The results were that Tony was "gifted", as he was tested with an IQ of 144,[14] so school advisers recommended placing him in advanced classes.

Hawk's skills developed, and he made his television debut on Captain Kangaroo as "Skateboard Johnny" in 1981.

With the money he made from skateboarding, Hawk bought his first house during his senior year in high school.

[21] Hawk was invited to US president Barack Obama's June 2009 Father's Day celebration and skated in the hallways of the nearby Old Executive Office Building on the White House grounds.

[30] In July 2021, Hawk briefly ended his competitive retirement to participate in the Vert Best Trick event at that year's X Games, finishing in fourth place out of nine competitors.

In the fifth game in the series, Underground, Hawk is a minor non-player character whom the player meets in Tampa, Florida, and skates against.

In 1987, Hawk made a brief appearance in the movie Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol with David Spade.

In 2002, he appeared in Neal H. Moritz's and Christopher Gilcrest's film xXx playing the role of one of Xander Cage's stuntman friends.

Hawk made a brief cameo appearance in Lords of Dogtown as an astronaut, where he is shown comically falling off the skateboard as he is a "rookie".

Hawk was featured as an extra in the "Weird Al" Yankovic video "Smells Like Nirvana".

Hawk also guest voiced on The Simpsons episode "Barting Over", where he played himself, along with fellow San Diegans Blink-182.

In the episode, Hawk lends Homer a new board from his brand where complete rookies are able to perform at the top levels.

On the PBS Kids show Cyberchase, Hawk guest-starred as Slider's long-lost father Coop.

Hawk hosted Cartoon Network's "Hall of Game" sports award show on February 25, 2011.

Hawk reappeared on another Epic Meal Time video on July 20, 2013, as a guest on the educational cooking show Handle It.

Hawk appeared in the TV series Breaking In, The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, The Cleveland Show, Sesame Street, and So Random!.

In 2015, Hawk acted as a stunt double for Will Ferrell during a skateboarding scene in the film Daddy's Home.

[48] On March 27, 2024, Hawk made an appearance on AEW Dynamite in a pre-taped segment with Darby Allin.

[51] The ride was originally billed as the "Tony Hawk experience" and was designed to have the look and feel of a giant red-and-black skatepark.

[53] In February 2018, New York magazine reported that Hawk was working with Jeremy Burge to help design Emojipedia's skateboard emoji[54] after the company's initial design was criticized by Hawk as "a skateboard you would buy at a department store in the '80s.

[59] In 2023, Hawk joined Goldfinger on stage and sang "Superman" during their performances at House of Blues[60] and at the When We Were Young Festival.

[61] He also performed "Superman" and a cover of Agent Orange's "Bloodstains" with Australian band Birdman, during his tour An Evening with Tony Hawk across Australia in January 2024.

"[65] In an interview for the online series Free Lunch, produced by Hawk's RIDE Channel, professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds said: Tony Hawk—he's like, basically, to me it says, "You can be a skater and take over everything and be, you know ... and use skateboarding to be a businessman, a role model to young people," um, he's just the best.

[76] Hawk married his fourth wife, Cathy Goodman, on June 27, 2015, in a ceremony in Limerick, Ireland.

[85] In 2007, Hawk, Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Jeff Gordon, Mia Hamm, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning, and Cal Ripken Jr. founded the charity Athletes for Hope,[86] an organization that aims to inspire all people to volunteer and support their communities through the actions of professional athletes.

In 2020, the Tony Hawk Foundation changed its name to The Skatepark Project to better describe the organization's mission.

[87] Since then, Hawk has frequently struggled with keeping his relevancy, often feeling the hardships of making it as a pro-skateboarder at over 50 years of age.

With his physical capabilities slowly dwindling, and the idea of possible sponsorships seeming less achievable, he decided to make other financial decisions.

[88] In 2023, Hawk auctioned a signed photograph of himself and Rick Thorne, with 50% of the proceeds to be donated to the Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund.