Ethan Hawke
- Acting
- November 6, 1970 · Austin, Texas, USA
Biography
Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer and director. He made his feature film debut in 1985 with the science fiction movie Explorers, before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society which is considered his breakthrough role. He then appeared in such films as White Fang (1991), A Midnight Clear (1992), and Alive (1993) before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites, for which he gained critical acclaim. In 1995, he starred in the romantic drama Before Sunrise, and later in its sequel Before Sunset (2004). In 2001, Hawke was cast as a rookie police officer in Training Day, for which he received a Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category. Other films have included the science fiction feature Gattaca (1997), the title role in Michael Almereyda's Hamlet (2000), the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), and the crime drama Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007). Hawke has appeared in many theater productions including The Seagull, Henry IV, Hurlyburly, The Cherry Orchard, The Winter's Tale and The Coast of Utopia, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination. He made his directorial debut with the 2002 independent feature Chelsea Walls. In November 2007 Hawke directed his first play, Jonathan Marc Sherman's Things We Want. Aside from acting, he has written two novels, The Hottest State (1996) and Ash Wednesday (2002). Between 1998 and 2004, Hawke was married to actress Uma Thurman.
Known for
Filmography
- Deep in the Heart II: Texas Rivers
- The Weight · Samuel Murphy
- I, Object · Little Ben (Voice)
- She Dances · Brian
- Each Day in a Moment: 2025 · Self
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors · Self
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies · Self
- The American Revolution · Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (Voice)
- Blue Moon · Lorenz Hart
- Black Phone 2 · Grabber
- The Lowdown · Lee Raybon, Executive producer
- Highway 99: A Double Album · Director
- King Hamlet · Executive producer
- Vietnam: The War That Changed America · Self
- My Generation · Self
- Wildcat · Director, Producer
- Leave the World Behind · Clay Sandford
- Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short · Self
- Strange Way of Life · Jake
- Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb · Self
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery · Efficient Man
- Batwheels · Batman (Voice)
- Raymond & Ray · Ray
- Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone · Self
- The Last Movie Stars · Director
- The Black Phone · The Grabber
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight · Self
- The Northman · King Aurvandil War-Raven
- Moon Knight · Arthur Harrow
- Zeros and Ones · JJ / Justin
- The Guilty · Sgt. Bill Miller (Voice)
- Reservation Dogs · Rick Miller
- Waiting for Godot · Vladimir
- The Good Lord Bird · John Brown, Executive producer
- Tesla · Nikola Tesla
- Cut Throat City · Jackson Symms
- Before the End · Self
- Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
- Adopt a Highway · Russell Millings, Producer
- The Truth · Hank
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Stockholm · Lars Nystrom
- The Kid · Sheriff Pat Garrett
- Desus & Mero · Self
- Let's Dance · Segment: "Table Manners"
- The Purge · James Sandin
- Blaze · Radio DJ, Director
- Juliet, Naked · Tucker Crowe
- Explained · Narrator (Voice)
- First Reformed · Pastor Ernst Toller
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters · Self
- 24 Hours to Live · Travis Conrad
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets · Jolly the Pimp
- Talking with Chris Hardwick · Self
- The Space in Between · Self
- After Before · Self
- In a Valley of Violence · Paul
- The Magnificent Seven · Goodnight Robicheaux
- Quotidien · Self
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny · Self
- The Phenom · Hopper Sr.
- Maudie · Everett Lewis
- Maggie's Plan · John Harding
- Invasion! · Voice of the Cosmos (Voice)
- Starring Austin Pendleton · Self
- Chattanooga Strong · Narrator
- Regression · Bruce Kenner
- Born to Be Blue · Chet Baker
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- 10,000 Saints · Les Horn
- Good Kill · Commandant Tom Egan
- Seymour: An Introduction · Self, Director
- All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life · Self
- Twelve Years · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater · Self
- Cymbeline · Iachimo
- Predestination · The Bartender
- Dead Poets in NYC · Self
- Boyhood · Dad