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Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley
Haley at the A Nightmare on Elm Street panel at WonderCon, 2010
Born
Jack Earle Haley

(1961-07-14) July 14, 1961 (age 63)
OccupationActor
Years active1972–present
Spouse(s)Sherry Vaughan
(m. 1979; div. ??)
Jennifer Hargrave
(m. 1985; div. ??)
Amelia Cruz
(m. 2004)
Children2

Jack Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961)[1] is an American actor and director.[2] His earliest roles included Moocher in Breaking Away (1979) and Kelly Leak in The Bad News Bears (1976), The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) and The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978). After spending many years as a producer and director of television commercials, he revived his acting career with a supporting role in All the King's Men (2006). This was followed by his performance in Little Children (2006), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[3][4]

His subsequent notable roles include the superhero Rorschach in Watchmen (2009),[5] horror icon Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010),[6] and Grewishka, a cyborg criminal in Alita: Battle Angel (2019).[7][8] He played Odin Quincannon in the first season (2016) of Preacher and The Terror in the first season (2016–18) of The Tick.

  1. ^ "Jackie Earle Haley". Encyclopedia.com. Cengage. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "DH Exclusive | There's something gripping about darker characters: Jackie Earle Haley". Deccan Herald. 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  3. ^ "Jackie Earle Haley. Biography, news, photos and videos". hellomagazine.com. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  4. ^ "The 79th Academy Awards | 2007". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  5. ^ Haddon, Cole. "Watchmen Interview: Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  6. ^ Ryan, Mike. "Jackie Earle Haley: "I'm Perfectly Fine Being Freddy Krueger Number Two"". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  7. ^ "Alita: Battle Angel adds Jackie Earle Haley". Empire. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  8. ^ "Jackie Earle Haley Joins Alita: Battle Angel". uk.movies.yahoo.com. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 2021-05-01.

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