Jackie Earle Haley

There are speculations that Haley attended the auditions for Wes Craven’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street with his friend Johnny Depp. When Craven saw Depp, he picked him to play the role of Glen Lantz over Haley. Despite this setback, Haley continued to be active through the 1980s and into the early 1990s.

Similarly, Haley did the second telefilm of his career in 1990. Titled ‘Oh, No! Not THEM!’, it was originally created as a pilot for the American remake of the British show ‘The Young Ones’. However, it was never televised.

In the same year, he was cast as the voice of Gill Waterman in NBC’s animated series ‘Gravedale High’.In the year 1992, Haley appeared in the cyberpunk film ‘Nemesis’.  After 1993, Haley disappeared from the screen.

He moved to San Antonio and started making commercials.He then appeared in Zack Snyder’s 2009 film ‘Watchmen’ which was based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Haley shared screen space with Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese’s 2010 neo-noir psychological thriller ‘Shutter Island’. He worked with Depp in the 2012 horror-comedy ‘Dark Shadows’ and played the historical figure, Alexander H. Stephens, in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ (2012).

Haley made a return to the small screen with Fox’s action drama series ‘Human Target’. Since 2016, he has been playing The Terror in Amazon Video’s ‘The Tick’. His first directorial venture was ‘Criminal Activities’, the 2015 crime thriller starring John Travolta, Michael Pitt, Dan Stevens, Rob Brown, and Haley himself. More recently, he played the character of Sayre in ‘The Dark Tower (2017).

Awards, Nomination

Jackie Earle Haley won Best Supporting Actor for Little Children (2006) at CFCA Award, Chlotrudis Award, DFWFCA Award, INOCA, IFC Award, NYFCC Award, OFCC Award, OFTA Film Award, OFCS Award, SFFCC Award.

Jackie Earle Haley: Rumors and Controversy

There was a rumor that Jackie Earle Haley is up for the role of Sinestro in the upcoming film, The Green Lantern.

Additionally, when we asked him about it on the Scream Awards red carpet in Hollywood last night, Haley laughed, saying, “People keep asking me about this. I don’t know anything about it. … I’ve got to learn who that is.”

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Jackie Earle Haley has a height of 5 feet 5 inches and he weighs 65Kg. His hair color is light brown and his eyes color is blue.

Social Media

Being an American actor, Jackie has a huge fan following. He has been active on social sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

He has around 20K followers on his Facebook. Around 32.4K followers on his Twitter, he has around 6.4K followers on his Instagram.

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