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 Mark Hamill mini-bio: Mark Richard Hamill is an American actor and voice actor. Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars films, as the voice of The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, and as the young Colonel Blair in the Wing Commander series. After the Star Wars films, Hamill worked on Broadway, as a voice actor in animation and computer and video games, and as a comic book creator. Hamill was born in Oakland, California. His parents are Bill and Sue Hamill. He was one of seven children: his two brothers, Will and Patrick, and four sisters, Terry, Jan, Jeanie, and Kim. As a child, his father's military career meant numerous relocations, and he graduated from high school in Japan. He majored in drama at Los Angeles City College. Hamill's early career includes the voicing the character Corey Anders on the Saturday morning cartoon Jeannie by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He also portrayed the oldest son David on the pilot episode of Eight Is Enough, although the role was later performed by Grant Goodeve. He acted in TV series such as The Texas Wheelers, the first comedy TV series without a laugh track, General Hospital, One Day At A Time, and Matlock. One of his earliest movies was the made-for-TV film The City. In 1978 he married dental hygenist Marilou York. They have had three children together, Nathan, Griffin, and Chelsea.
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