Jack Earle Haley is an American actor. His earliest roles included Moocher in Breaking Away and Kelly Leak in The Bad News Bears, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and The Bad News Bears Go to Japan. 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. This was followed by his performance in Little Children, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Subsequent notable roles include the superhero Rorschach in Watchmen, horror icon Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Grewishka, a huge cyborg criminal, in Alita: Battle Angel. He played Odin Quincannon in the first season of Preacher and The Terror in the first season of The Tick.
Born: | Jack Earle Haley, July 14, 1961, Northridge, California, U.S. |
Residence: | San Antonio, Texas |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years active: | 1972–present |
Spouse(s): | Sherry Vaughan, (m. 1979, div. 198?), Jennifer Hargrave, (m. 1985, div?) |
Children: | 2 |
IMDb: | Jackie Earle Haley's IMDb |
About Jackie Earle Haley
He portrayed the renegade hero Rorschach in the superhero film, Watchmen. His role as Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street made him known to horror fans.
Before Fame
He was in the original version of The Bad News Bears.
Achievement
He founded the production company JEH Productions, in San Antonio.
Family Life
He married his third wife, Amelia Cruz, in 2004. He has two kids named Christopher and Olivia Haley.
Associations
He went to an audition for a role on Nightmare on Elm Street with his friend Johnny Depp, but the director Wes Craven was more interested in having Depp read for the part.
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