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10	[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack HEY KIDS, IT'S MARK HAMILL!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_7HVcYjM3Y (applause)]]]]
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12	->''"One of the things that I love about voiceover is that it's a situation where – because you're not encumbered by being seen – it's liberating. You're able to make broad choices that you would never make if you were on camera."''
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14	Better known as [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]], [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], [[Anime/CastleInTheSky Colonel Muska]] or [[VideoGame/WingCommander Christopher Blair]], Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951 in Oakland, California) is an American actor who first came to prominence as one of the best young talents of TheSeventies.
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16	Though praised for a strong performance as [[Characters/StarWarsLukeSkywalker Luke Skywalker]] in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise, he could never match the success of his most famous role. Despite being {{typecast\|ing}}, he was frequently in demand and performed in several lesser-known films before turning more to theater ([[DoingItForTheArt not just to pay the bills, but because he preferred it]]), eventually getting juicy lead roles in big plays on Broadway like ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'' and ''Film/TheElephantMan''. (Actors who had seen his performances include Creator/JackieGleason, Creator/ChristopherWalken, and even the great Creator/KatharineHepburn, who met Hamill backstage.)
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18	Hamill has also become one of the most acclaimed voice actors in the industry. He's best known for playing dynamic, outright ''evil'' villains (ironically, considering his previous typecasting as a hero fighting against TheDarkSide) in animation; most notably [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] as stated earlier, with many considering his to be the definitive interpretation of the character. He's actually a swell guy in real life, despite the typecasting.
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20	There is a persistent story about Hamill getting in a severe car accident that caused serious facial injuries that required reconstructive surgery,[[note]]the more fantastic rumors claim that he suffered severe facial paralysis[[/note]] and many believe that this is [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the real reason]] for his character being all banged up early in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. But Hamill refutes this, saying he just suffered some scratches and a broken nose and he doesn't understand how the incident was blown so far out of proportion. It is, however, why he resembled a Ken doll in the infamous ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', as the accident happened not long before.
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22	Hamill's career came full circle in 2014 when he lent his villain-voicing expertise to ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' as Darth Bane, and ''then'' it was announced he'd reprise his role of Luke Skywalker in the Creator/{{Disney}}-produced sequel trilogy starting with ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', and he then reprised his role as the Trickster in the [[Creator/TheCW CW]] ''[[Series/TheFlash2014 Flash]]'' series. All of which earned him no small amount of critical acclaim, with the Darth Bane role even earning him an UsefulNotes/{{Emmy\|Award}} nomination. Life is good for everyone's favorite Jedi, it seems.
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24	Be sure to check out his [[https://twitter.com/MarkHamill Twitter]] and [[https://www.instagram.com/markhamill/ Instagram]] accounts, which are often filled with hilarious stuff.
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27	!!Mark Hamill's roles include:
28	[[folder:Mark Hamill's Roles]]
29	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
30	** [[Characters/StarWarsLukeSkywalker Luke Skywalker]] in the original trilogy (''Film/ANewHope'', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'') and the sequel trilogy (''Film/TheForceAwakens'', ''Film/TheLastJedi'', and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'').
31	** He played Luke again in the following media:
32	*** ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''
33	*** An ad for ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Vector Prime]]''.
34	*** A ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch.
35	*** The first two [[Radio/StarWarsRadioDramas Star Wars radio adaptations]].
36	*** And in a cameo in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
37	*** He performed on-set as Luke in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', although his younger self was then recreated via DigitalHeadSwap on a BodyDouble (namely Creator/MaxLloydJones), while his voice was recreated by an A.I. using archive recordings.
38	*** Later returns in ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', in the same capacity as in ''The Mandalorian''.
39	** Other ''Star Wars'' roles:
40	*** Voiced Darth Bane in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
41	*** In the Music/BadLipReading take on ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', he voices ''Han Solo''.
42	*** Also voiced Dobbu Scay, the small alien gambler who puts tokens into BB-8 at the Canto Bight casino in ''Film/TheLastJedi''.
43	*** Boolio in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''.
44	*** EV-[=9D9=], the droid bartender that runs the formerly anti-droid Mos Eisley Cantina in ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (uncredited).
45	*** [[https://www.avclub.com/mark-hamill-says-hes-secretly-been-in-every-star-wars-m-1847343136 Claims to have had multiple voice roles]] in every ''Star Wars'' film since 2015. To date, no voice parts in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', ''Film/RogueOne'' or ''Film/{{Solo}}'' have been conclusively identified as him.
46	* Car-obsessed teenager Kenny Dantley in ''Film/CorvetteSummer'', his first role after ''Star Wars''.
47	* Private Griff, an expert marksman with an aversion to killing, in ''Film/TheBigRedOne''. Made three years after the first ''A New Hope'' in an effort to avoid typecasting.
48	* [[Characters/DCAUJoker The Joker]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and its subsequent followups in the ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse''. There's a reason he's called M'''ark Ham'''ill. He has reprised his role as the Joker in other media such as various ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketches and in ''VideoGame/BatmanVengeance'', ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'' ([[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker page]]), ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'', and ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains''. He also dubbed over a live-action Joker in ''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002'' played by uncredited actor Roger Stoneburner.
49	** Various other characters in other Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse productions, including Solomon Grundy in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and Ferris Boyle in ''Batman: TAS'' "Heart of Ice".
50	*** While he ''didn't'' play The Joker in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', he and Creator/KevinConroy [[CastingGag still got to appear]] (as ComicBook/TheSpectre and ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger, respectively.)
51	*** In one short for ''Justice League Action'', he voiced ''[[ActingForTwo three]]'' characters ''and'' [[AsHimself himself]], when [[AdamWesting famous voice actor Mark Hamill]] gets kidnapped by The Trickster and The Joker before eventually being rescued by ComicBook/SwampThing. He even manages to outsmart the two villains by tricking them into thinking [[AppleOfDiscord the other was saying rude things about them]] when it was actually just [[PostModernism Hamill imitating their voices.]]
52	* The Hobgoblin in ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanTheAnimatedSeries''
53	* The Trickster in ''Series/TheFlash1990'' (and again in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', ''Series/TheFlash2014'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction''.)
54	* Sinestro and the Trickster (again) in ''Lego DC Super Heroes: Attack of the Legion of Doom''.
55	* Maximus in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries''
56	* Gargoyle in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk1996 Hulk]]''
57	* Apep in ''VideoGame/TheScorpionKingRiseOfTheAkkadian''
58	* Stickybeard in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''
59	* The Skeleton King in ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperForceGo''
60	* The Red Lynx, Jonny and Burke in ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats''
61	* Steve in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheAlienInvaders'', Snakebite Scruggs in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'', Zip Elvin in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMoonMonsterMadness'', and Deacon[[note]]A.K.A. Babyface Boretti[[/note]] in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare''.
62	* Goro Majima in the English dub of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1''
63	* Quarry in ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex''
64	* [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderFireLordOzai Fire Lord Ozai]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
65	** He also voiced the Monkey Spirit in the Season 1 finale, "The Siege of the North."
66	* Adrian Ripburger in ''VideoGame/FullThrottle''
67	* Most of the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness from ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', among many others.
68	* Christopher Blair in live action {{cutscene}}s of ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' games 3, 4, and Prophecy, and also lent his voice to the animated, younger incarnation of his character in the Creator/USANetwork cartoon ''WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy''.
69	** Also provides the voice of "Merlin" in the movie (though the final credits don't list him by name, simply showing "Merlin: ???")
70	* Colonel Muska in the dub of ''[[Anime/CastleInTheSky Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]''
71	* Hanukkah Zombie in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie, ''Bender's Big Score''.
72	* Comicbook/TheSpectre in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
73	* The Watcher in ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''.
74	* AsHimself in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode, "The Bow Tie Asymmetry"
75	* Brent Matthews in ''Film/BodyBags''.
76	* Judah in ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams''.
77	* Donald Swan in ''Film/ComicBookTheMovie'', which he directed and co-wrote.
78	* Malefor from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroDawnOfTheDragon''
79	* Cock Knocker, a villain from the Bluntman and Chronic universe who is apparently a [[CompositeCharacter combination]] of Hamill's roles as The Joker (voice and mannerisms), The Trickster (appearance), and Luke Skywalker (powers), and the voice of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' (which is the origin of the image caption above).
80	* Did a guest shot as himself (leaning heavily on his legacy as Luke Skywalker) on the season 10 episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E9MayoredToTheMob Mayored to the Mob]]", where Homer becomes Mayor Quimby's bodyguard after saving Hamill from a sci-fi convention of rioting nerds. He also did a "secret" guest role in the same episode as the DrillSergeantNasty Leavelle who teaches Homer how to become a bodyguard. Reportedly, he requested that he be allowed to play a character.
81	** Played himself again in ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'', including the finale where it was revealed that he was elected [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent president]].
82	** And [[RuleOfThree once more]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''.
83	* [[CampGay The Larry 3000]] on ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad''
84	* Master Eraqus in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''
85	* Buzz Buzzard in ''The New WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker Show.''
86	* [[ShellShockedVeteran Tod Wainio]] in the audio adaptation of ''Literature/WorldWarZ''.
87	* Undergrowth in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.
88	* Skips the Yeti in ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''.
89	* Klaw in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''.
90	* ComicBook/RedSkull in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow''
91	* Sean in Creator/RalphBakshi's ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}''
92	* Wolverine in the licensed game ''VideoGame/X2WolverinesRevenge''
93	* Detective Mosely in ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight: Sins of the Fathers''
94	* [[MadScientist Stankfoot]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zevo 3}}''
95	* [[BigBad Emperor Griffon's]] [[OneWingedAngel humanoid form]] in ''[[VideoGame/DarkCloud Dark Cloud 2]]''.
96	* Corey Anders in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jeannie}}'' (Hamill's debut as a voice actor). Reprised the role in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies''.
97	* Guest starred in an episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' as both himself [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} and Luke Skywalker]].
98	* Will Tasker, a relentless bounty hunter in ''[[Film/Slipstream1989 Slipstream]]'' (1989).
99	* Lundgren, an evil serial killer dolphin, in ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}''
100	* Dr. Pullem and the mall Santa in ''WesternAnimation/DanVs''.
101	* Crybaby Clown (yes, ''another'' evil clown) in the season 2 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.
102	* Abraham Kane in ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}''
103	* Alvin the Treacherous in ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk''
104	* Himself in ''Film/IKnowThatVoice''
105	* A much younger Hamill appeared as a side character in ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''.
106	* Hamill cameos in the ColdOpen of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'s'' fifth season premiere, continuing the series's tradition of {{Casting Gag}}s featuring Geek Culture icons.
107	* Also had a cameo on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', as a genuine Mark Hamill --''NOT'' a Bruce Boxleitner-- for sale on QVC. He's eventually bought by Creator/HarrisonFord, who claims he had to put his last Mark Hamill to sleep after it turned out to be a Bruce Boxleitner.
108	* ''Film/TheNightTheLightsWentOutInGeorgia'': A policeman named Conrad.
109	* "[[SerialKiller The Replicator]]" in ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
110	* Himself in ''Series/JustShootMe'', where he's constantly pestered by Finch until he turns the tables by being just as annoying back.
111	* The Shapeshifter in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''.
112	* Dr. Sam Stein in ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' episode "Mind Over Matter".
113	* Professor Arnold in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService''.
114	* Maltruant in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''.
115	* Kobash, the Mountain Lion in ''The Crippled Lamb'' by [[Creator/StarToons StarToons Animation]]
116	* Gadfly Garnett in ''WesternAnimation/MilesFromTomorrowland''.
117	* Reverend George in Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned1995''.
118	* Time traveller Capt. Michael Raynor in ''Film/TimeRunner''.
119	* Kavaxas in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''.
120	* Phineas Tiberius Mindslap in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' (one-episode [[TheCameo Cameo]] in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E12CarnivalMagic Carnival Magic]]'')
121	* [[ElementalPowers Py]]-[[PlayingWithFire Ro]] in ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex''
122	* ComicBook/SwampThing, [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Trickster, and ''[[AdamWesting himself]]'' in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction''
123	* Turtle in ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh''
124	* Kobash, The Mountain Lion in the DirectToVideo adaptation of ''The Crippled Lamb'' by [[Creator/StarToons StarToons Animation]]
125	* Burt in ''WesternAnimation/DangerRangers''
126	* Dictatious in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'', especially fun as he's playing an evil relative of one of the main heroes at the same time the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy was being made.
127	* Megatronus/The Fallen in ''WebAnimation/TheTransformersTitansReturn'' & ''WebAnimation/TheTransformersPowerOfThePrimes''
128	* Frankenstein in ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa''
129	* Temper in the ''WebAnimation/BestFiends'' webseries. He's actually playing a ''Batman'' parody character in this role, a far contrast from the Joker. Later replaced in the role by Creator/PhilLaMarr.
130	* Harry Houlihan in ''WesternAnimation/{{Lucky}}''
131	* Talus in ''Series/{{Knightfall}}''
132	* Chucky from ''Film/ChildsPlay2019''
133	* [=skekTek=] the Skeksis Scientist in ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance''
134	* Jim the Vampire in ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019''
135	* A couple of one-off roles in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1992 The Little Mermaid: The Series]]'':
136	** Zeus, Sebastian's old rival (episode: "Tail of Two Crabs").
137	** ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' author Creator/HansChristianAndersen, himself (episode: "Metal Fish")
138	* Hamill narrated the [[https://archive.org/details/HippoBeach PBS airing]] of "Hippo Beach," an episode of the Creator/{{BBC}} NatureDocumentary series ''The Natural World''.[[note]]The original BBC airing was narrated by Creator/StephenFry.[[/note]]
139	* Kent Murray in ''Series/GeneralHospital''.
140	* Arthur "Art" Rosenbaum in ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021''.
141	* Skeletor in ''WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation''.
142	* Mervyn Pumpkinhead in ''Series/TheSandman2022''.
143	* Albert Kreischer Sr. in ''Film/TheMachine2023''.
144	* Arthur Pym in ''Series/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher2023''.
145	* An unknown voice role in ''WesternAnimation/TheWildRobot2024''.
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149	!!Mark Hamill's works provide examples of:
150	%%As with all Creator/ pages, trivia tropes about the creator specifically are to be posted here, not a Trivia/ page, as they technically are InUniverse in the case of the person's career.
151	%%However: As with all Creator/ pages, items that could go on a specific work's trivia page go there, not here.
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153	* AxCrazy: A lot of his voice acting roles are unhinged and sociopathic villains. The Joker is the obvious standout but plenty of others such as Fire Lord Ozai count too.
154	* CareerResurrection: After the release of ''Return of the Jedi'', Hamill didn't have a huge amount of work that wasn't directly tied to ''Star Wars''. Then, in 1992, his portrayal of the Joker gave him ''massive'' acclaim, giving him an entirely new niche as a world-class voice actor, almost universally as villains, ironically enough. Everything then came full circle when he voiced an apparition of Darth Bane in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', and he later returned to the role of Luke for the Sequel Trilogy.
155	* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Despite playing a lot of villains with deep voices, his trademark Joker voice is rather high-pitched, making him sound clownish yet unpleasant.
156	* EvilLaugh: Due to voicing ComicBook/TheJoker since 1992, he has this down to ''[[http://youtu.be/lb8fWUUXeKM an art form]]''[[note]]He says that ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' is where he truly began exploring and expanding what he could do with the evil laugh. Surprisingly, the Joker laugh actually originates from Hamill's run as the lead in ''Amadeus'' -- he'd developed a loud braying laugh for the role as Mozart was noted for having an obnoxious laugh[[/note]]. It's been just more than three decades as of this last edit, and we're ''still'' not sure what he's inhaling to do these laughs. It's safe to say that his Joker laugh is among the most distinctive and iconic villainous laughs in animation history, alongside those that Lucille La Verne, Betty Lou Gerson, Pat Carroll, and Jonathan Freeman provided for [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Queen Grimhilde]], [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], respectively.
157	* EvilIsHammy: Many of his villainous roles tend to be grandiose, particularly ComicBook/TheJoker.
158	* LargeHam: Absolutely, and [[EvilIsHammy especially when he plays villains.]]
159	* ManOfAThousandVoices: Hamill has voiced characters of remarkably different vocal ranges and types over the years. If you talked to him not knowing he was a voice actor, you'd be shocked at some of the characters he's portrayed.
160	* PlayingAgainstType:
161	** Ironically, his [[Characters/StarWarsLukeSkywalker most famous role]] is this, as 90% of his roles nowadays are villains -- some of whom, like The Joker and Fire Lord Ozai, have him on the ''other'' side of the StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred trope, of which he was on the receiving end in said trope-naming scene.
162	** On the voice acting side, there's also Skips from ''Regular Show'' (who is the OnlySaneMan), The Larry 3000 on ''Time Squad'' (who does amoral things and [[TookALevelInJerkass sometimes takes a level in jerkass]], but isn't really a villain), and one-time character, Leavelle the Body Guard School Instructor on ''The Simpsons'' episode "Mayored to the Mob" (who does berate the students in his class, but that's more of a DrillSergeantNasty way). As for lesser-known characters, Hamill voiced the snack-sneaking cat Dom on the Playhouse Disney series ''Tasty Time with [=ZeFronk=]''.
163	** ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' sees him voice Art Rosenbaum, who's neither a supervillain nor a major hero, but an ordinary guy who just so happens to design costumes for superheroes.
164	** Possibly one of the earliest video game examples appears in ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight: Sins Of The Fathers'', where he plays neither hero nor villain, but the main character's bumbling FriendOnTheForce.
165	* ThoseTwoActors: With his Batman, Creator/KevinConroy. He would ''always'' come back to play the Joker if Conroy was portraying Batman in said particular project as Hamill had such implicit trust in Conroy's artistic integrity. With the death of Kevin Conroy in 2022, his officially stated departure from the role of the Joker is highly likely to be permanent.
166	-->'''Joker:''' [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman Without Batman, crime]] ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman has]]'' [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman no punchline]].
167	* {{Typecasting}}: '''The poster boy of this trope'''. Thanks to his role as [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], he is often typecast into villainous roles.
168	* VocalEvolution: His voice has gotten hoarser and lower-pitched as he's aged. This is especially noticeable in long-running characters like the Joker when comparing his earlier work with his more recent performances. Credit to him, the hoarser and lower pitched voice has made his Joker laugh ''even scarier'' as time has gone on.
169	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
170	** After playing the lead in ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'' on stage, he auditioned in the hope of getting the role in Creator/MilosForman's movie, without success. (Of course, to be fair, the actor Forman ultimately chose -- Creator/{{Tom\|Hulce}} "[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Quasimodo]]" [[Creator/TomHulce Hulce]] -- turned in a superb performance.)
171	** Hamill was almost tricked into appearing in the documentary ''The People Vs. George Lucas'', but he quickly realized, even before the title was finalized, that it had an anti-Lucas vibe to it, and refused to take any part in it.
172	** Early in production of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', Hamill was considered for the part of Gaetan Molière, before Creator/CoreyBurton got the part.
173	** While promoting ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'' at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con, Hamill and Creator/KevinConroy floated the idea of them returning yet again as the Joker and Batman respectively for {{animated adaptation}}s of ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' and ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'' -- but in the end, due to the ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanHush2019 Hush]]'' adaptation being part of the ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse'' and ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'' being a follow-up to ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', they weren't cast.[[note]]''Hush'' had Creator/JasonOMara return as Batman and cast Creator/JasonSpisak as the Joker; ''Death in the Family'' saw the return of Creator/BruceGreenwood and Creator/JohnDiMaggio in the respective roles of the Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime[[/note]]
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175	->''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack The tropers never told you what is your]] [[StarMakingRole best known role...]]''
176	-->''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack They told me enough! They told me it's]] [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker!]]''
177	->''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack No.]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Joker]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack is your best known role.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeT0CCQ1yqo And your father.]]''
178	-->''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack No... no... that's not true... That's impossible!!]]''
179	->''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Get used to it, kiddo. If ya don't believe me,]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack check your meme history, you know it to be true!]] '''[[EvilLaugh HAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!]]'''''

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