Ethan Hawke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 6, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Austin, Texas, USA
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.
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Filmography
Tonight at Noon
Movie · as Lefty
The Last of the Tribe
Movie · as William Phelan
Revolver
Movie
Hippies
Movie · as Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
Movie
Training Day: Crossing the Line
Movie
The Weight
Movie · as Samuel Murphy
She Dances
Movie · as Brian
I, Object
Movie · as Little Ben (voice)
Deep in the Heart II: Texas Rivers
Movie
Each Day in a Moment: 2025
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Black Phone 2
Movie · as Grabber
Blue Moon
Movie · as Lorenz Hart
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Lowdown
TV · as Lee Raybon · 16 eps
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
The American Revolution
TV · as Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice) · 4 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Generation
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Leave the World Behind
Movie · as Clay Sandford
Strange Way of Life
Movie · as Jake
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Movie · as Self
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Movie · as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Movie · as Self - Arthur Harrow
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie · as Efficient Man
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Movie · as Self
The Northman
Movie · as King Aurvandil War-Raven
The Black Phone
Movie · as The Grabber
Raymond & Ray
Movie · as Ray
Moon Knight
TV · as Arthur Harrow · 6 eps
Batwheels
TV · as Batman (voice) · 98 eps
Zeros and Ones
Movie · as JJ / Justin
The Guilty
Movie · as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
Waiting for Godot
Movie · as Vladimir
Reservation Dogs
TV · as Rick Miller · 1 ep
Before the End
Movie · as Self - Jesse
Tesla
Movie · as Nikola Tesla
Cut Throat City
Movie · as Jackson Symms
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Movie
The Good Lord Bird
TV · as John Brown · 7 eps
Stockholm
Movie · as Lars Nystrom
The Kid
Movie · as Sheriff Pat Garrett
The Truth
Movie · as Hank
Adopt a Highway
Movie · as Russell Millings
Desus & Mero
TV · as Self - Illustrious Guest · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Juliet, Naked
Movie · as Tucker Crowe
First Reformed
Movie · as Pastor Ernst Toller
Blaze
Movie · as Radio DJ
Let's Dance
Movie · as Segment: "Table Manners"
Explained
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Purge
TV · as James Sandin · 1 ep
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Movie · as Jolly the Pimp
The Space in Between
Movie · as Self
24 Hours to Live
Movie · as Travis Conrad
After Before
Movie · as Self
Talking with Chris Hardwick
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Invasion!
Movie · as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
In a Valley of Violence
Movie · as Paul
Maggie's Plan
Movie · as John Harding
The Magnificent Seven
Movie · as Goodnight Robicheaux
Maudie
Movie · as Everett Lewis
The Phenom
Movie · as Hopper Sr.
Starring Austin Pendleton
Movie · as Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Movie · as Self
Quotidien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
10,000 Saints
Movie · as Les Horn
Good Kill
Movie · as Commandant Tom Egan
Regression
Movie · as Bruce Kenner
Born to Be Blue
Movie · as Chet Baker
Seymour: An Introduction
Movie · as Self
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
Movie · as Self
Chattanooga Strong
Movie · as Narrator
Twelve Years
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps
Boyhood
Movie · as Dad
Predestination
Movie · as The Bartender
Cymbeline
Movie · as Iachimo
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Movie · as Self - Actor
Dead Poets in NYC
Movie · as Self
In the Dark
Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Getaway
Movie · as Brent Magna
Before Midnight
Movie · as Jesse
The Purge
Movie · as James Sandin
Welcome Nowhere
Movie · as Narrator
Sinister
Movie · as Ellison Oswalt
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Movie · as Pat (voice)
Total Recall
Movie · as Hauser (long version only)
Shakespeare Uncovered
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Woman in the Fifth
Movie · as Tom Ricks
Moby Dick
TV · as Starbuck · 4 eps
Brooklyn's Finest
Movie · as Det. Sal Procida
Daybreakers
Movie · as Edward Dalton
The Making of Daybreakers
Movie · as Self
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Staten Island
Movie · as Sully
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
What Doesn't Kill You
Movie · as Paulie
Chelsea on the Rocks
Movie · as Self
New York, I Love You
Movie · as Writer
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Movie · as Self
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Movie · as Hank Hanson
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Movie · as Self
The Hottest State
Movie · as Vince
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Fast Food Nation
Movie · as Pete
The Phoenix Portal
Movie · as Ben Crandall (archive footage)
Lord of War
Movie · as Jack Valentine
Assault on Precinct 13
Movie · as Sergeant Jake Roenick
One Last Thing...
Movie · as Earl Jameison (uncredited)
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
Movie
Before Sunset
Movie · as Jesse
Taking Lives
Movie · as James Costa
pollyDAYS
Movie · as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Jimmy Show
Movie · as Ray
All the Love You Cannes!
Movie · as Self
Bo' Selecta!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Training Day
Movie · as Jake
Tape
Movie · as Vin
Waking Life
Movie · as Jesse
Chelsea Walls
Movie · as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
Alias
TV · as James Lennox · 1 ep
Hamlet
Movie · as Hamlet
Snow Falling on Cedars
Movie · as Ishmael Chambers
Joe the King
Movie · as Len Coles
The Velocity of Gary
Movie · as Nat
Great Expectations
Movie · as Finnegan Bell
The Newton Boys
Movie · as Jess Newton
Gattaca
Movie · as Vincent Freeman
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 6 eps
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Before Sunrise
Movie · as Jesse
Search and Destroy
Movie · as Roger
At Sundance
Movie · as Self
Reality Bites
Movie · as Troy Dyer
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Movie · as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
Floundering
Movie · as Jimmy
Quiz Show
Movie · as Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Alive
Movie · as Nando Parrado
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
A Midnight Clear
Movie · as Will Knott
Waterland
Movie · as Matthew Price
Rich in Love
Movie · as Wayne Frobiness
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 1 ep
White Fang
Movie · as Jack Conroy
Mystery Date
Movie · as Tom McHugh
Dead Poets Society
Movie · as Todd Anderson
Dad
Movie · as Billy
Lion's Den
Movie · as Chris
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Explorers
Movie · as Ben Crandall
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps