约翰·哈克斯，美国男演员。高中毕业之后迁往德克萨斯州，后者也成为他演艺和音乐事业的起点。兴趣广泛的哈克斯曾合作参与过两支乐团，并成立了一个戏剧表演剧团。早期的他多是参与一些剧集的演出，包括FOX台电视剧《24小时》、HBO台电视剧《体育老师笑传》、ABC台系列剧《迷失》中都能看到他的身影，在HBO剧《死木》中，他因Sol Star一角备受关注。

2005年，由他主演的电影《爱情你我他》广受好评，入围了戛纳电影节，同时得到圣丹斯电影节评委的高度赞扬，这让他获得了更多国际知名度。2008年约翰·哈克斯在电影《美国黑帮》中的表演又得到美国演员工会的青睐，他获得了演员工会奖的杰出表演奖。

出演《冬天的骨头》令哈克斯在2011年被众多奖项提名包围，他不仅获得了第83届奥斯卡最佳男配角的提名，也被提名为“独立精神奖”最佳男配角、“COFCA（俄亥俄中心电影评论委员会）奖”最佳男配角和“银幕演员指南奖”的最佳男配角。在2011年他也被德克萨斯电影名誉大厅授予“后起之秀”称号。

哈克斯不仅在演戏方面成绩突出，爱好玩音乐的他还曾参与多部影片的配乐工作。哈克斯曾组过两个乐队，分别是与Gretchen Phillips组成的Meet Joy，和与Rodney Eastman、Brent Gore组成的King Straggler，目前哈克斯与King Straggler的成员一同生活在洛杉矶市。

Mariano is best known for his part in Eastbound and Down as Rodney "Hammer" Garcia in Season 4.

Mariano Mendoza is former MMA World Champion Fighter, Actor, Stuntman, Veteran and deemed as the WORLD'S STRONGEST LATINO and rated in the top 100 fighters in the WORLD!

His Autobiography "The Untold Story of Mariano Mendoza" was released this last year and is now available to rent and buy on Amazon. He has several current projects he's working on in 2018 and is in post production of "Duel of Legands"(2018), "The Pining"(2018), "Voyeur"(2018), "Compton's Finest"(2017) and is currently filming "Pontius Pilate". Past TV shows and Movies he has appeared on include "Better Call Saul", "Training Day", "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" just to name a few. You can expect to see more and more of Mariano on the big screen and on your TV this year because he is getting hit after hit in and not just in MMA!

Mariano Mendoza was born in Los Angeles, California. He is a U.S Navy Veteran. He is considered the Hispanic version of Debo/Van Damme Martial Artist and. He is the first Hispanic Heavyweight Cage Fighter to fight in the W.V.C in Brazil and Jamaica. He is know as OLEG in the video game "Saints Row 3" He was also featured in the "MMA Supremacy" video game as Mariano "Big Dawg" the boxer. He has numerous world record titles such as Muscle Beach Strong Man 1995 and 1996. He has the World Record at 220 lbs with the Strict Curl and it is undefeated. He has been a stunt coordinator for a scene on the T.V. show "The Mentalist" and featured as a coach in the episode called "Blood Sport". In 2012 he was featured as Junior in the movie "School Dance", with Nick Cannon as the director. With Wilmer Valderrama as his brother in the movie, featuring Kevin Hart, George Lopez and Efren Ramirez.