Mark Hamill

Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951) is an American actor, voice artist, producer, director, and writer who is very famous for playing Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also appeared with the some of the Star Wars cast in episode 417 of The Muppet Show (where he sung When You Wish Upon A Star) and also did the voice for The Skeleton King in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!.

Hamill also lent his voice to as Master Eraqus in the English version of the video game, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. Hamill also provided some voices for My Friends Tigger and Pooh. He also voiced Colonel Muska in Castle in the Sky, in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Zeus, and Hans Christian Andersen in The Little Mermaid, Bats Biker and the Shape Shifter in Gravity Falls and ShiverJack in Jake and the Never Land Pirates.

Beyond Disney, he frequently voiced the Joker in varying incarnations of Batman franchise from 1992 to 2012. He also voices Skips from the Cartoon Network animated series Regular Show.

Trivia

 * Tetsuya Nomura, the game's director of Birth by Sleep, stated in an interview that he chose Hamill for the part specifically because of his role as Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars films. Eraqus is rivals with Xehanort, who is voiced by Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy, essentially making their rivalry Star Wars VS Star Trek to Nomura.


 * Mark Hamill stated at ComicCon 2010 "Playing as Luke Skywalker was his overall favorite role".