Jackie Earle Haley

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AKA: Jack Earle Haley
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 07/14/1961
Birthplace: Northridge, California, United States

biography

Jackie Earle Haley was known for playing scrappy, restless, juvenile delinquents in a series of high profile 1970s movies before essentially vanishing from the screen for 20 years. The major source of the teen’s fame was his role as a reluctant athlete in the “Bad News Bears” franchise, where he won over fans with his restless energy and bad attitude while looking as hardened and world-weary as a pimply 15-year-old could possibly look. Following Haley’s excellent dramatic performance in the acclaimed small town coming-of-age drama “Breaking Away” (1979), however, the actor was unable to parlay Continued

Credits

Shutter Island
George Noyce
2010
Watchmen
Walter Kovacs/Rorschach
2009
Little Children
Ronnie J McGorvey
2006
All The King's Men
Sugar Boy
2006
The Bad News Bears
Kelly Leak
1976
Damnation Alley
Billy
Fragments
Bob Jasperson
Breaking Away
Moocher
Dollman
Actor
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Kelly Leak
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Kelly Leak
Losin' It
Dave
Winners Take All
Actor
Playroom
From Story

milestones

Year
Milestone
1974 
Voiced Danny Day in the animated children's series, "These Are the Days" (ABC)
 
Voiced Greg Butler for the animated children's series, "Valley of the Dinosaurs" (CBS)
1975 
Debut feature in the John Schlesinger adaptation of Nathanael West's novel, "The Day of the Locust"
1976 
Played Kelly Leak, the motorcycle-riding, cigarette-smoking little leaguer in "The Bad News Bears"; re-created the role for two sequels
1979 
Played 'Moocher' in Peter Yates' acclaimed film, "Breaking Away"
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