Hayden Christensen is a Canadian actor and producer. He gained international fame for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker Darth Vader in the Star Wars prequel trilogy films, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He has also appeared in several films and television series, including Harrison Bergeron, Forever Knight, Goosebumps, The Virgin Suicides, and Are You Afraid Of the Dark?
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Hayden Christensen is a Canadian actor and producer. He gained international fame for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker Darth Vader in the Star Wars prequel trilogy films, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Christensen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to an American father and a Canadian mother. He began his acting career on Canadian television at the age of 13, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He was praised for his acting as Sam in Life as a House, earning Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. He also received critical acclaim for his portrays of Stephen Glass in the film Shattered Glass. In 2005, Christensen made his Broadway debut when he appeared briefly in a 10-minute play. He made his London theatre debut with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Paquin in This Is Our Youth in 2002. Christensen is one of four children, with three actor siblings: older brother Tove, older sister Hejsa, and younger sister Kaylen.
The casting director reviewed about 1,500 other candidates before director George Lucas selected Christensen. Lucas is quoted as saying that he chose Christensen because he “needed an actor who has that presence of the Dark Side” Christensen’s voice was dubbed over by James Earl Jones, who made the first famous voice of Vader in Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace, in the 2004 DVD-release edition of Return of the Jedi. This was one of the most controversial changes of the original trilogy, where he was inserted to replace Sebastian Shaw as the force ghost in Return of The Jedi. He has also appeared in several films and television series, including Harrison Bergeron, Forever Knight, Goosebumps, The Virgin Suicides, and Are You Afraid Of the Dark? He is the brother of actor Tove Christensen, who appeared in a Pringles commercial for Triaminic cough syrup in 1988. He is also the older brother of actress Hejja Christensen.
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