Best known for his Academy Award nominated portrayal of Teardrop Dolly in the drama film Winter`s Bone (2010), American actor John Hawkes (born John Marvin Perkins) has appeared in over sixty films and numerous tv shows in a career spanning over three decades. Though he debuted in the mid-1980s, the actor got his first big break in the third decade of his career, through popular shows like Deadwood and Eastbound & Down.

While films like Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) and American Gangster (2007) had underlined his largely untapped potential as an actor, it was the 2010 film Winter`s Bone that marked a turning point in Hawkes` career. His portrayal of the meth-addict Teardrop Dolly in the film earned him an Oscar nomination and set the actor`s career trajectory on a upward climb. Two years later, Hawkes earned his first Golden Globes nomination for his work in the independent drama film The Sessions (2012). The thriller drama Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), Steven Spielberg`s Lincoln (2012), the biographical adventure film Everest (2015) and the drama film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) are some of Hawkes` notable acting credits in recent times. His other movie credits includes Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018) and Peanut Butter Falcon (2019).