[1] His father Michael worked on the Bell Island Ferry, and his mother Mary was an elementary school teacher and former nun.

From there, director Danielle Irvine encouraged the young actor to audition for the National Theatre School where he was one of 13 selected from thousands of applicants that year.

Hawco is co-creator with Perry Chafe and Malcolm MacRury, executive producer, lead actor, head writer as well as the show's showrunner.

In 2016, Hawco's production company in Newfoundland produced the Netflix original series: Frontier, starring Jason Momoa.

[12] Caught's other screen writers include Hawco's writing partner Perry Chafe, John Krizanc, Julia Cohan, and Adriana Maggs.

[13] In 2019, Hawco starred as "Coyote" in the Amazon Prime TV series Jack Ryan alongside John Krasinski and Wendell Pierce.