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Ethan Hawke

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ethan Hawke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Nov 6, 1970 In Austin, Texas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
107
First Appeared:
In the movie Tonight at Noon
Latest Project:
Movie Black Phone 2 2025-10-16
Known For
Filmography
Series Blue Tilt 2025
Movie Black Phone 2 The Grabber 2025-10-16
Movie Tonight at Noon Lefty 2025
Movie Leave the World Behind Clay Sandford 2023-11-22
Movie Strange Way of Life Jake 2023-05-26
Movie Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short Self 2023-06-11
Movie Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight Self - Arthur Harrow 2022-05-24
Series Moon Knight Arthur Harrow 2022-03-30
Movie The Black Phone The Grabber 2022-06-17
Movie The Northman King Aurvandil War-Raven 2022-04-07
Movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Efficient Man 2022-11-23
Series The Last Movie Stars Self 2022-07-21
Series Batwheels Batman (voice) 2022-10-15
Movie Raymond & Ray Ray 2022-10-14
Movie Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone Self 2022-10-03
Movie Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb Self 2022-12-30
Movie The Guilty Sgt. Bill Miller (voice) 2021-09-24
Movie Zeros and Ones JJ / Justin 2021-11-18
Movie Tesla Nikola Tesla 2020-08-14
Movie Cut Throat City Jackson Symms 2020-07-31
Series The Good Lord Bird John Brown 2020-10-04
Movie Adopt a Highway Russell Millings 2019-11-01
Movie The Kid Sheriff Pat Garrett 2019-03-08
Movie Stockholm Lars Nystrom 2019-04-12
Movie The Truth Hank 2019-10-10
Movie The King Self 2018-06-22
Movie First Reformed Pastor Ernst Toller 2018-05-18
Movie Blaze Radio DJ 2018-08-17
Movie Let's Dance Segment: "Table Manners" 2018-12-06
Movie Juliet, Naked Tucker Crowe 2018-08-16
Movie After Before Self 2017-02-28
Movie 24 Hours to Live Travis Conrad 2017-10-26
Movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Jolly the Pimp 2017-07-20
Movie The Space in Between Self 2017-02-28
Movie Starring Austin Pendleton Self 2016-04-01
Movie Maggie's Plan John Harding 2016-04-27
Movie Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny Self 2016-08-05
Movie In a Valley of Violence Paul 2016-10-21
Movie The Magnificent Seven Goodnight Robicheaux 2016-09-14
Movie Maudie Everett Lewis 2016-06-16
Movie The Phenom Hopper Sr. 2016-06-24
Movie All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life Self 2015-02-10
Movie Good Kill Commandant Tom Egan 2015-04-09
Movie Regression Bruce Kenner 2015-10-01
Movie Born to Be Blue Chet Baker 2015-09-13
Movie 10,000 Saints Les Horn 2015-08-14
Movie Chattanooga Strong Narrator 2015-11-13
Movie Boyhood Dad 2014-06-05
Movie Predestination The Bartender 2014-08-28
Movie 21 Years: Richard Linklater Self - Actor 2014-11-07
Movie Cymbeline Iachimo 2014-09-03
Movie Getaway Brent Magna 2013-08-29
Movie Before Midnight Jesse 2013-04-05
Movie The Purge James Sandin 2013-05-31
Movie Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012-02-04
Movie Total Recall Carl Hauser (director’s cut) 2012-08-02
Movie Sinister Ellison Oswalt 2012-03-29
Movie Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God Pat (voice) 2012-11-16
Series Moby Dick Starbuck 2011-05-08
Movie The Woman in the Fifth Tom Ricks 2011-09-11
Movie Daybreakers Edward Dalton 2010-01-06
Movie The Making of Daybreakers Self 2010-05-11
Movie Brooklyn's Finest Det. Sal Procida 2010-03-04
Movie Staten Island Sully 2009-02-07
Movie Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made Self 2008-04-15
Movie What Doesn't Kill You Paulie 2008-12-12
Movie New York, I Love You Writer 2008-09-06
Movie Chelsea on the Rocks Self 2008-05-23
Movie The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' Self 2007-02-07
Movie Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Hank Hanson 2007-09-26
Movie The Hottest State Vince 2006-09-02
Movie Fast Food Nation Pete 2006-11-17
Movie One Last Thing... Earl Jameison (uncredited) 2005-09-12
Movie Assault on Precinct 13 Sergeant Jake Roenick 2005-01-19
Movie Lord of War Jack Valentine 2005-09-16
Movie Before Sunset Jesse 2004-06-16
Movie Taking Lives James Costa 2004-03-19
Movie The Jimmy Show Ray 2002-01-16
Movie All the Love You Cannes! Self 2002-05-16
Movie Tape Vin 2001-11-02
Movie Chelsea Walls Sam (voice) (uncredited) 2001-09-21
Movie Training Day Jake 2001-10-05
Movie Waking Life Jesse 2001-10-19
Movie Hamlet Hamlet 2000-05-12
Movie The Velocity of Gary Nat 1999-07-16
Movie Joe the King Len Coles 1999-01-22
Movie Snow Falling on Cedars Ishmael Chambers 1999-12-22
Movie Great Expectations Finnegan Bell 1998-01-30
Movie The Newton Boys Jess Newton 1998-03-26
Movie Gattaca Vincent Freeman 1997-09-07
Movie At Sundance Self 1995-01-01
Movie Before Sunrise Jesse 1995-01-27
Movie Search and Destroy Roger 1995-04-23
Movie Reality Bites Troy Dyer 1994-02-18
Movie White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf Jack Conroy (uncredited) 1994-04-15
Movie Quiz Show Columbia Student (uncredited) 1994-08-25
Movie Floundering Jimmy 1994-11-04
Movie Alive Nando Parrado 1993-01-15
Movie Waterland Matthew Price 1992-08-21
Movie A Midnight Clear Will Knott 1992-04-24
Movie Rich in Love Wayne Frobiness 1992-09-04
Movie White Fang Jack Conroy 1991-01-18
Movie Mystery Date Tom McHugh 1991-08-16
Movie Dead Poets Society Todd Anderson 1989-06-02
Movie Dad Billy 1989-10-27
Movie Lion's Den Chris 1988-01-01
Movie Explorers Ben Crandall 1985-07-12