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.
Known for
Black Phone 2
The Grabber
Moon Knight
Arthur Harrow
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Efficient Man
Great Performances
Self
The Lowdown
Lee Raybon
The Black Phone
The Grabber
Blue Moon
Lorenz Hart
The Oscars
Self
Dead Poets Society
Todd Anderson
Batwheels
Batman (voice)
Sinister
Ellison Oswalt
Before Midnight
Jesse
Before Sunset
Jesse
Great Expectations
Finnegan Bell
Explained
Narrator (voice)
The Northman
King Aurvandil War-Raven
Total Recall
Hauser (long version only)
Before Sunrise
Jesse
The Purge
James Sandin
Training Day
Jake
The Magnificent Seven
Goodnight Robicheaux
The Purge
James Sandin
Waking Life
Jesse
Gattaca
Vincent Freeman
First Reformed
Pastor Ernst Toller
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Jolly the Pimp
Good Kill
Commandant Tom Egan
The Kid
Sheriff Pat Garrett
The Weight
Samuel Murphy
New York, I Love You
Writer
Explorers
Ben Crandall
Alive
Nando Parrado
At Sundance
Self
The Newton Boys
Jess Newton
The American Revolution
General Anthony Wayne (voice) / John Andrews (voice)
The American Revolution
voice
Predestination
The Bartender
Lord of War
Jack Valentine
Blaze
Radio DJ
Stockholm
Lars Nystrom
Regression
Bruce Kenner
She Dances
Brian
Leave the World Behind
Clay Sandford
Zeros and Ones
JJ / Justin
The Guilty
Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
Daybreakers
Edward Dalton
A Midnight Clear
Will Knott
Reservation Dogs
Rick Miller
Cymbeline
Iachimo
Mystery Date
Tom McHugh
Floundering
Jimmy
Born to Be Blue
Chet Baker
Brooklyn's Finest
Det. Sal Procida
The Hottest State
Vince
Hamlet
Hamlet
The Velocity of Gary
Nat
Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Alias
James Lennox
Getaway
Brent Magna
Tonight at Noon
Lefty
Chattanooga Strong
Narrator
Dad
Billy
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
Rich in Love
Wayne Frobiness
Staten Island
Sully
10,000 Saints
Les Horn
One Last Thing...
Earl Jameison (uncredited)
Boyhood
Dad
The Good Lord Bird
John Brown
White Fang
Jack Conroy
Bo' Selecta!
Self
Taking Lives
James Costa
Assault on Precinct 13
Sergeant Jake Roenick
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Self
Moby Dick
Starbuck
Waterland
Matthew Price
Joe the King
Len Coles
Maudie
Everett Lewis
Reality Bites
Troy Dyer
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Hank Hanson
Adopt a Highway
Russell Millings
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
Strange Way of Life
Jake
The Truth
Hank
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Jack Conroy (uncredited)
Quiz Show
Columbia Student (uncredited)
24 Hours to Live
Travis Conrad
Welcome Nowhere
Narrator
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Making of Daybreakers
Self
In a Valley of Violence
Paul
Let's Dance
Segment: "Table Manners"
The Phoenix Portal
Ben Crandall (archive footage)
Cut Throat City
Jackson Symms
Before the End
Self - Jesse
Revolver
Raymond & Ray
Ray
Maggie's Plan
John Harding
My Generation
Narrator
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Self
Fast Food Nation
Pete
The Last of the Tribe
William Phelan
Juliet, Naked
Tucker Crowe
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Self - Arthur Harrow
What Doesn't Kill You
Paulie
Snow Falling on Cedars
Ishmael Chambers
Seymour: An Introduction
Self
Shakespeare Uncovered
Self
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
Tape
Vin
The Phenom
Hopper Sr.
Invasion!
Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
Self
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Self
Search and Destroy
Roger
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
Chelsea Walls
Sam (voice) (uncredited)
The Woman in the Fifth
Tom Ricks
Waiting for Godot
Vladimir
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Self
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
Self
Lion's Den
Chris
The King
Self
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
The Jimmy Show
Ray
Twelve Years
Self
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Self
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Pat (voice)
After Before
Self
The Space in Between
Self
Hippies
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
Dead Poets: A Look Back
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
pollyDAYS
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Daily Show
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Conan
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self