Published 17:58 IST, December 25th 2021

Mark Hamill shares picture of his first-ever 'professional' Christmas gig in 5th Grade

Mark Hamill recently took to his Twitter handle and dropped a picture of his first-ever 'professional' gig working for a department store's Christmas section.

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Actor Mark Hamill, who is best kwn for portraying Luke Skywalker in  Star Wars franchise, recently took to his Twitter handle and dropped a picture of his first-ever 'professional' gig, while he worked for a department store's Christmas section. In picture, he can be seen showing himself as a bright-eyed young kid donning a shiny outfit and posing in front of a brick wall. 

Mark Hamill drops a picture of his first-ever acting gig

Taking to micro-blogging site, Mark Hamill while sharing throwback picture revealed that he earned $5 playing Santa's helper at a department store in 5th grade, thus this Christmas Eve reveal is perfectly timed. actor revealed that this made him consider himself a professional from that very moment, "even though (he) didn't become an actual union member until 9 years later."

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Hamill is an active Twitter user and his contributions to internet have been adorable. Earlier, in October, he replied to a Twitter user who goes by name @isuperebba. A user on microblogging site had shared a screenshot of a post about actor. While sharing post, Twitter user wrote, "everything i learn about @HamillHimself just proves to me that he’s at least top 5 people in world". In his response, actor Mark Hamill wrote, "You give me WAY too much credit. Given chance, wouldn't YOU jump at chance to make someone's day just by simply showing up?".

Meanwhile, for unversed, Mark Hamill continues to have a robust career even today. He has played a variety of high-profile villains in voices like Joker in Batman: Animated Series, Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar: Last Airbender, and Chucky in  2019 remake of Child's Play. Between 2020 and 2021, actor has been featured in a total of over 11 projects such as in an episode of  FX horror-comedy What We Do in Shadows, lending his voice for character, Skeletor in Masters of Universe: Revelation, Disney+'s  Mandalorian. He will next be seen in Coming up, and will also be appearing in Edgar Allan Poe miniseries,  Fall of House of Usher.

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17:58 IST, December 25th 2021