Ethan Hawke
Acting
Born: November 6, 1970 (age 55) · Austin, Texas, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Dead Poets Society
1989
The Purge
2013
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
Predestination
2014
Gattaca
1997
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
Training Day
2001
The Magnificent Seven
2016
Sinister
2012
The Black Phone
2022
Total Recall
2012
Boyhood
2014
Photos (18)
Movies (92)
Dead Poets Society
Todd Anderson
The Magnificent Seven
Goodnight Robicheaux
Leave the World Behind
Clay Sandford
Sinister
Ellison Oswalt
Black Phone 2
Albert Shaw / The Grabber
The Northman
King Aurvandil War-Raven
Before Sunrise
Jesse
Training Day
Jake
Predestination
The Bartender
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Efficient Man
The Black Phone
Albert Shaw / The Grabber
Gattaca
Vincent Freeman
The Purge
James Sandin
Lord of War
Jack Valentine
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Jolly the Pimp
Total Recall
Hauser (long version only)
Brooklyn's Finest
Det. Sal Procida
Blue Moon
Lorenz Hart
The Guilty
Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
Before Sunset
Jesse
New York, I Love You
Writer
Boyhood
Dad
Daybreakers
Edward Dalton
Before Midnight
Jesse
Alive
Nando Parrado
Assault on Precinct 13
Sergeant Jake Roenick
Taking Lives
James Costa
Quiz Show
Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Hank Hanson
Great Expectations
Finnegan Bell
24 Hours to Live
Travis Conrad
Stockholm
Lars Nystrom
White Fang
Jack Conroy
The Kid
Sheriff Pat Garrett
In a Valley of Violence
Paul
Regression
Bruce Kenner
First Reformed
Pastor Ernst Toller
Good Kill
Commandant Tom Egan
Juliet, Naked
Tucker Crowe
Strange Way of Life
Jake
Reality Bites
Troy Dyer
Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Waking Life
Jesse
What Doesn't Kill You
Paulie
Raymond & Ray
Ray
The Truth
Hank
Explorers
Ben Crandall
Cut Throat City
Jackson Symms
Adopt a Highway
Russell Millings
Maudie
Everett Lewis
Snow Falling on Cedars
Ishmael Chambers
Maggie's Plan
John Harding
Zeros and Ones
JJ / Justin
Getaway
Brent Magna
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Jack Conroy (uncredited)
10,000 Saints
Les Horn
Fast Food Nation
Pete
She Dances
Brian
Dad
Billy
Born to Be Blue
Chet Baker
Cymbeline
Iachimo
The Newton Boys
Jess Newton
Blaze
Radio DJ
Joe the King
Len Coles
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Hamlet
Hamlet
Staten Island
Sully
I, Object
Little Ben (voice)
A Midnight Clear
Will Knott
The Phenom
Hopper Sr.
The Hottest State
Vince
The Woman in the Fifth
Tom Ricks
Mystery Date
Tom McHugh
Welcome Nowhere
Narrator
One Last Thing...
Earl Jameison (uncredited)
Chelsea Walls
Sam (voice) (uncredited)
Search and Destroy
Roger
The Velocity of Gary
Nat
Tape
Vin
Let's Dance
Segment: "Table Manners"
Waterland
Matthew Price
The Jimmy Show
Ray
The Phoenix Portal
Ben Crandall (archive footage)
Rich in Love
Wayne Frobiness
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Pat (voice)
Waiting for Godot
Vladimir
Floundering
Jimmy
Lion's Den
Chris
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
2020
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
2005
Chattanooga Strong
Narrator
Invasion!
Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
TV Shows (11)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
Batwheels
Batman (voice) · 83 eps
Moon Knight
Arthur Harrow · 6 eps
The Lowdown
Lee Raybon · 16 eps
Reservation Dogs
Rick Miller · 1 eps
Explained
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
The Purge
James Sandin · 1 eps
Alias
James Lennox · 1 eps
The American Revolution
Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice) · 4 eps
The Good Lord Bird
John Brown · 7 eps
Moby Dick
Starbuck · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (51)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 5 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 5 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 7 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Conan
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 3 eps
The View
Self · 4 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 6 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self · 1 eps
Bo' Selecta!
Self · 1 eps
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Self · 1 eps
My Generation
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Shakespeare Uncovered
Self · 1 eps
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Self - Arthur Harrow
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
The King
Self
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Self
Seymour: An Introduction
Self
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
At Sundance
Self
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Self
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
Self
Twelve Years
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
The Making of Daybreakers
Self
Before the End
Self - Jesse
After Before
Self
The Space in Between
Self
pollyDAYS
Self
