Mark Hamill

Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951) is best known as Luke Skywalker from Star Wars and also known for voicing The Joker in a plethora of television series and video games of the Batman series. On Regular Show, he voices Skips, beginning with the pilot. Other roles he's played can be seen below.



Early life
Mark Richard Hamill was born on September 25, 1951 in Oakland, California, being the fourth of seven children of William and Suzanne Hamill. Due to his father being in the United States Navy, he and his family relocated often, from his birth place California, New York to even Japan. When asked who his hero was as a child, Hamill replied: "I used to watch superman [sic] on TV, and i [sic] loved the idea of flying. i [sic] used to wonder if i [sic] wanted to fly like superman [sic] or peter pan [sic]. Peter Pan looked like it was more fun, superman [sic] was so bolt straight. And i [sic] loved Zorro, the old Disney Zorro. What is it with guys with secret identities who go out and fight crime? And James bond [sic]. I loved all that stuff." After graduating high school overseas, he and his family returned to the United States, where he started attending college at Los Angeles City College, where he studied drama and theater arts.

Career
He soon made his acting debut on The Bill Cosby Show in 1970, where he began acting on television shows of the time, such as The Partridge Family and Night Gallery. He then landed a recurring role as Kent Murray on the medical drama General Hospital. He continued playing small roles until playing David Bradford in the pilot of Eight is Enough; he did not play David in the actual series due to already being cast as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars and dropping out of the series in favor of playing Luke.

Star Wars and Batman
Hamill won the role of Luke Skywalker by auditioning and doing a screen test. On January 11, 1977, during filming of Star Wars, Hamill was in a car accident which fractured his nose and left cheekbone. Star Wars became a huge success, propelling Hamill and his co-stars into stardom. Hamill also won two Saturn Awards for Best Actor in Film for episodes V and VI. After the original Star Wars trilogy ended, he started to voice act more often than in live action projects, landing the part of The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and most of the following animated Batman projects. Describing how he won the role of The Joker, Hamill said this: "Well I'd heard that they were going to do and [sic] the model for the campaigns would be the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons of the 40's, and I'm a huge animation fan it [sic] knew it would be a much more sophisticated version. The [sic] gave me the part of Ferris Boyle in the first Mr. Freeze episode "Heart of Ice." What I loved about it, I thought it was so melancholy and so deep. Paul Dini wrote it and later got nominated for an Emmy. So I did it and I think what happened was that they were surprised what a fan boy I was, and how much I knew about Batman. I asked all these specific questions referencing the early comics.

So when they were doing the Joker auditions I think that played a big part as they asked me to audition. I thought no way would they have the person that played Luke Skywalker cast as the Joker - they are the quintessential extremes of good and evil. So I just assumed they wouldn't hire me so I went in with no apprehension. And I had been doing Amadeus on Broadway for the year. And so I was experimenting with that laugh for Amadeus and I brought it to the Joker audition and it player [sic] really well. And I felt cocky when I left and thought 'That's the best Joker they are every going to hear - too bad they can't hire me.' And then two weeks later when they called and said I got the job I immediately lost my confidence.

And then my friend told me you're pretty brave. And I said why is that? And he said I wouldn't want to follow Jack Nicholson on anything. And then I got even more scared. But fear is a great motivator." For his voice work as The Joker he has been nominated for two Annie Awards (in 1994 and 2001) and for two Video Game Awards (in 2009 and 2011). The video game Batman: Arkham City will be the final installment of the Batman series to have Hamill voice The Joker.

Regular Show
Despite voicing Skips on the show, he doubted Regular Show's success originally: "When i [sic] read the first script for The Regular Show i [sic] thought it was too weird for young people, it's surreal. I didn't think it had a chance but now it's on its sixth season." For his voice work as Skips he was nominated for an Annie Award in 2013.

Voice credits
This section may be incomplete

Season 1

 * "The Power" - Skips, Wizard, Monster
 * "Just Set Up the Chairs" - Skips, Clown, Destroyer
 * "Caffeinated Concert Tickets" - Translator, Kid #1
 * "Death Punchies" - Skips, Man #2
 * "Free Cake" - Skips, Man
 * "Meat Your Maker" - Skips, Hot Dog #1
 * "Grilled Cheese Deluxe" - Colonel, Jones, PA
 * "The Unicorns Have Got to Go" - Skips, Unicorn #3
 * "Prank Callers" - Skips
 * "Don" - Skips
 * "Rigby's Body" - Skips
 * "Mordecai and the Rigbys" - Skips, Boss

Season 2

 * "Ello Gov'nor" - Skips, Cricket #2, British Taxi
 * "Appreciation Day" - Skips, Monster
 * "Peeps" - Skips, Infomercial Boss
 * "Dizzy" - Skips, Man, Man 2
 * "High Score" - Jack Farley
 * "Rage Against the TV" - Skips, Dude 2
 * "Party Pete" - Skips, Jerk
 * "Brain Eraser" - Skips
 * "Benson Be Gone" - Skips
 * "But I Have a Receipt" - Skips
 * "This Is My Jam" - Skips
 * "Temp Check" - Skips, Flunky #2, Detective
 * "Jinx" - Skips
 * "Grave Sights" - Skips, Guy #2, Howard Fightington
 * "Really Real Wrestling" - Officer
 * "Over the Top" - Skips
 * "More Smarter" - Skips
 * "First Day" - Skips
 * "Skunked" - Skips
 * "Karaoke Video" - Skips

Season 3

 * "Stick Hockey" - Skips, Dave
 * "Bet to Be Blonde" - Skips, Mega Blonde
 * "Skips Strikes" - Skips, Wizard, Photographer
 * "Terror Tales of the Park" ("In the House") - Skips, Wizard, Wind
 * "Cool Bikes" - Skips, Cool Cop #1
 * "Rap It Up" - Skips, Guy #1
 * "Under the Hood" - Skips, Announcer
 * "Fortune Cookie" - Skips, Janitor
 * "Think Positive" - Skips, Benson's Dad
 * "Skips vs. Technology" - Skips
 * "Eggscellent" - Skips, Manetti
 * "Gut Model" - Skips, Manager
 * "Video Game Wizards" - Skips, Employee 1

Season 4

 * "Exit 9B" - Skips, Destroyer of Worlds
 * "Starter Pack" - Skips
 * "Terror Tales of the Park II" - Skips, Bus Driver
 * "Pie Contest" - Skips
 * "150 Piece Kit" - Skips, Gunnar Von Strauss
 * "Bald Spot" - Skips, Guy 2
 * "Guy's Night" - Skips, Guy 1, Guy 3
 * "One Pull Up" - Skips
 * "The Christmas Special" - Skips
 * "TGI Tuesday" - Margaret's Boss
 * "Firework Run" - Skips, Armando, El Diablo
 * "The Longest Weekend" - Skips
 * "Do or Diaper" - Bucktooth Bob, Concierge, Guy 1
 * "Quips" - Skips
 * "Caveman" - Skips, Dog Catcher
 * "A Bunch of Full Grown Geese" - Skips, Baby Duck 4
 * "Limousine Lunchtime" - Skips, Rowdy Millionaire
 * "Picking Up Margaret" - Skips, Topsy, Old Guy
 * "Carter and Briggs" - Skips, Sam, Commissioner Davis
 * "Skips' Stress" - Skips
 * "Cool Cubed" - Skips, Translator
 * "Trailer Trashed" - Skips
 * "World's Best Boss" - Skips, Boss #1
 * "Sleep Fighter" - Skips, Guy
 * "Party Re-Pete" - Skips, Party Rob, Officer 2
 * "Steak Me Amadeus" - Skips, Louie

Season 5

 * "Wall Buddy" - Skips
 * "A Skips in Time" - Skips, Walks
 * "Survival Skills" - Skips
 * "Terror Tales of the Park III" - Skips, Killer Scarecrow
 * "Bank Shot" - Skips, Captain
 * "The Thanksgiving Special" - Skips, Benson's Dad, Thanksgiving Reenactor
 * "New Year's Kiss" - Skips
 * "Dodge This" - Skips
 * "Journey to the Bottom of the Crash Pit" - Skips, Carlock King, Carlock #5
 * "Guitar of Rock" - Skips, Ronnie, Bouncer
 * "Skips' Story" - Skips, Walks
 * "Return of Mordecai and the Rigbys" - Skips
 * "Bad Portrait" - Skips
 * "I Like You Hi" - Skips
 * "Expert or Liar" - Skips
 * "Catching the Wave" - Skips
 * "Gold Watch" - Skips
 * "Take the Cake" - Skips
 * "Skips in the Saddle" - Skips
 * "Thomas Fights Back" - Skips
 * "Bachelor Party! Zingo!!" - Skips
 * "Tent Trouble" - Skips

Personal life
He resides in an undisclosed location, with his wife Marilou York, a dental hygienist, and their dog. Together Mark and Marilou have three children: Nathan, an artist, Chelsea and Griffin, a painter. Hamill's voice acting agency is Danis, Panaro & Nist. He also has two brothers and four sisters.