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Hayden Christensen played Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader. He first appeared in the prequel trilogy films Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005), then reprised the role in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) and Ahsoka (2023).
Hayden Christensen was born on the 19th of April 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A casting director reviewed about 1,500 other candidates before George Lucas selected Hayden Christensen, after his first choice, Leonardo DiCaprio, turned the film down. Lucas said he chose Christensen because he needed an actor who has "that presence of the Dark Side."
Life as a House (2001) earned Hayden Christensen a Golden Globe nomination and a Screen Actors Guild nomination, along with the National Board of Review's award for Breakthrough Performance of the Year.
Yes. Hayden Christensen voiced Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), reprised the role in Obi-Wan Kenobi in 2022 and Ahsoka in 2023, and said at Star Wars Celebration Japan on the 19th of April 2025 that he would return for Ahsoka's second season.
Hayden Christensen dated actress Rachel Bilson, his co-star in Jumper, starting in 2007. They got engaged on the 25th of December 2008, had a daughter born on the 29th of October 2014, and separated in September 2017.