Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 06, 1970
Place of Birth
Austin, Texas, USA
Credits
165 titles
Ethan Hawke
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
Filmography
The Weight
Samuel Murphy
I, Object
Little Ben (voice)
She Dances
Brian
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
The American Revolution
Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)
Blue Moon
Lorenz Hart
Black Phone 2
The Grabber
The Lowdown
Lee Raybon
King Hamlet
Executive Producer
Highway 99: A Double Album
Director
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Self - Narrator (voice)
My Generation
Self - Narrator (voice)
Wildcat
Director
Leave the World Behind
Clay Sandford
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
Strange Way of Life
Jake
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Self
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Efficient Man
Batwheels
Batman (voice)
Raymond & Ray
Ray
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Self
The Last Movie Stars
Director
The Black Phone
The Grabber
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Self - Arthur Harrow
The Northman
King Aurvandil War-Raven
Moon Knight
Arthur Harrow
Zeros and Ones
JJ / Justin
The Guilty
Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
Reservation Dogs
Rick Miller
Waiting for Godot
Vladimir
The Good Lord Bird
John Brown
Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Cut Throat City
Jackson Symms
Before the End
Self - Jesse
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Adopt a Highway
Russell Millings
The Truth
Hank
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Stockholm
Lars Nystrom
The Kid
Sheriff Pat Garrett
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
Let's Dance
Segment: "Table Manners"
The Purge
James Sandin
Blaze
Radio DJ
Juliet, Naked
Tucker Crowe
The King
Self
Explained
Narrator (voice)
First Reformed
Pastor Ernst Toller
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self