Brad Hawkins (actor)

{{short description|American actor}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Brad Hawkins

| image = Brad Hawkins at 1998 Fairfax County Fair.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Hawkins in 1998

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|40|2014|July|10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2014/07/qa-local-actor-brad-hawkins-on-landing-a-role-in-boyhood/|title=Q&A: Local Actor Brad Hawkins, on Landing a Role in Boyhood|first=Elizabeth|last=Wieck|website=dmagazine|date=July 10, 2014}}

| birth_place = Summerville, South Carolina, U.S.

| education = Plano Senior High School

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|martial artist}}

| years_active = 1994–present

}}

Brad Hawkins (born 1974 or 1975)[https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2014/07/qa-local-actor-brad-hawkins-on-landing-a-role-in-boyhood/ Local actor Brad Hawkins on landing a role in Boyhood"], dmagazine.com. Accessed November 16, 2022. is an American actor and martial artist, best known for playing Ryan Steele in Saban's action adventure science fantasy series VR Troopers (1994–1996, and with 92 total episode appearances) and for his role in the 2014 film Boyhood. He also provided the (uncredited) voice of Trey of Triforia, the Gold Ranger in Power Rangers Zeo. In 1999, he starred as Tyler Hart in the CBS miniseries Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story, filmed in North Carolina (Charlotte and Mooresville).

Before becoming an actor, he attended Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas, graduating in 1992.{{cite web | url=https://fusevisual.org/interviews/2015/04/25/brad-hawkins/ | title=Brad Hawkins | date=April 25, 2015 }} He was a country music singer for three years in Nashville. His country song "We Lose" became a No. 1 video hit on Country Music Television and Great American Country country music television channels. He starred in the slasher film Shredder in 2003. He also provided motion capture for early prototypes of id Software's Doom 2016.{{cite web |author=Mahmood Ali |date=February 9, 2009 |title=The Doom 4 mo-cap interview: First production shots revealed! |url=http://wire.ggl.com/2009/02/09/the-doom-4-mo-cap-interview-first-production-shots-revealed/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211235839/http://wire.ggl.com/2009/02/09/the-doom-4-mo-cap-interview-first-production-shots-revealed/ |archivedate=February 11, 2009 |accessdate=February 11, 2009 |publisher=GGL.com}} He also works as a voice actor, often with Funimation, including roles in D.Gray-man, Dragonaut: The Resonance, and Goblin Slayer.