Ethan Hawke
Actor

Ethan Hawke

15 Movies
2 TV Shows
17 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 17
Birthday November 6, 1970 (55 years old)
Place of Birth Austin, Texas, USA
Also Known As Ethan Green Hawke
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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.

Filmography (158)

The Weight 2026
She Dances 2026
I, Object 2026
Black Phone 2 2025
Blue Moon 2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies 2025
The Lowdown 2025
Vietnam: The War That Changed America 2025
The American Revolution 2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors 2025
My Generation 2024
Leave the World Behind 2023
Strange Way of Life 2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short 2023
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb 2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight 2022
Luna Moth (Performance Film) 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone 2022
The Northman 2022
The Black Phone 2022
Raymond & Ray 2022
Moon Knight 2022
Batwheels 2022
Zeros and Ones 2021
The Guilty 2021
Waiting for Godot 2021
Reservation Dogs 2021
Before the End 2020
Tesla 2020
Cut Throat City 2020
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room 2020
The Good Lord Bird 2020
Stockholm 2019
The Kid 2019
The Truth 2019
Adopt a Highway 2019
Desus & Mero 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Juliet, Naked 2018
First Reformed 2018
The King 2018
Blaze 2018
Let's Dance 2018
Explained 2018
The Purge 2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters 2018
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 2017
The Space in Between 2017
24 Hours to Live 2017
After Before 2017
Talking with Chris Hardwick 2017
Invasion! 2016
In a Valley of Violence 2016
Maggie's Plan 2016
The Magnificent Seven 2016
Maudie 2016
The Phenom 2016
Starring Austin Pendleton 2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny 2016
10,000 Saints 2015
Good Kill 2015
Regression 2015
Born to Be Blue 2015
Seymour: An Introduction 2015
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life 2015
Chattanooga Strong 2015
Twelve Years 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
Boyhood 2014
Predestination 2014
Cymbeline 2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2014
Getaway 2013
Before Midnight 2013
The Purge 2013
Welcome Nowhere 2013
Sinister 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God 2012
Total Recall 2012
Shakespeare Uncovered 2012
The Woman in the Fifth 2011
Moby Dick 2011
Brooklyn's Finest 2010
Daybreakers 2010
The Making of Daybreakers 2010
Conan 2010
Staten Island 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 2009
What Doesn't Kill You 2008
Chelsea on the Rocks 2008
New York, I Love You 2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made 2008
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' 2007
The Hottest State 2007
The Graham Norton Show 2007
Fast Food Nation 2006
The Phoenix Portal 2005
Lord of War 2005
Assault on Precinct 13 2005
One Last Thing... 2005
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes 2005
Before Sunset 2004
Taking Lives 2004
pollyDAYS 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
The Jimmy Show 2002
All the Love You Cannes! 2002
Bo' Selecta! 2002
Training Day 2001
Tape 2001
Waking Life 2001
Chelsea Walls 2001
Alias 2001
Hamlet 2000
Snow Falling on Cedars 1999
Joe the King 1999
The Velocity of Gary 1999
Great Expectations 1998
The Newton Boys 1998
Gattaca 1997
The View 1997
The Daily Show 1996
Before Sunrise 1995 Search and Destroy 1995
At Sundance 1995
Reality Bites 1994
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf 1994
Floundering 1994
Quiz Show 1994
Inside the Actors Studio 1994
Alive 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993
A Midnight Clear 1992
Waterland 1992
Rich in Love 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
White Fang 1991
Mystery Date 1991
Dead Poets Society 1989
Dad 1989
Lion's Den 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
Explorers 1985
Great Performances 1971
The Oscars 1953
Tonight at Noon
The Last of the Tribe
Revolver
Hippies
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes