Mark Hamill

Birthplace: Oakland, California
Birthday: September 25, 1951

His feature debut as Luke Skywalker in George Lucas' blockbuster "Star Wars" (1977), thrust blue-eyed, fair-haired, boyish leading man Mark Hamill into the international spotlight, but he was a familiar presence from his frequent TV appearances dating from 1970. After a much-traveled childhood (his father was a US Naval captain) spent in California, Virginia, New York and Japan, he made his first appearance on the small screen in a 1970 episode of "The Bill Cosby Show" (NBC). Next came a nine-month stint as the troubled teenaged nephew of heroi…more

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Actor

Laserhawk
Bob Sheridan
Unnatural History: Mythical Beasts and Monsters
The Hunt for Amazing Treasures
Hollywood Aliens and Monsters: A Century of Science-Fiction Cinema
When Time Expires
Bill Thermot

Producer

The Wrong Coast
Executive Producer

Production Management

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Production Manager

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Career Milestones

1998
Co-produced and acted in "Watchers Reborn"
1998
Portrayed the villain in "Hamilton", based on two Jan Guillou novels about Swedish super-agent Carl Hamilton (Peter Stormare)
1997
Played time-traveling friend of Richard Greico in Showtime movie, "When Time Expires"
1995
Reteamed with Carpenter for feature remake of "Village of the Damned"
1993
Acted in "Eye" segment of "John Carpenter Presents Body Bags" (Showtime)