Acteur Anakin (2024)

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Who played the adult Anakin Skywalker? ›

Christensen is best known for his portrayal of an adult Anakin Skywalker in both Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Christensen also portrayed Darth Vader in the final prequel, in both the character's suited and unsuited forms.

Jake Matthew Lloyd (born March 5, 1989), also known as Jake Broadbent, is a former American actor who portrayed young Anakin Skywalker in the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) and Jamie Langston in Jingle All the Way (1996).

Sebastian Shaw died of natural causes at age 89 in 1994. Ten years later, his image as a Force ghost during the final scene of Return of the Jedi was replaced with that of prequel actor Hayden Christensen for the movie's 2004 DVD re-release.

Robot Chicken: Star Wars III (TV Movie 2010) - Zac Efron as Anakin Skywalker - IMDb.

Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen has defended his performance as Anakin Skywalker in the prequel trilogy. Christensen first played Anakin in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, with his second performance in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

The director originally considered Orson Welles for the role, but selected James Earl Jones instead after deciding that Welles's voice would be too recognizable to audiences. Jones initially felt his role was too small to warrant recognition, and he chose to be uncredited in Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.

14 Star Wars actors have portrayed Darth Vader since 1977, keeping consistency in how the character is brought to life over the decades.

In The Phantom Menace, Anakin was 9, and Padme was 14. So Padme is 5 years older than Anakin. During The Attack of the Clones, Anakin was 19, and Padme was 24. This was their relationship began.

Padmé makes her first appearance in The Phantom Menace (1999) as the recently elected fourteen-year-old queen of Naboo.

Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader was 45 years of age when he died.

Why did they change Anakin actor? ›

When Anakin was redeemed upon saving Luke in Return of the Jedi, his "... inner person would go back to where we left it off." Additionally, Lucas thought replacing the original Anakin Force Ghost with Christensen would help connect the prequels and originals, bringing it full circle.

DiCaprio told ShortList in 2015 that George Lucas offered him the role of Anakin, but he turned it down, saying he “just didn't feel ready to take that dive.” Christensen understands DiCaprio's perspective, telling Empire “the scope of the opportunity” was exciting, but also daunting.

In addition to Christensen and DiCaprio, there was a whole host of other performers vying for the role of Anakin, including Dawson's Creek stars James Van Der Beek and Joshua Jackson, as well as Eric Christian Olsen, Erik von Detten, Ryan Phillippe, and Chris Klein.

I knew Hayden played Anakin, but I wasn't sure who played Vader specifically, and when I looked it up, I got results saying that David Prowse acted as him outside of fights, Bob Anderson acted as him during fights, Sebastian Shaw acted as him during his unmasking in Return of The Jedi, and he was voiced by James Earl ...