Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor and
producer. He began his 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 (2001), earning
Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Christensen gained international fame for his portrayal of Anakin
Skywalker / Darth Vader in the Star Wars prequel trilogy films, Star
Wars: Episode II â€" Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars:
Episode III â€" Revenge of the Sith (2005). His honours for these
films include a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Actor and the
Cannes Film Festival Revelation Award. He also received critical
acclaim for his portrayal of Stephen Glass in the film Shattered
Glass.Christensen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Alie, an
American speechwriter, and David Christensen, a Canadian computer
programmer and communications executive. His father is of Danish
descent, and his mother has Swedish and Italian ancestry. Christensen
is one of four children, with three actor siblings: older brother
Tove, older sister Hejsa, and younger sister Kaylen. Christensen was
an athlete in high school, playing hockey competitively and tennis on
a provincial level.He spent summers on Long Island with his maternal
grandmother, Rose Schwartz, and attended the Actors Studio in New York
City; he studied as well at the Arts York drama program at Unionville
High School in Markham, Ontario. After accompanying his older sister
to her agent's office after she landed a role in a Pringles
commercial, he began being cast in commercials as well, including for
Triaminic cough syrup in 1988.
producer. He began his 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 (2001), earning
Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Christensen gained international fame for his portrayal of Anakin
Skywalker / Darth Vader in the Star Wars prequel trilogy films, Star
Wars: Episode II â€" Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars:
Episode III â€" Revenge of the Sith (2005). His honours for these
films include a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Actor and the
Cannes Film Festival Revelation Award. He also received critical
acclaim for his portrayal of Stephen Glass in the film Shattered
Glass.Christensen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Alie, an
American speechwriter, and David Christensen, a Canadian computer
programmer and communications executive. His father is of Danish
descent, and his mother has Swedish and Italian ancestry. Christensen
is one of four children, with three actor siblings: older brother
Tove, older sister Hejsa, and younger sister Kaylen. Christensen was
an athlete in high school, playing hockey competitively and tennis on
a provincial level.He spent summers on Long Island with his maternal
grandmother, Rose Schwartz, and attended the Actors Studio in New York
City; he studied as well at the Arts York drama program at Unionville
High School in Markham, Ontario. After accompanying his older sister
to her agent's office after she landed a role in a Pringles
commercial, he began being cast in commercials as well, including for
Triaminic cough syrup in 1988.
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