Hayden Christensen played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars. The actor, who appeared in the 2nd and 3rd films of the series, was not loved by the audience very much because of the character he portrayed. Because movie lovers blamed Anakin for the Prequel trilogy.
Film critics also said that he could not portray Anakin well enough.
Who is Hayden Christensen?
He starred in TV series on Canadian television at a young age. In the 1990s, he focused on different fields in the USA. His first important role was his portrayal of the character "Sam Monroe" in the movie A New Life. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in this film. The movie that made him famous is his role as "Anakin Skywalker" in the Star Wars movie.
Life story
He appeared on Canadian television at a young age. In the 1990s, he focused on different fields in the USA. His first major role was in Life as a House as Sam. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for the movie Life as a House. The movie that made him famous was his role as Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars movie.
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 in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) and Ahsoka (2023).
Pre-Career Christensen was born in Vancouver Canada, the third of four children. His father, David Christensen, is a software expert. He has Danish ancestry on his father and Italian and Swedish ancestry on his mother. He has a brother named Tove and two sisters named Kaylen and Hesja.
Christensen dated A J Cook in 1999. A year later, he started dating his Star Wars co-star Natalie Portman, but they broke up. Christensen, who had a relationship with Elisabetta Canalis in 2005 and Sienna Miller in 2006, dated actress Rachel Bilson, whom he met on the set of the movie Jumper, after 2007. He got engaged to her in December 2008, but they later broke up.
He attended Unionville High School and participated in a drama program there. He was discovered when he went to a commercial shoot with his sister, the world trampoline champion.
His career began in 1993, at the age of 12, in Canada, with the television series Family Passions. The following year, he had a small role in the movie In the Mouth of Madness. Between 1995 and 1999, Harrison Bergeron appeared in television programs and films such as Forever Knight, Goosebumps, The Virgin Suicides and Are You Afraid of the Dark, and in 2000, he played the character of Scott Barringer in the television series Higher Ground on FOX.
In 2001, he played the character of Sam Monroe in the movie Life as a House and was nominated for the Golden Globe and SAG awards for his role in this movie. Later, he played the character of Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars movies.
In 2007, Christensen starred with Mischa Barton in the movie Virgin Territory, adapted from the book The Decameron. In the same year, he starred in the movie "Awake" with Jessica Alba. In 2008, he played a young man with supernatural powers who can travel through time in the movie Jumper, alongside Samuel L Jackson.