Star Wars Actor Hayden Christensen Reveals His Favorite Video Games

Actor Hayden Christensen, who is best known for playing Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the Star Wars series, has revealed his favorite video games. Speaking to Wired, Christensen said he doesn't play as much these days, but has fond memories of a few franchises in particular.

"I used to play a lot of video games. Not so much any more, ever since I became a dad. I was big into Call of Duty, Halo, and then FIFA. FIFA was kind of my go-to. Manchester United was the team I usually played with."

Christensen has one child, a daughter, whom he co-parents with his former partner, the actress Rachel Bilson. Christensen became a father in 2014, so people are theorizing what specific Halo and Call of Duty games he might have been playing before he became a father. We don't know for sure, but fans are having fun joking that they might have been matched up with Christensen in Halo 3 back in the day.

The Star Wars prequels featuring Christensen were not received very positively when they were released in the early 2000s, but Christensen and others have said fans have come around more to them in recent times. Christensen came back to play Darth Vader again in 2023's Ob-Wan Kenobi TV series and 2023's Ahsoka show.