Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk is my favorite kind of legend: the one who kept showing up after the trick. Landing the first documented 900 in 1999 would have been enough for most careers, but Hawk used that moment to build Birdhouse, license a video game series that put skateboarding into millions of living rooms, and effectively legitimize an entire subculture. What seals it for me is his temperament, answering strangers who doubt he is really Tony Hawk with grace every single time. Few pioneers stay that humble while their sport grows all the way to the Olympics. He remains the blueprint for the athlete as ambassador.

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Name (English)

Tony Hawk

Name (Japanese)

トニー・ホーク

Reading

とにー・ほーく

Born

May 12, 1968 (age 58)

Origin

San Diego, California, United States

Height

192 cm

Occupation

skateboarder / entrepreneur / actor / businessperson / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Monkey

High school

Torrey Pines High School

Awards & achievements

• James Joyce Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.tonyhawk.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tonyhawk/
• Xhttps://x.com/tonyhawk
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Hawk
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295020

Tags

• California
• skateboarder
• entrepreneur
• actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.