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