Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill: Biography in Details

Who is Mark Hamill?

Mark Hamill is an American actor, voice actor, and writer. He is famous for his portrayal of the lead character, Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film series.

As the lead character of the fifth-highest-grossing media franchise of all time, Hamill was and is extremely popular all over the world.

Mark Hamill: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Childhood, Ethnicity

Mark Hamill was born as Mark Richard Hamill in Oakland, California, on September 25, 1951. As of 2021, his age is 69. He was born to his parents Virginia Suzanne (mother) and U.S. Navy Captain William Thomas Hamill (father). His father was a US Navy Captain. Due to his father’s changes in the station, his family moved to different places and he switched schools very often.

He is one of his parents’ seven children and has two brothers, Will and Patrick, and four sisters, Terry, Jan, Jeanie, and Kim.

His ethnicity is English, Scottish, Irish, Swedish, and Welsh.

Education: School/College, University

Talking about his educational background, he went to Walsingham Academy and Poe Middle School. After that, he went to James Madison High School and Annandale High School. Later, he joined Nile C. Kinnick High School from which he completed his high school studies.

Following that, Mark Hamill enrolled at Los Angeles City College where he majored in drama.

Mark Hamill: Professional Life, Career

After landing roles in different series and television films including ‘General Hospital’, ‘Room 222’, ‘One Day at a Time’, ‘The City’, etc, he finally got his breakthrough role of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.

The movie was released in May 1977 to huge and overwhelming success. He also made appearances in Star Wars Holiday Special a year later. Following that, he starred in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Moreover, he portrayed Luke again in Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2017. Furthermore, he also portrayed Skywalker for the last time in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

His portrayal of Luke Skywalker made him one of the most famous, sought-after movie stars in the world at that time.

Mark Hamill also appeared in several other movies including ‘Slipstream’, ‘The Guyver, and ‘Timerunner’ in the early 1990s. From 1992 to 1994, he gave voice to several characters, most famously, the malicious famous supervillain ‘The Joker’ in the animated TV series, ‘Batman: The Animated Series. He received very positive reviews for his voicing of the villain and he reprised the role in the critically-acclaimed ‘Batman: Mask of the Phantasm’.

Some of his other movies he worked in 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’, and ‘Scooby-Doo: Camp Scare’ (2010).

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Hamill stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 73 kg. He has blond hair and blue eyes.

Mark Hamill: Net Worth, Salary

Mark Hamill has an estimated net worth of over $18 million as of 2021. For his starring role as Luke in the first Star Wars film in 1977, he was reportedly paid $650,000 which was a lot compared to today.

Rumors, Controversies

In October 2019, he faced major backlash in social media after he directed a hostile tweet towards Ivanka Trump.

Ivanka had shared an image of her family on Twitter in which her youngest son, Theodore, was pictured in a Stormtrooper costume from the Star Wars franchise.

In the tweet, she wrote,

“The Force is strong in my family”.

A day later, Hamill replied and wrote “You misspelled ‘Fraud’” referring to the accusations of collusion made against Donald Trump. He quickly faced backlash for ‘blasting a three-year-old for who his grandfather is.

During the time between the first two Star Wars films, Hamill had a serious automobile accident during which he fractured his nose and left cheekbone. However, rumors circulated making the injury look much worse than it really was. The rumors even suggested that he required plastic surgery on his face.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Mark Hamill is active on social media sites. He is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He has around 177.6k followers on Facebook and around 4.7 million followers on Twitter. Similarly, his Instagram account has over 5.8 million followers.

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