Mark Hamill

Who is Mark Hamill?

Mark Richard Hamill is an American actor, voice actor and writer. He is best known for playing his role as Like Skywalker in the Star Wars film series. He is also widely known for his appearances in the films including “Corvette Summer” and “The Bed Red One”. Furthermore, He has also appeared on stage in several theatre productions in his early years. He is a prolific voice actor and has contributed in many animated films, series and video games. He is also popularly known for his long-standing role as DC Comics’ the Joker, commencing with “Batman: The Animated Series,” as Fire Lord Ozai in “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and also as Skips in “Regular Shows.”

Bio

Mark was born on September 25, 1951, with the name Mark Richard Hamill in Oakland, California, United States. He is a son to mother, Virginia Suzanne and to father, U.S. Navy Captain William Thomas Hamill. He has six siblings, two brothers named Will and Patrick and four sisters named Terry, Jan, Jeanie and Kim. His father’s changes of station and attendant family move led to the Hamill children switching schools often.

Early Life

He went to Walsingham Academy and Poe Middle School in his elementary years. He moved to the 5900 blocks of Castleton Drive in San Diego, California at the age of 11 and attended Hale Junior High School. During his first year at James Madison High School, his family moved to Virginia so, he attended Annandale High School. His father was stationed in Japan by his junior year where he attended and also was a member of the Drama Club at Nile C. Kinnick High School. He graduated in 1969. Later, he enrolled at Los Angeles City College and majored in drama.

Career

In 1977, Mark auditioned for the role of Luke Skywalker in the space opera film “Star Wars” in 1977 and won his role. It was one of his breakthrough roles in his career. Eventually the next year, he played the lead role in the adventure comedy film “Corvette Summer.” In the same year, he also appeared in the TV film “Star Wars: Holiday Special.”

Again in 1980, he reprised his role as Skywalker in the film “The Empire Strikes Back” which was the first sequel to “Star Wars.” He also starred in the third film of the Star Wars franchise, “Return to Jedi,” reprising his role. Eventually, he appeared in several other movies over the next few years like “Slipstream,” “The Guyver” and “Timerunner.” He also voiced several characters including the malicious super-villain “The Joker” in the animated TV series “Batman: The Animated Series” from 1992 to 1994. He followed it by reprising the role in the sequel “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.”

1995-Present

Mark’s other movies that he worked over the next few years include “Watchers Reborn,” “Wing Commander,” “Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists,” “Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker,” “Comic Book: The Movie,” “Ultimate Avengers II,” “Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey” and “Scooby-Doo: Camp Scare.” Eventually, in 2012, he appeared in the British horror film “Airbourne” which was his second British film since “Britannia Hospital.” He also starred in the supporting role in the action spy comedy film “Kingsman: The Secret Service.”

He again reprised his role in the sequel “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” as Luke Skywalker in 2015. Eventually, he again voiced “Batman: The Killing Joke” in 2016 and starred in “Brigsby Bear” and “Bunyan and Babe” in 2017. The same year, he again reprised his role in the sequel “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Throughout his career, Mark has done several voice roles in several TV series as well. Some of them are “Metalocalypse,” “Ultimate Spiderman” and “Trollhunters.” He has also worked for several video games such as “Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger,” “Batman: Vengeance,” “Soldiers of Fortune: Double Helix,” “Yakuza” and “Batman: Arkham City.”

Personal Life

Mark’s first serious relationship was with actress Anne Wyndham who was his co-actor from “General Hospital.” The couple ended their relationship eventually.

Hamill married to a dental hygienist, Marilou York in 1978. The couple has three children named Nathan, Griffin and Chelsea Elizabeth. They also have one grandson from Nathan.

Awards

Hamill associated in the entertainment industry for a long time and contributed in many films, series and also video games. He nominated in many awards for his work and also won several of them. He has won three Saturn Awards for “Best Actor” in 1981, 1984 and 2018. Mark has also earned DVD Exclusive Awards in 2006 and Interactive Achievement Awards in 2010. He also received two NAVFTR Awards in 2010 and 2016 for “Supporting Performance in a Drama”. Mark had won British Academy Gamed Awards in 2012, Disney Legends in 2017 and Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018.

Nationality and Physical Statistics

Mark is American by nationality and is of the white race. He belongs to English, Scottish, Irish, Swedish and Welsh ancestry.

Besides that Hamill stands at the height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.71 m) and weighing about 73 kg (161 lbs).  Additionally, her hair colour is salt and pepper and eye colour is blue.

Social

Hamill has an active Instagram account as @hamillhimself with 5.4 million followers and twitter account as @HamilHimself with 3.9 million followers.

Mark Hamill Net Worth

Hamill is living a luxurious life with his family. He is a famous actress who has earned a lot of money as well as fame. Mark currently has about $18 million USD approximately.