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Jackie Earle Haley

 
Actor: Jackie Earle Haley
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  • Born: Jul 14, 1961 in Northridge, California
  • Occupation: Actor, Writer
  • Active: '70s-??s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Breaking Away, The Bad News Bears, Little Children
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Bad News Bears (1976)

Biography

The career of Jackie Earle Haley should be inspirational for any former child star or out-of-work actor. In his preteen years, Haley earned his living as a TV commercial actor and voice-over artist (he voiced the son on Hanna-Barbera's animated All in the Family clone Wait Till Your Father Gets Home). At 13, Haley was cast as the juvenile delinquent with home-run power in Michael Ritchie's superb little-league comedy The Bad News Bears, earning a cult following for his portrayal of the swaggering, cool loner. He repeated the iconic role in two sequels, one of the few members of the original cast to do so. Peter Yates cast Haley, alongside future celebrities Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern, as a member of the bike-racing team in the Oscar-winning Breaking Away (1979). Earle disappeared from screens after some fitful television work through the '80s, but stayed busy behind the camera as a writer and an accomplished director of commercials. After more than a decade off the big screen, Haley made a spectacular return in 2006, first as the menacing bodyguard/driver Sugar Boy in All the King's Men, and then with an Oscar-nominated turn as a suburban pedophile in Todd Field's Little Children. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
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Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley, April 2009
Born Jack E. Haley
July 14, 1961 (1961-07-14) (age 48)
Northridge, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1972–present

Jackie Earle Haley (born Jack E. Haley;[1] July 14, 1961) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kelly Leak in The Bad News Bears, pedophile Ronnie McGorvey in Little Children and most recently as vigilante Rorschach in Zack Snyder's Watchmen. He has signed on to portray horror icon Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, which is due to be released on April 30, 2010.[2]

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Career

Haley has appeared in numerous films, including Damnation Alley, John Schlesinger's The Day of the Locust, and Losin' It, as well as guest roles on TV. A well known child actor, he starred as Kelly Leak in the comedy The Bad News Bears. He also starred in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and The Bad News Bears Go to Japan.

He played "Moocher" in Peter Yates' acclaimed 1979 film Breaking Away and later in the short lived TV series of the same name. Throughout the 1970s, he often played a tough, angry, pimply, long-haired misfit. He has made guest appearances on such TV shows as Marcus Welby, M.D., The Waltons, Planet of the Apes, MacGyver, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Renegade, and Get a Life.

Haley's acting career went dormant during most of the 1990s and early 2000s, when he moved to San Antonio, Texas and eventually turned to directing,[3] finding success as a producer and director of television commercials. With the recommendation of Sean Penn, Haley returned to acting in 2006, first appearing in Steven Zaillian's All the King's Men alongside Penn as "Sugar Boy", his bodyguard, before giving a critically acclaimed performance as a recently paroled sex offender in Todd Field's Little Children. He stated that his preparation for the role was greatly influenced by the relationship shared between his mother and his brother Tru, who battled a heroin addiction before he died of an overdose.[4] Haley was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this portrayal and in 2007 was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[5]

Currently, Haley owns a production company, JEH Productions, in San Antonio, Texas. In 2008, he appeared in Semi-Pro and starred in Fragments with Kate Beckinsale, Guy Pearce and Dakota Fanning.[6] He also stars in Zack Snyder's 2009 adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel, Watchmen as Rorschach, a masked vigilante working to find the identity of a costumed hero killer, a character in the portrayal of which Haley won praise from many reviewers.[7] The film also reunites him with Little Children co-star Patrick Wilson who played Nite Owl II, former partner of Rorschach. Also in 2010, Haley will appear in Shutter Island directed by Martin Scorsese. He will play a patient of a hospital for the criminally insane.

On April 3, 2009, it was confirmed that Haley will pick up the role of Freddy Krueger in the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot. [8] According to Bloody-Disgusting, Jackie Earle Haley has signed on to play Freddy Krueger in not one but three Nightmare on Elm Street films.[9]

Personal life

Haley was born and raised in Northridge, California, the son of Haven Earle "Bud" Haley, a radio show host/disc jockey and actor.[10][11] His first marriage was to Sherry Vaughan in 1979. He has two children: Christopher (born 1986) with his second wife and Olivia (born 1998) from a previous relationship. He married his third wife, Amelia Cruz, in 2004. He resides in San Antonio, Texas.

Awards

Haley has been recognized for his supporting role in Todd Field's Little Children.

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Filmography

References

  1. ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179056/
  3. ^ Paskin, Willa. ""It felt like this was supposed to happen"". Salon.com. http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2007/02/21/jackie_earle_haley/index_np.html. Retrieved 2007-07-25. 
  4. ^ Moore, Omar P.L.. "Popcorn Reel In Focus Interview: "Little Children"'s Jackie Early Haley". http://www.popcornreel.com/jehfocus.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-25. 
  5. ^ "Film Academy Invites 115 New Members". Associated Press. June 19, 2007. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=entertainment&id=5400194. Retrieved 2007-07-25. 
  6. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/winged_creatures/Retrieved on 2009-28-04
  7. ^ Borys Kit (2007-07-26). "'Watchmen' powering up with castings". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie88dcf13294612e0d5010ddce2a351f1. Retrieved 2007-07-26. 
  8. ^ Joshua Rich (2009-04-03). "'Nightmare on Elm Street' remake: Jackie Earle Haley to play Freddy Krueger". Entertainment Weekly. http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/04/nightmare-haley.html. Retrieved 2009-04-04. 
  9. ^ SCREAM '09: Jackie Earle Haley on 'Elm Street' Surprises, Freddy's Voice and a Sequel!
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021600423_pf.html

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