John Hawkes (born John Marvin Perkins; September 11, 1959) is an American actor and musician. He co-founded the theater company Big State Productions and appeared in the group's original play In the West at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He took the stage name "John Hawkes" because another actor had his real name, John Perkins.

Hawkes appeared in the critically acclaimed film Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), which received widespread praise and was awarded a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Other feature films include The Sliding Life (1999), Identity (2003), Miami Vice (2006), Playing God (2004), The Perfect Storm (2000), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and The Hunters (1997). Hawkes also appeared in and co-produced the independent film Buttleman (2003), for which he received a Breakthrough Performance award at the Sedona Film Festival in 2004 and a Special Jury Prize at the Deep Ellum Film Festival in 2003.

Among Hawkes's television work is the lead role in the critically acclaimed HBO series Deadwood (2004), in which he played "Sol Star," an energetic entrepreneur in a lawless town.