eyes out. The idea of me being on bubble gum cards... I thought you had to have athletic ability to be a bubble gum card. So I enjoyed the merchandising aspect of it.|Mark Hamill, on the success of ''Star Wars''|Empire of Dreams}}
 
{{Quote|I lit up when I found out that they were going to make my face a mask on a box of cereal. With little dots where to cut my eyes out. The idea of me being on bubble gum cards... I thought you had to have athletic ability to be a bubble gum card. So I enjoyed the merchandising aspect of it.|Mark Hamill, on the success of ''Star Wars''|Empire of Dreams}}
 
[[File:HamillGuinness-MOSW.png|left|thumb|250px|Hamill enjoys a lighthearted moment with Alec Guinness on the set of ''Star Wars'']]
 
[[File:HamillGuinness-MOSW.png|left|thumb|250px|Hamill enjoys a lighthearted moment with Alec Guinness on the set of ''Star Wars'']]
Real fame came with the hero role of Luke Skywalker in ''[[Star Wars]]'' in [[1977]]. He was originally cast as David on "Eight Is Enough", and asked to be released from his contract before ''Star Wars'' came out because he sensed the movie would be successful. Hamill wanted to focus on his movie career. At last his producers agreed to remove him from the series.
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Real fame came with the hero role of Luke Skywalker in ''[[Star Wars]]'' in [[1977]]. He was originally cast as David on "Eight Is Enough", and asked to be released from his contract before ''Star Wars'' came out because he sensed the movie would be successful. Hamill wanted to focus on his movie career. At last his producers agreed to remove him from the series.
   
In [[January 11]], [[1977]], a day before he was set to shoot one of the final scenes needed for [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], Hamill was involved in a car accident that caused substantial damage to his face. A double was used for the scene of Luke racing across the desert in his landspeeder while Mark was hospitalized. Supposedly, he was told by his surgeons that although facial reconstruction surgery could save his career in the short term, it would have only temporary results. Over time, the scarring would become increasingly visible, and he would have to rethink his acting career.
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In [[January 11]], 1977, a day before he was set to shoot one of the final scenes needed for [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], Hamill was involved in a car accident that caused substantial damage to his face. A double was used for the scene of Luke racing across the desert in his landspeeder while Mark was hospitalized. Supposedly, he was told by his surgeons that although facial reconstruction surgery could save his career in the short term, it would have only temporary results. Over time, the scarring would become increasingly visible, and he would have to rethink his acting career.
   
 
In an A&E Network Biography special, "Mark Hamill: A Force to Be Reckoned With," the auto accident and its consequences are recounted by Mark's family.
 
In an A&E Network Biography special, "Mark Hamill: A Force to Be Reckoned With," the auto accident and its consequences are recounted by Mark's family.
   
As a result of this scarring, Hamill wore an extensive amount of facial makeup when he reprised his role as Luke for ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'', which was released in [[1978]]. An in-universe explanation for his scarring was developed for [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']] where he is mauled by a [[Wampa/Legends|Wampa]], which seemed to be a pretty good way to many to allow him to continue, even with the scar. His son [[Nathan Hamill|Nathan]] was born while his father was shooting Episode V. Before the lightsaber duel Lucas told him the truth about [[Anakin Skywalker/Canon|Darth Vader]].
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As a result of this scarring, Hamill wore an extensive amount of facial makeup when he reprised his role as Luke for ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'', which was released in [[1978]]. An in-universe explanation for his scarring was developed for [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']] where he is mauled by a [[Wampa]], which seemed to be a pretty good way to many to allow him to continue, even with the scar. His son [[Nathan Hamill|Nathan]] was born while his father was shooting Episode V. Before the lightsaber duel Lucas told him the truth about [[Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader]].
   
[[George Lucas]] once considered doing a [[Star Wars]] [[Sequel trilogy]] (Episodes VII-IX) that would deal with Hamill reprising the role of an older and wiser [[Luke Skywalker/Canon|Luke Skywalker]] as an Obi-Wan-like [[Jedi Master/Canon|Jedi Master]] in his sixties training a new era of [[Jedi Knight/Canon|Jedi Knights]], including the protagonist of the sequels set against the backdrop of the rebuilding of the [[New Republic/Canon|Republic]] and the dismantlement of the last remnants of the [[Galactic Empire/Canon|Empire]] and would be made around 2011. Lucas did dismiss this as an off-hand comment of course, but then on [[October 30]], [[2012]], the talk of a possible sequel, to be released in [[2015]], was back in the news when Lucasfilm was sold to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. After production officially started on [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'']], rumors spread that Disney would hire Hamill and the other stars of the [[original trilogy]] to reprise their roles. The rumors were eventually confirmed in [[2014]] with the first major casting announcement, which confirmed that Mark Hamill would play Luke Skywalker once again.
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[[George Lucas]] once considered doing a [[Star Wars]] [[sequel trilogy]] that would deal with Hamill reprising the role of an older and wiser [[Luke Skywalker]] as an Obi-Wan-like [[Jedi Master]] in his sixties training a new era of [[Jedi Knight]]s, including the protagonist of the sequels set against the backdrop of the rebuilding of the [[New Republic|Republic]] and the dismantlement of the last remnants of the [[Galactic Empire|Empire]] and would be made around 2011. Lucas long dismissed this as an off-hand comment, but then on [[October 30]], [[2012]], the talk of a possible sequel, to be released in [[2015]], was back in the news when Lucasfilm was sold to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. After production officially started on [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'']], rumors spread that Disney would hire Hamill and the other stars of the [[original trilogy]] to reprise their roles. The rumors were eventually confirmed in [[2014]] with the first major casting announcement, which confirmed that Mark Hamill would play Luke Skywalker once again.
   
 
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Hamill voiced co-star [[Harrison Ford]] in the 2005 ''Robot Chicken'' episode "[[Wikipedia:Plastic Buffet|Plastic Buffet]]", in which he also voiced himself. He performed a number of voices for ''[[w:c:avatar:Avatar: The Last Airbender|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', for which ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' supervising director [[Dave Filoni]] served as director and writer. Hamill also played the villain "Cocknocker" in the [[2001]] [[Wikipedia:Kevin Smith|Kevin Smith]] film ''[[Wikipedia:Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back|Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'', which was made in cooperation with [[Lucasfilm Ltd.]].<ref>''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' DVD commentary</ref> The film makes multiple references to ''Star Wars'', including the title itself, a cameo by [[Carrie Fisher]], and a lightsaber battle of sorts between Hamill's character and the title characters.
 
Hamill voiced co-star [[Harrison Ford]] in the 2005 ''Robot Chicken'' episode "[[Wikipedia:Plastic Buffet|Plastic Buffet]]", in which he also voiced himself. He performed a number of voices for ''[[w:c:avatar:Avatar: The Last Airbender|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', for which ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' supervising director [[Dave Filoni]] served as director and writer. Hamill also played the villain "Cocknocker" in the [[2001]] [[Wikipedia:Kevin Smith|Kevin Smith]] film ''[[Wikipedia:Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back|Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'', which was made in cooperation with [[Lucasfilm Ltd.]].<ref>''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' DVD commentary</ref> The film makes multiple references to ''Star Wars'', including the title itself, a cameo by [[Carrie Fisher]], and a lightsaber battle of sorts between Hamill's character and the title characters.
 
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Mark Hamill (born in Oakland, California on September 25, 1951) is an actor, best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy and The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and the rest of the DC animated universe, and in the video games Batman Vengeance, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Knight and DC Universe Online. Hamill's film career since Star Wars has been mostly connected to lower-budget science fiction movies that went straight to video, but he has been successful on Broadway, as a voice actor in animation and video games, and as a comic book creator.

Early life

Mark Hamill was born in Oakland, California on September 25, 1951. His parents are Virginia Suzanne and William Thomas Hamill. His father was a captain in the U.S. Navy. Hamill has two brothers, Will and Patrick, and four sisters, Terry, Jan, Jeanie, and Kim. He is the 4th of 7 children. As a child, his father's career meant numerous relocations, and he attended different schools throughout his childhood. For 10th grade, he attended Annandale High School located in Annandale, Virginia, but eventually ended up graduating from Nile C. Kinnick High School in Japan. He majored in drama at Los Angeles City College.

Early career

Mark Hamill had a career in television. He made his acting debut on "The Bill Cosby Show" (1969) in 1970. He played a continuing role (Kent Murray) in TV's "General Hospital" (1963) and co-starred in the respected TV comedy series "The Texas Wheelers" (1974). In live-action television, Hamill had recurring roles in General Hospital and The Texas Wheelers.

Star Wars

"I lit up when I found out that they were going to make my face a mask on a box of cereal. With little dots where to cut my eyes out. The idea of me being on bubble gum cards... I thought you had to have athletic ability to be a bubble gum card. So I enjoyed the merchandising aspect of it."
―Mark Hamill, on the success of Star Wars[src]
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Hamill enjoys a lighthearted moment with Alec Guinness on the set of Star Wars

Real fame came with the hero role of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars in 1977. He was originally cast as David on "Eight Is Enough", and asked to be released from his contract before Star Wars came out because he sensed the movie would be successful. Hamill wanted to focus on his movie career. At last his producers agreed to remove him from the series.

In January 11, 1977, a day before he was set to shoot one of the final scenes needed for Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, Hamill was involved in a car accident that caused substantial damage to his face. A double was used for the scene of Luke racing across the desert in his landspeeder while Mark was hospitalized. Supposedly, he was told by his surgeons that although facial reconstruction surgery could save his career in the short term, it would have only temporary results. Over time, the scarring would become increasingly visible, and he would have to rethink his acting career.

In an A&E Network Biography special, "Mark Hamill: A Force to Be Reckoned With," the auto accident and its consequences are recounted by Mark's family.

As a result of this scarring, Hamill wore an extensive amount of facial makeup when he reprised his role as Luke for The Star Wars Holiday Special, which was released in 1978. An in-universe explanation for his scarring was developed for Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back where he is mauled by a Wampa, which seemed to be a pretty good way to many to allow him to continue, even with the scar. His son Nathan was born while his father was shooting Episode V. Before the lightsaber duel Lucas told him the truth about Darth Vader.

George Lucas once considered doing a Star Wars sequel trilogy that would deal with Hamill reprising the role of an older and wiser Luke Skywalker as an Obi-Wan-like Jedi Master in his sixties training a new era of Jedi Knights, including the protagonist of the sequels set against the backdrop of the rebuilding of the Republic and the dismantlement of the last remnants of the Empire and would be made around 2011. Lucas long dismissed this as an off-hand comment, but then on October 30, 2012, the talk of a possible sequel, to be released in 2015, was back in the news when Lucasfilm was sold to Disney. After production officially started on Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, rumors spread that Disney would hire Hamill and the other stars of the original trilogy to reprise their roles. The rumors were eventually confirmed in 2014 with the first major casting announcement, which confirmed that Mark Hamill would play Luke Skywalker once again.

Beyond Star Wars

"I can’t imagine it [portraying Batman] without him. And we work so well together. I wish that the audience could…because I know he has a huge and loyal following, and the audience does know how great he is, but if they could see him in the recording studio they would have 100 times more admiration for him because he’s a really talented actor and his whole body gets thrown into the performance. I mean, it looks like the guy’s gonna devour the microphone, he’s just so all over the studio. He’s a very exciting guy to work with, he’s a very creative, intelligent actor. Much more than the average actor."
Kevin Conroy[src]
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Hamill and George Lucas celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars in 2007.

After the success of Star Wars, Hamill found that audiences and movie companies identified him very closely with the role of Luke Skywalker. He worked in a variety of other works such as voice acting (even before he started live-action performing), and in the '90s, he acted as Col. Blair in the "Wing Commander" franchise. He attempted to avoid typecasting by appearing in Corvette Summer and the better-known WWII film, The Big Red One. As the 1980s wore on, Hamill did little film work outside of Star Wars, though. The actor retreated to the Broadway stage and he starred in Amadeus, The Elephant Man, Harrigan and Hart (a musical for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination), and other stage plays, for which he received positive reviews. Despite his stints on Broadway, Hamill has had an expansive film career. He played the bad guy (known as Hawkins) in the Swedish action movie Hamilton in 1998. Some of his other film credits include Corvette Summer, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Britannia Hospital, Slipstream, The Guyver (in which he played a police officer turned into a mutant slug with a man's face), and the 1995 remake of Village of the Damned. Also, he made an appearance as himself in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. He narrated the four-part documentary on the influence of science fiction upon present society, The Sci-Fi Files. In 2001, Hamill starred in the feature film Thank You, Good Night as a pragmatic father alongside Christian Campbell, J.P. Pitoc, and Sally Kirkland. He voiced the character of Chanukah Zombie for the 2007 straight-to-DVD release Futurama: Bender's Big Score. Being an avid comic book fan, Hamill also appeared as the super-villain The Trickster twice in the 1990s The Flash live-action television series. The notoriety from this role helped him secure his famous animation voice role as The Joker, and he would return to The Trickster role in the animated series Justice League Unlimited and the 2014 The Flash live-action series. In the latter, he quoted the line "I am your father" from The Empire Strikes Back.

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Hamill with his wife, Marilou York

Mark Hamill has also provided the voice acting for several animated characters in the past decade, ironically finding himself typecast as a player of villains. The roles include as The Joker on Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League, and the video games Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, and Batman: Arkham Knight; Skeleton King on Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go, Captain Stickybeard in Codename: Kids Next Door,[1] Undergrowth on Danny Phantom and Hobgoblin on Spider-Man: The Animated Series. He also played Fire Lord Ozai, on Avatar: The Last Airbender, and does multiple voices for the popular Adult Swim show Metalocalypse, most notably being Mr. Salacia, the primary antagonist of the series. Since 2010, Hamill has been the voice of Skips the yeti in Cartoon Network's Regular Show.

Hamill also guest-starred in the CBS drama series, "Criminal Minds", playing serial killer, John Curtis AKA The Replicator.

As a writer

Mark Hamill is also the co-writer of The Black Pearl, a comic book miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote an introduction to the Trade Paperback Batman: Riddler & Two-Face which reprints various stories of the title villains to tie in with Batman Forever.

Personal life

On 17 December 1978, he married dental hygienist Marilou York. They have three children—Nathan Hamill (b. June 1979), Griffin (b. March 1983), Chelsea (b. July 1988).

Star Wars bibliography

Title Media type Role Release date
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope Feature film Luke Skywalker 1977
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special Television special Luke Skywalker 1977
The Star Wars Holiday Special Television film Luke Skywalker 1978
The Muppet Show: "Mark Hamill/Star Wars" Television episode Himself/Luke Skywalker/Luke's cousin 1980
Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back Feature film Luke Skywalker 1980
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope radio drama Radio drama Luke Skywalker (voice) 1981
Return of the Ewok Short film himself/Luke Skywalker 1982
Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi Feature film Luke Skywalker 1983
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back radio drama Radio drama Luke Skywalker (voice) 1983
3rd Rock from the Sun: "Fifteen Minutes of Dick" Television episode himself/Luke Skywalker 1997
The Simpsons: "Mayored to the Mob" Television episode himself/Luke Skywalker (voice) 1998
Vector Prime TV commercial Television commercial Luke Skywalker (voice) 2000
Family Guy: "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" Television Episode Luke Skywalker (voice) 2003
Robot Chicken: "Vegetable Fun Fest" Television episode Luke Skywalker (voice) 2005
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Television special Luke Skywalker (voice) 2007
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episode: "Sacrifice" Darth Bane (voice) 2014
Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens Feature film Luke Skywalker 2015

Hamill voiced co-star Harrison Ford in the 2005 Robot Chicken episode "Plastic Buffet", in which he also voiced himself. He performed a number of voices for Avatar: The Last Airbender, for which Star Wars: The Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni served as director and writer. Hamill also played the villain "Cocknocker" in the 2001 Kevin Smith film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which was made in cooperation with Lucasfilm Ltd..[2] The film makes multiple references to Star Wars, including the title itself, a cameo by Carrie Fisher, and a lightsaber battle of sorts between Hamill's character and the title characters.

Bibliography

Notes and references

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