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The Lowdown
The actor who made Luke Skywalker a screen hero spent decades making Batman’s greatest enemy laugh. Mark Hamill’s Joker is one of the clearest second acts in pop culture.
Key Takeaways
- Hamill originated Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy.
- He began voicing the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and continued across related series, films, and games.
- Disney’s D23 Legend profile highlights that Joker career, including later awards recognition for game performances.
The Connection
From a farm boy on Tatooine to Gotham’s clown prince
Hamill’s Luke Skywalker is a defining live-action hero. His Joker, beginning with Batman: The Animated Series, became a defining voice villain — a run D23’s Disney Legend profile treats as a second career built on the same performer.
That overlap is the Connection: one actor anchoring two franchise icons on opposite moral poles. Fans who only know the Skywalker trilogy still hear the Animated Series laugh in later games and returns; fans who grew up on BTAS discover the farm boy afterward. Either direction, the credits are the same person.
Who’s Who
- Mark Hamill: Luke Skywalker; Joker beginning with Batman: The Animated Series.
Where It Happened
- Star Wars original trilogy — Luke Skywalker.
- Batman: The Animated Series and later Joker voice roles.
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Mark Hamill is an American actor and voice actor best known as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars and as the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series.