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He acquired wider notice while starring in Fox Family Channel's television series Higher Ground in 2000, portraying a teen who was sexually molested by his stepmother, and then turned to drugs in his despair. From 1995 through 1999, he appeared in several films and television series, including Harrison Bergeron, Forever Knight, Goosebumps, The Virgin Suicides, and Are You Afraid of the Dark? The following year, he had a minor role in John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness. Career 1993–2005Ĭhristensen made his acting debut in September 1993, when, at the age of 12, he played a supporting role on the German-Canadian television series Macht Der Leidenschaft/Family Passions. 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. He attended the Actors Studio in New York City he studied as well at the Arts York drama program in high school. He was an athlete in high school, playing hockey competitively and tennis on a provincial level. Ĭhristensen attended Unionville High School in Markham, Ontario. He spent summers on Long Island with his maternal grandmother, Rose Schwartz. Christensen is one of four children, with three actor siblings: older brother Tove, older sister Hejsa, and younger sister Kaylen.
His father is of Danish descent, and his mother has Swedish and Italian ancestry. His other notable works in both blockbuster and independent films include Awake (2007), Jumper (2008), Takers (2010), and Little Italy (2018).Ĭhristensen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Alie, an American speechwriter, and David Christensen, a Canadian computer programmer and communications executive. 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 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. He also reprised his role in the Disney+ series Ahsoka (2023).Ĭhristensen began his career on Canadian television at the age of 13, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. 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 is best known for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader in the Star Wars media franchise. Hayden Christensen ( / ˈ k r ɪ s tʃ ən s ən/ born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor.
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