Appeared in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), which also starred Carrie Fisher. It was the first time the two had starred together since Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). Neither of them knew that the other was involved in the project until shortly after filming had been completed.
Attended Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia before his father was transfered.
Attended Hale Junior High School in the Clairemont Community of San Diego, California.
Attended Nile C. Kinnick High School (known as Yo-Hi) in Yokohama, Japan, where as a senior he played Henry Aldrich in the high school production of Clifford Goldsmith's "What a Life", Naval Base. School is now on the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, where it is known by its original name, Kinnick High. Original site of the high school where Hamill acted is now a MyCal department store.
Auditioned for American Graffiti (1973).
Claims his inspiration for the vocal interpretation as The Joker on the animated "Batman" (1992) series came from a mixture of Hannibal Lecter and Jerry Lewis.
Director Stephen Weeks originally wanted him for the part of "Sir Gawain" in Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984) but the producers refused and insisted on Miles O'Keeffe.
Father of Nathan Hamill (b. 25 June 1979), Griffin Hamill (b. 4 March 1983), Chelsea Hamill (b. 27 July 1988).
For the New Jedi Order novelization, he reprized his role as Luke Skywalker playing his own voice in a commercial.
Got along quite well with his Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) castmate Ian McDiarmid, as they both had a taste for British comedy.
Hamill met his wife, Mary Lou York, when she was his dental hygienist.
Has actually played two roles in the original Star Wars trilogy. That's Mark's voice on the PA system announcing that "The first transport is away," in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back-Special Edition (1997).
He accidentally hit Peter Stormare during a fight scene in Commander Hamilton (1998).
He and Robert Englund are friends, the actor best known for playing "Freddy Krueger" in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" films. Englund, himself, auditioned for the role of "Luke Skywalker" and, when he did not get the part, he encouraged Mark to go and audition after him.
He campaigned for George McGovern during the 1972 presidential race.
He did all his own stunts in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), except in the scene in Cloud City where he is sucked out of a window.
He did all his own stunts in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) -- except two places: where "Luke Skywalker" jumps off the plank into the Sarlaac, turns, and flips back onto the plank and on the Death Star when Vader throws his lightsaber at the supports of the catwalk. According to "The Making of Return of the Jedi" by John Philip Peecher (c. 1983), his stunt double, Colin Skeaping, performed both of these stunts.
He has played the DC Comics supervillain, the Trickster, in both live-action ("The Flash" (1990)) and animated form ("Justice League" (2001)).
He has played the same character (Luke Skywalker) on three different series: "The Muppet Show" (1976), "Family Guy" (1999) and "Robot Chicken" (2005).
He has played the same character (the Joker) on seven different television series: "Batman" (1992), "Superman" (1996), "The New Batman Adventures" (1997), "Static Shock" (2000), "Justice League" (2001), "Birds of Prey" (2002) and "Robot Chicken" (2005).