Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood (September 24, 1946 – July 22, 2022) was an American sailor. He was the captain of the Exxon Valdez during its 1989 oil spill. He was accused of being drunk at the time of the accident, though at trial he was cleared of this charge.
While pondering how to clean up his image after one of his ships spills oil into the Gulf of Mexico in "Adoptation", one of Carter's colleagues shows him an instructional video with Hazelwood, detailing his background as the former captain of the Exxon Valdez and the 1987 Anchorage Ballroom Dance Champion.