Hayden Christensen
Also Known As: Hayden Christiansen, Хайден Крістенсен, Гейден Крістенсен, Хейден Крістенсен, هیدن کریستنسن
Biography: Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader in the Star Wars media franchise. He first appeared in the prequel trilogy films, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), and later reprised his role with a voice cameo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), and as the main antagonist in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022). He will also reprise his role in the upcoming Disney+ series Ahsoka (2023).\n\nChristensen began his career on Canadian television at the age of 13, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. His early work includes Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (1999), Life as a House (2001), and Shattered Glass (2003), to which he earned critical acclaim for his performances as Sam in Life as a House and as Stephen Glass in Shattered Glass. Christensen's honours include the nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as the Cannes Film Festival's Trophée Chopard. His other notable works in both blockbuster and independent films include Awake (2007), Jumper (2008), Takers (2010), and Little Italy (2018).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Birthday: April 19, 1981
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Gender: Male
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Overview: Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-15
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Overview: The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-17
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Takers
Overview: A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings, John Rahway, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost, a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "Takers" carefully plot out their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer inches closer to apprehending the criminals.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-26
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Life as a House
Overview: When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-25
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Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Overview: Dave, a young photon, who is forced out of the Sun on a journey of discovery. He must get to the Cassini Space Craft and save it from the forces of the Void, only Dave does not know exactly what he must do or even where the Cassini Space craft is or what it is. The forces of the Void must destroy Cassini before it sends its great discoveries back to Earth and Dave is the only thing that stands between them and victory.
Genres: Family Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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Jumper
Overview: David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-13
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Factory Girl
Overview: In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-29
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Awake
Overview: While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-28
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Shattered Glass
Overview: The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-14
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Virgin Territory
Overview: In Black Death era Tuscany, as in the Decameron, ten young Florentines take refuge from the plague. But instead of telling stories, they have lusty adventures, bawdy exchanges, romance, swordplay, randy nuns, Saracen pirates, and a sexy cow.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-17
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Vanishing on 7th Street
Overview: A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, a dark shadow hones in on them alone.
Genres: Mystery Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-11
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Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
Overview: This documentary offers a glimpse into all the people, departments, and work that went into creating the film, specifically, the fight between Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Featured on the 2-Disc DVD for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-01
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Free Fall
Overview: An NTSB investigator and her boyfriend, who works for the FAA, investigate a series of similar and suspicious plane crashes that seem to be affecting only one airline.
Genres: Thriller Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-17
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American Heist
Overview: Two brothers, both with troubled paths, find themselves in the middle of one last bank job.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-11
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The Virgin Suicides
Overview: A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-21
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Street Law
Overview: A martial arts-trained lawyer is forced to fight in illicit matches after he is framed for a crime, is dismissed from his firm, and all his assets are tied up, including his clothing and furniture after he is evicted from his apartment.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-25
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Outcast
Overview: A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel brother, who seeks their deaths.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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New York, I Love You
Overview: New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-06
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Overview: This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their classic roles. Director Deborah Chow leads the cast and crew as they create new heroes and villains that live alongside new incarnations of beloved Star Wars characters, and an epic story that dramatically bridges the saga films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-07
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Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story
Overview: Actress Mia Farrow's personal life takes a turn for the worse when she engages in a long relationship with Woody Allen.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-28
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Trapped in a Purple Haze
Overview: When a charismatic teenager falters under constant pressure from his parents and school, he makes a potentially deadly mistake.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-17
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90 Minutes in Heaven
Overview: A man involved in a horrific car crash is pronounced dead, only to come back to life an hour and a half later, claiming to have seen Heaven.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-11
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In the Mouth of Madness
Overview: An insurance investigator begins discovering the impact a horror writer's books has on his fans is more than inspirational.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-03
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Harrison Bergeron
Overview: "All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual "Handicapping" which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-13
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First Kill
Overview: A police chief tries to solve a kidnapping that involves a bank robber holding a young boy hostage.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-21
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The Story of Star Wars
Overview: The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed it all: the famous droid duo C-3PO and R2-D2. Episodes IV,V and VI are explored in "The Story of Luke Skywalker," which follows the young man escaping from his daily chores on Tatooine to his becoming a hero in the Rebal Alliance. In "The Story of Anakin Skywalker," you'll go behind the mask of the greatest Star Wars villain and discover how Darth Vader started life as a young Podracing Champ on Tatooine and later became a headstrong young Jedi seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. With clips from the Star Wars films, C-3PO and R2-D2 take you on an hour-long journey through the saga and prepare you for the explosive final chapter: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-18
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No Greater Love
Overview: When her parents and fiancé are lost in the Titanic disaster, young Edwina Winfield shoulders the responsibility of raising her three younger siblings and taking over the reins at her father's newspaper. Although she has no shortage of new would-be suitors, the memory of her lost love continues to haunt her, so she focuses instead on providing a stable home for the children, rather than marrying. But her forcefulness alienates some of the kids, who have plans of their own and rebel against her. Can she hold her fractured family together, and will she ever overcome her ghosts to shake herself out of martyrdom and have a real life of her own?
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-11
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The Last Man
Overview: Tov Matheson is a war veteran with PTSD who perceives that the apocalypse is coming. After starting a relationship with a dubious Messiah, he leaves his normal life and begins the construction of a shelter underground, training himself, in an extreme way, at the cost of losing everything and making people believe he is insane. When he also believes it, something extraordinary happens.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-06
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Little Italy
Overview: Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-24
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Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy III
Overview: Trina and her brother Dan think dad's dummies are pretty cool. Until one day they notice one of the dummy's hands is warm, humanly warm! Then they hear eerie voices coming from the attic. Could the dummies be leading lives of their own?
Genres: Family Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Overview: The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-18
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Strike!
Overview: In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-21
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Overview: Mockumentary telling the never before told life story of the fictional robot R2-D2 from the Star Wars film series. The movie was made as a fun project by the cast and crew of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Using interviews, fake archive photos, film clips, and behind the scenes footage the "true" story was told of Artoo's life.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-25
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The Chosen One
Overview: In this featurette, director George Lucas, along with cast and crew members from "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith", explore the story of Anakin Skywalker, the central character of "Star Wars", across the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-09
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut
Overview: Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut is a fan edit of the 2022 Star Wars miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi, in which its six one-hour episodes are condensed into a two-and-a-half hour feature film.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-01
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