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Mark Hamill (born September 25, 1951 in Oakland, CaliforniaMark Hamill is an American actor and voice actor. Hamill is best known for his portrayal of farmboy-turned-Jedi knight Luke Skywalker in the original films, Hamill had a successful career on Broadway, as a voice actor in animation and computer and video games, and as a comic book creator.

table E Network Biography special, "Mark Hamill: A Force to Be Reckoned With", claims that the damage was extensive and Mark Hamill had to have multiple plastic surgeries to reconstruct his face. Hamill and other sources, however, insist that he suffered from just a broken nose, only needed one reconstructive surgery, and that the severity of his injury has been greatly exaggerated. In the second Star Wars film,

Animation

Perhaps the role for which Hamill is best known, Luke Skywalker aside, is the Joker in and the other animated series that followed it.

His success in the role has led to various villainous and, but was ultimately turned down for the role; the part was later given to Richard Steven Horvitz (he didn't scream longest and loudest). Two recent notable performances have included Colonel Muska in the English language version of , both directed by Hayao Miyazaki and distributed by Disney. One of Hamill's current projects is providing voice acting overdubs for , Jameson Burkright in the mini-series comedy The Wrong Coast, and Yamma in in the joint Cartoon Network and Production I.G. anime series (both pre-Star Wars), and, foreshadowing his later famous role, appeared as The Trickster in the live-action television series of series of computer games started using full motion video cut scenes, Hamill was cast as the series protagonist, Colonel Christopher Blair, a role he played in film, set earlier in the series, the character was played by Freddie Prinze, Jr..) Other notable computer-game roles (voice only) include Lieutenant Mosely in Hamill appeared on an episode of 3rd Rock From The Sun, and acted appropriately as Luke Skywalker during one of the scenes.. A comic book fan, Hamill has said his character was based on an exaggerated version of himself. He and his crew shot the mockumentary movie primarily during the 2002 San Diego Comic-Con, and enlisted even Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, and Hugh Hefner in small roles. The movie won an award for Best Live-Action DVD Premiere Movie at the 2005 DVD Exclusive Awards.. He also narrated the four-part documentary on the influence of science fiction in present society, He attended Walsingham Academy (founded by the Sisters of Mercy) in Williamsburg, Virginia. He briefly attended Annandale High School before his family moved to Japan when he was 16.He attended Yokohama High School, now known as Nile C. Kinnick High School. Kinnick H.S. has an award named in his honor; it is presented every year in June to two seniors (one male, one female) who excel in drama., Hamill felt the movie was going to be a hit, and wanted to focus on his film career. And while he did play David in the pilot, Grant Goodeve played the character for the rest of the show's run.