Hayden Christensen

Hayden Christensen is a Canadian actor, born on April 19, 1981, in Vancouver and raised in Markham, Ontario. He began in commercials as a child before moving into Canadian and American television. His breakthrough as a troubled teenager in the 2001 drama Life as a House earned Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, while his performance as disgraced journalist Stephen Glass in Shattered Glass brought further acclaim. Christensen achieved international fame as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, portraying the Jedi's tragic transformation into Darth Vader. He later stepped back from Hollywood and devoted time to his Ontario farm. Nearly two decades after the prequels, Christensen returned as Anakin and Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka. His warmly received comeback let him revisit the character with maturity and reconnect with generations of Star Wars fans.