Trivia

He kept his Luke Skywalker boots, from the first "Star Wars" movie. When the movie was re-released to theaters in the late 1990s, his son asked if he could wear the boots to a showing. Hamill said no, telling him he didn't think the boy would "get out alive" if fans knew his boots were the originals.

Has played the DC Comics supervillain, The Joker, longer and in more adaptations than any other actor.

Claims his inspiration for the vocal interpretation as The Joker on Batman: The Animated Series (1992) came from a mixture of Hannibal Lecter and Jerry Lewis.

Has actually played two roles in the original Star Wars trilogy. That's Mark's voice on the PA system announcing that "The first transport is away" in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

In an ironic counterpoint to his problem of being typecast as a upright hero like Luke Skywalker in live-action roles, he has found that his successful career as an animation voice actor has typecast him as a player of flamboyant villains like The Joker on Batman: The Animated Series (1992).

Trained with swordmaster Bob Anderson for his role as Luke Skywalker; Anderson also trained David Prowse (Darth Vader).

Has appeared in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), which also starred Carrie Fisher. It was the first time the two had starred together since Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). Neither of them knew that the other was involved in the project until shortly after filming had been completed.

He did most of his own stunts in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), except in the scene in Cloud City where he is sucked out of a window.

Has played the DC Comics supervillain, The Trickster, in both live-action (The Flash (1990), The Flash (2014)) and animated form (Justice League (2001)).

After the release of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), demands for autographs signed by him skyrocketed, especially via eBay. Through Twitter, Hamill got requests by fans to verify the authenticity of autographs they were about to buy. He kindly responded to any request.

Is one of three actors, along with Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams, to reprise their same roles from the original Star Wars trilogy in the NPR radio dramatizations of the trilogy.

He did all his own stunts in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) -- except two places: where Luke Skywalker jumps off the plank into the Sarlaac, turns, and flips back onto the plank and on the Death Star when Darth Vader throws his lightsaber at the supports of the catwalk. According to "The Making of Return of the Jedi" by John Philip Peecher (c. 1983), his stunt double, Colin Skeaping, performed both of these stunts.

His daughter Chelsea is a huge fan of Criminal Minds (2005). When he was offered the role of John Curtis in The Replicator (2013), she was thrilled to learn that, since his role had been hinted at all through season 8, he would be playing the Replicator.

Has played the same character (Luke Skywalker) on three different series: The Muppet Show (1976), Family Guy (1999) and Robot Chicken (2001).

For the New Jedi Order novelization, he reprised his role as Luke Skywalker playing his own voice in a commercial.

In Tricksters (2015), he delivers (in a raspy creepy voice) the famous line Darth Vader spoke to Luke Skywalker, "I am your father".

Though in the original Star Wars trilogy he shoots a pistol and swings a lightsaber right-handed, he eats and writes left-handed. He can be seen eating left-handed in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when in Yoda's home, throwing the skull left-handed to defeat the Rancor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), and when writing left-handed on a guest appearance on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996).

He was originally cast as David Bradford on Eight Is Enough (1977), and asked to be released from his contract before Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) came out because he sensed the movie would be successful, and Hamill wanted to focus on his movie career. ABC refused to release him from his contract, thinking that having a successful movie star connected with the show would help "Eight Is Enough" (1977). Hamill was then in a car crash in December 1976 and injured his face. This made him unavailable for shooting the television series, and ABC was forced to recast the role of David, which then went to Grant Goodeve.

Has played the same character (the Joker) on eight different series: Batman: The Animated Series (1992), Superman: The Animated Series (1996), The New Batman Adventures (1997), Static Shock (2000), Justice League (2001), Birds of Prey (2002), Robot Chicken (2001) and Justice League Action (2016).

He was almost tricked into appearing in the documentary The People vs. George Lucas (2010), but he quickly realized, even before the title was finalized, that it had an anti-Lucas vibe to it, and refused to take any part in it.

Has played the infamous Flash villain, The Trickster aka James Jesse (a word play for old west bandit Jesse James, a popular stunt for "Flash" creator Gardner Fox and other series writers), in both the short lived live-action CBS series The Flash (1990), in 1991 (two episodes), and in the animated Justice League (2001) series in 2005, in the episode "Flash and Substance".

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 8, 2018.

Auditioned for the comedy-drama American Graffiti (1973).

He, Joe Mantegna, and Elizabeth Taylor are the only actors to play both themselves and a fictional character on The Simpsons (1989). Coincidentally, Hamill and Mantegna both appear in Mayored to the Mob (1998).

Is the fourth of seven children of William Thomas and Virginia Suzanne Hamill.

George Lucas had asked Hamill if he would be interested in playing an Obi-Wan type Jedi Master in Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII and IX where he would pass on the excalibur to the next young hope and that it would be out around 2011. Disney will now make these films for 2015, 2017 and 2019.

Got along quite well with his Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) castmate Ian McDiarmid, as they both had a taste for British comedy.

He auditioned to play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus (1984), having played the role on Broadway. The role went to Tom Hulce.

Is a huge fan of Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) and the British rock group The Kinks.

Replaced Tim Curry, as the voice of the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series (1992).

As an honor to him, the Castleton Drive in Clairmont, San Diego, was renamed into Mark Hamill Drive. The Castleton Drive was an important part of his life, as he lived several years of his childhood there after moving with his family to San Diego. He attended the ceremony on July 30, 2017.

He accidentally hit Peter Stormare during a fight scene in Hamilton (1998).

He was offered a zombie cameo in the horror comedy Zombieland (2009).

Mark and his "Star Wars" co-star Harrison Ford were both considered for the role of the bumbling wizard Schmendrick in the animated adaptation of The Last Unicorn (1982).

In addition to playing Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, he played the role in the NPR radio dramatizations of "Star Wars" (1981) and "The Empire Strikes Back" (1983). However, he was not available to reprise the role for "Return of the Jedi" (1996).

Attended Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia before his father was transfered.

Father of Nathan Hamill (born 25 June 1979), Griffin Hamill (born 4 March 1983) and Chelsea Hamill (born 27 July 1988). Nathan was born in the United Kingdom while dad Mark was on location there shooting Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Attended Nile C. Kinnick High School (known as Yo-Hi) in Yokohama, Japan, where as a senior he played Henry Aldrich in the high school production of Clifford Goldsmith's "What a Life". School is now on the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, where it is known by its original name, Kinnick High. Original site of the high school where Hamill acted is now a MyCal department store.

He was good friends with the puppeteer Richard Hunt. His family called him "Uncle Richard", due to the fact that Hunt made regular visits.

Is a lifelong fan of Laurel and Hardy. In June 2016, he called into The Ross Owen Show on Black Sky Radio to talk for over an hour about his passion for Stan and Ollie.

He once revealed that he had never met Natalie Portman, and he explained that the Annie Leibovitz photoshoot for Vanity Fair magazine, which featured the Star Wars actors from the classic trilogy and the prequel trilogy, was actually shot individually. He would finally meet her at the Golden Globe Awards on January 7, 2024.

Attended the LACC Theater Academy. Other alumni include Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Cindy Williams, Donna Reed and Rene Aranda.

Has played the DC Comics supervillain, The Trickster, in both live-action (The Flash (1990)) and animated form (Justice League (2001)).

He campaigned for George McGovern during the 1972 presidential race.

Mark's maternal grandfather was of Swedish descent. Mark's other ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh.

A great deal of the voice-overs for Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars" were done by another actor. Hamill remarks he was never contacted with requests for the spin-off video games, books-on-tapes and such as they probably thought he would never want to do that character after it completely pigeonholed his career.

His fellow Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) co-star Peter Cushing is an acting idol of Hamill's.

Though he received second-billing in both Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), his part in them was limited. Due to that fact, it was felt best that his Luke Skywalker character should not appear in any trailers, commercial spots, nor even on posters.

Attended Hale Junior High School in the Clairemont Community of San Diego, California.

Director Stephen Weeks originally wanted him for the role of Sir Gawain in Sword of the Valiant (1984) but the producers refused and insisted on Miles O'Keeffe.