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Ethan Hawke

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.

Birthday: 1970-11-06

Place of birth: Austin, Texas, USA

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Know for department: Acting

Also known as: Ethan Green Hawke, E. Hawke, Этан Хоук, ایتن هاک, ایتان هاک, Ήθαν Χοκ, ایتن هاوک, ایثن هاک

Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise

1995-01-27

Jesse

Before Sunset
Before Sunset

2004-06-16

Jesse

Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society

1989-06-02

Todd Anderson

Training Day
Training Day

2001-10-05

Jake

Gattaca
Gattaca

1997-09-07

Vincent Freeman

The Phoenix Portal
The Phoenix Portal

2005-01-01

Ben Crandall (archive footage)

Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars

1999-12-22

Ishmael Chambers

Lord of War
Lord of War

2005-09-16

Jack Valentine

Hamlet
Hamlet

2000-05-12

Hamlet

Reality Bites
Reality Bites

1994-02-18

Troy Dyer

Total Recall
Total Recall

2012-08-02

Carl Hauser (director’s cut)

Taking Lives
Taking Lives

2004-03-19

James Costa

Dad
Dad

1989-10-27

Billy

A Midnight Clear
A Midnight Clear

1992-04-24

Will Knott

Alive
Alive

1993-01-15

Nando Parrado

Tape
Tape

2001-11-02

Vin

Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation

2006-11-17

Pete

White Fang
White Fang

1991-01-18

Jack Conroy

Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13

2005-01-19

Sergeant Jake Roenick

Great Expectations
Great Expectations

1998-01-30

Finnegan Bell

Brooklyn's Finest
Brooklyn's Finest

2010-03-04

Det. Sal Procida

Staten Island
Staten Island

2009-02-07

Sully

Explorers
Explorers

1985-07-12

Ben Crandall

The Newton Boys
The Newton Boys

1998-03-26

Jess Newton

What Doesn't Kill You
What Doesn't Kill You

2008-12-12

Paulie

Before the End
Before the End

2020-05-24

Self - Jesse

Daybreakers
Daybreakers

2010-01-06

Edward Dalton

Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind

2023-11-22

Clay Sandford

Mystery Date
Mystery Date

1991-08-16

Tom McHugh

The Woman in the Fifth
The Woman in the Fifth

2011-09-11

Tom Ricks

Joe the King
Joe the King

1999-01-22

Len Coles

Sinister
Sinister

2012-03-29

Ellison Oswalt

Boyhood
Boyhood

2014-06-05

Dad

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012-02-04

(archive footage)

The Jimmy Show
The Jimmy Show

2002-01-16

Ray

Chelsea on the Rocks
Chelsea on the Rocks

2008-05-23

Self

Getaway
Getaway

2013-08-29

Brent Magna

Waterland
Waterland

1992-08-21

Matthew Price

Before Midnight
Before Midnight

2013-04-05

Jesse

The Purge
The Purge

2013-05-31

James Sandin

Rich in Love
Rich in Love

1992-09-04

Wayne Frobiness

Predestination
Predestination

2014-08-28

The Bartender

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

1994-04-15

Jack Conroy (uncredited)

10,000 Saints
10,000 Saints

2015-08-14

Les Horn

Good Kill
Good Kill

2015-04-09

Commandant Tom Egan

Cymbeline
Cymbeline

2014-09-03

Iachimo

Regression
Regression

2015-10-01

Bruce Kenner

Strange Way of Life
Strange Way of Life

2023-05-26

Jake

Search and Destroy
Search and Destroy

1995-04-23

Roger

Invasion!
Invasion!

2016-04-01

Voice of the Cosmos (voice)

Floundering
Floundering

1994-11-04

Jimmy

Black Phone 2
Black Phone 2

2025-10-15

The Grabber

New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You

2008-09-06

Writer

Welcome Nowhere
Welcome Nowhere

2013-09-28

Narrator

pollyDAYS
pollyDAYS

2003-08-14

Self

Maggie's Plan
Maggie's Plan

2016-04-27

John Harding

Lion's Den
Lion's Den

1988-01-01

Chris

Batso
Batso

Warren 'Batso' Harding

The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven

2016-09-14

Goodnight Robicheaux

Born to Be Blue
Born to Be Blue

2015-09-13

Chet Baker

Maudie
Maudie

2016-06-16

Everett Lewis

The Hottest State
The Hottest State

2007-06-27

Vince

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022-11-23

Efficient Man

21 Years: Richard Linklater
21 Years: Richard Linklater

2014-11-07

Self - Actor

The Last of the Tribe
The Last of the Tribe

William Phelan

The Phenom
The Phenom

2016-06-24

Hopper Sr.

Blue Moon
Blue Moon

2025-10-17

Lorenz Hart

Stockholm
Stockholm

2019-04-12

Lars Nystrom

Juliet, Naked
Juliet, Naked

2018-08-16

Tucker Crowe

The Space in Between
The Space in Between

2017-02-28

Self

First Reformed
First Reformed

2018-05-18

Pastor Ernst Toller

The King
The King

2018-06-22

Self

24 Hours to Live
24 Hours to Live

2017-10-26

Travis Conrad

At Sundance
At Sundance

1995-01-01

Self

The Kid
The Kid

2019-03-08

Sheriff Pat Garrett

Blaze
Blaze

2018-08-17

Radio DJ

Tesla
Tesla

2020-08-14

Nikola Tesla

The Truth
The Truth

2019-10-10

Hank

Chattanooga Strong
Chattanooga Strong

2015-11-13

Narrator

Cut Throat City
Cut Throat City

2020-07-31

Jackson Symms

Adopt a Highway
Adopt a Highway

2019-11-01

Russell Millings

Let's Dance
Let's Dance

2018-12-06

Segment: "Table Manners"

Quiz Show
Quiz Show

1994-08-25

Columbia Student (uncredited)

After Before
After Before

2017-02-28

Self

Waking Life
Waking Life

2001-10-19

Jesse

Chelsea Walls
Chelsea Walls

2001-09-21

Sam (voice) (uncredited)

The Northman
The Northman

2022-04-07

King Aurvandil War-Raven

Zeros and Ones
Zeros and Ones

2021-11-18

JJ / Justin

The Guilty
The Guilty

2021-09-24

Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)

Twelve Years
Twelve Years

2015-01-06

Self

The Black Phone
The Black Phone

2022-06-17

The Grabber

One Last Thing...
One Last Thing...

2005-09-12

Earl Jameison (uncredited)

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot

2021-05-06

Vladimir

Raymond & Ray
Raymond & Ray

2022-10-14

Ray

She Dances
She Dances

2025-06-05

Brian

Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Art-House America: Austin Film Society

2023-05-01

Self (Archive Footage)