Ethan Hawke
Acting
- Born:
- 1970-11-06
- Place of birth:
- 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
I, Object
She Dances
Each Day in a Moment: 2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
The American Revolution
Blue Moon
Black Phone 2
The Lowdown
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
My Generation
Leave the World Behind
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Strange Way of Life
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Batwheels
Raymond & Ray
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
The Black Phone
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
The Northman
Moon Knight
Zeros and Ones
The Guilty
Reservation Dogs
Waiting for Godot
The Good Lord Bird
Tesla
Cut Throat City
Before the End
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Adopt a Highway
The Truth
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Stockholm
The Kid
Desus & Mero
Let's Dance
The Purge
Blaze
Juliet, Naked
Explained
First Reformed
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
24 Hours to Live
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Talking with Chris Hardwick
The Space in Between
After Before
In a Valley of Violence
The Magnificent Seven
Quotidien
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
The Phenom
Maudie
Maggie's Plan
Invasion!
Starring Austin Pendleton
Chattanooga Strong
Regression
Born to Be Blue
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
10,000 Saints
Good Kill
Seymour: An Introduction
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
Twelve Years
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Cymbeline
Predestination
Dead Poets in NYC
Boyhood
Late Night with Seth Meyers
In the Dark
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Welcome Nowhere
Getaway
The Purge
Before Midnight
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Sinister
Total Recall
Shakespeare Uncovered
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
The Woman in the Fifth
Moby Dick
Conan
The Making of Daybreakers
Brooklyn's Finest
Daybreakers
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Staten Island
What Doesn't Kill You
New York, I Love You
Chelsea on the Rocks
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Hottest State
The Graham Norton Show
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Fast Food Nation
Lord of War
One Last Thing...
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
Assault on Precinct 13
The Phoenix Portal
Before Sunset
Taking Lives
pollyDAYS
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bo' Selecta!
All the Love You Cannes!
The Jimmy Show
Tape
Waking Life
Training Day
Alias
Chelsea Walls
Hamlet
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Velocity of Gary
Joe the King
The Newton Boys
Great Expectations
The View
Gattaca
The Daily Show
Search and Destroy
Before Sunrise
At Sundance
Floundering
Quiz Show
Inside the Actors Studio
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Reality Bites
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Alive
Rich in Love
Waterland
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
A Midnight Clear
Mystery Date
White Fang
Dad
Dead Poets Society
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Lion's Den
Explorers
Great Performances
The Oscars
Tonight at Noon
The Last of the Tribe
Revolver
Hippies
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
Training Day: Crossing the Line