He also acted in such straight-to-video films as Corvette Summer, Time Runner, and Village of the Damned.

For his role as Tony Hart in Harrigan 'n Hart, he was nominated for a Drama Desk award in the category of 'Best Actor in a Musical'.

Īfter the original Star Wars trilogy ended, he focused on theatre, appearing in several plays such as The Elephant Man as John Merrick and Amadeus, portraying musical figure Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Hamill also won two Saturn Awards for Best Actor in Film for episodes V and VI. Star Wars became a huge success, propelling Hamill and his co-stars into stardom. Hamill won the role of Luke Skywalker by auditioning and doing a screen test. After three plastic surgery operations, his face was finally well-repaired and as Star Wars creator George Lucas still had not found someone to play Luke Skywalker, Hamill happily accepted the second offer. He continued playing small roles before playing David Bradford in the pilot of Eight is Enough, which he had signed on to do shortly before being offered to appear on Star Wars on January 11, 1977, after attempting to be let out of his contract on Eight is Enough to act in Star Wars, Hamill was involved in a car accident where he and his BMW fell off a thirty-foot cliff, fracturing his nose and left cheekbone, requiring facial reconstructive surgery and Eight is Enough to hire a new actor in his place. He co-starred on the short-lived series The Texas Wheelers in 1974.

Around this time he also made his voice acting debut in the film Wizards. He landed a recurring role as Kent Murray on the medical drama General Hospital. Hamill made his acting debut on The Bill Cosby Show in 1970 and began acting on other television shows of the time period, such as The Partridge Family, One Day at a Time and Night Gallery. After graduating high school overseas at Yokohama High School in 1969, he and his family returned to the United States, where he started attending college at Los Angeles City College, studying drama and theater arts. Hamill attended elementary school at Walsingham Academy and went to middle school at Poe Middle School. Navy Captain, he and his family moved often, living in California, Virginia, New York, and Japan. Mark has six siblings: brothers William and Patrick and sisters Terry, Jan, Jeanie, and Kim. 1927), a captain in the United States Navy, and Virginia Suzanne (née Johnson), (1927-1998), a homemaker. Mark Richard Hamill was born on September 25, 1951, in Oakland, California, the fourth child of William Thomas Hamill (b. 2.3 Shift to voice acting and other projects.

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