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Ethan Hawke

Acting 55 years old Austin, Texas, USA ★ 4.8
Born: November 6, 1970

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (160)

The Weight
The Weight Samuel Murphy 2026
She Dances
She Dances Brian 2026
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors Self 2025
The American Revolution
The American Revolution Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice) 2025
Blue Moon
Blue Moon Lorenz Hart 2025
Black Phone 2
Black Phone 2 The Grabber 2025
The Lowdown
The Lowdown Lee Raybon 2025
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Vietnam: The War That Changed America Self - Narrator (voice) 2025
My Generation
My Generation Narrator 2024
Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind Clay Sandford 2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short Self 2023
Strange Way of Life
Strange Way of Life Jake 2023
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb Self 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Efficient Man 2022
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
Luna Moth (Performance Film) Self 2022
Batwheels
Batwheels Batman (voice) 2022
Raymond & Ray
Raymond & Ray Ray 2022
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone Self 2022
The Black Phone
The Black Phone The Grabber 2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight Self - Arthur Harrow 2022
The Northman
The Northman King Aurvandil War-Raven 2022
Moon Knight
Moon Knight Arthur Harrow 2022
Zeros and Ones
Zeros and Ones JJ / Justin 2021
The Guilty
The Guilty Sgt. Bill Miller (voice) 2021
Reservation Dogs
Reservation Dogs Rick Miller 2021
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot Vladimir 2021
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird John Brown 2020
Tesla
Tesla Nikola Tesla 2020
Cut Throat City
Cut Throat City Jackson Symms 2020
Before the End
Before the End Self - Jesse 2020
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room 2020
Adopt a Highway
Adopt a Highway Russell Millings 2019
The Truth
The Truth Hank 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
Stockholm
Stockholm Lars Nystrom 2019
The Kid
The Kid Sheriff Pat Garrett 2019
Desus & Mero
Desus & Mero Self - Illustrious Guest 2019
Let's Dance
Let's Dance Segment: "Table Manners" 2018
The Purge
The Purge James Sandin 2018
Blaze
Blaze Radio DJ 2018
Juliet, Naked
Juliet, Naked Tucker Crowe 2018
The King
The King Self 2018
Explained
Explained Narrator (voice) 2018
First Reformed
First Reformed Pastor Ernst Toller 2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters Self 2018
24 Hours to Live
24 Hours to Live Travis Conrad 2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Jolly the Pimp 2017
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Talking with Chris Hardwick Self 2017
The Space in Between
The Space in Between Self 2017
After Before
After Before Self 2017
In a Valley of Violence
In a Valley of Violence Paul 2016
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven Goodnight Robicheaux 2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny Self 2016
The Phenom
The Phenom Hopper Sr. 2016
Maudie
Maudie Everett Lewis 2016
Maggie's Plan
Maggie's Plan John Harding 2016
Invasion!
Invasion! Voice of the Cosmos (voice) 2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Starring Austin Pendleton Self 2016
Chattanooga Strong
Chattanooga Strong Narrator 2015
Regression
Regression Bruce Kenner 2015
Born to Be Blue
Born to Be Blue Chet Baker 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
10,000 Saints
10,000 Saints Les Horn 2015
Good Kill
Good Kill Commandant Tom Egan 2015
Seymour: An Introduction
Seymour: An Introduction Self 2015
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life Self 2015
Twelve Years
Twelve Years Self 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
21 Years: Richard Linklater Self - Actor 2014
Cymbeline
Cymbeline Iachimo 2014
Predestination
Predestination The Bartender 2014
Boyhood
Boyhood Dad 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
Welcome Nowhere
Welcome Nowhere Narrator 2013
Getaway
Getaway Brent Magna 2013
The Purge
The Purge James Sandin 2013
Before Midnight
Before Midnight Jesse 2013
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God Pat (voice) 2012
Total Recall
Total Recall Hauser (long version only) 2012
Shakespeare Uncovered
Shakespeare Uncovered Self 2012
Sinister
Sinister Ellison Oswalt 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012
The Woman in the Fifth
The Woman in the Fifth Tom Ricks 2011
Moby Dick
Moby Dick Starbuck 2011
Conan
Conan Self 2010
The Making of Daybreakers
The Making of Daybreakers Self 2010
Brooklyn's Finest
Brooklyn's Finest Det. Sal Procida 2010
Daybreakers
Daybreakers Edward Dalton 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
Staten Island
Staten Island Sully 2009
What Doesn't Kill You
What Doesn't Kill You Paulie 2008
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You Writer 2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
Chelsea on the Rocks Self 2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made Self 2008
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Hank Hanson 2007
The Hottest State
The Hottest State Vince 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self - Guest 2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' Self 2007
Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation Pete 2006
Dead Poets: A Look Back
Dead Poets: A Look Back 2006
Lord of War
Lord of War Jack Valentine 2005
One Last Thing...
One Last Thing... Earl Jameison (uncredited) 2005
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes 2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13 Sergeant Jake Roenick 2005
The Phoenix Portal
The Phoenix Portal Ben Crandall (archive footage) 2005
Before Sunset
Before Sunset Jesse 2004
Taking Lives
Taking Lives James Costa 2004
pollyDAYS
pollyDAYS Self 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Bo' Selecta!
Bo' Selecta! Self 2002
All the Love You Cannes!
All the Love You Cannes! Self 2002
The Jimmy Show
The Jimmy Show Ray 2002
Tape
Tape Vin 2001
Waking Life
Waking Life Jesse 2001
Training Day
Training Day Jake 2001
Alias
Alias James Lennox 2001
Chelsea Walls
Chelsea Walls Sam (voice) (uncredited) 2001
Hamlet
Hamlet Hamlet 2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars Ishmael Chambers 1999
The Velocity of Gary
The Velocity of Gary Nat 1999
Joe the King
Joe the King Len Coles 1999
The Newton Boys
The Newton Boys Jess Newton 1998
Great Expectations
Great Expectations Finnegan Bell 1998
The View
The View Self 1997
The View
The View Self - Guest 1997
Gattaca
Gattaca Vincent Freeman 1997
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
Search and Destroy
Search and Destroy Roger 1995
Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise Jesse 1995
At Sundance
At Sundance Self 1995
Floundering
Floundering Jimmy 1994
Quiz Show
Quiz Show Don Quixote Student (uncredited) 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf Jack Conroy (uncredited) 1994
Reality Bites
Reality Bites Troy Dyer 1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
Alive
Alive Nando Parrado 1993
Rich in Love
Rich in Love Wayne Frobiness 1992
Waterland
Waterland Matthew Price 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Self 1992
A Midnight Clear
A Midnight Clear Will Knott 1992
Mystery Date
Mystery Date Tom McHugh 1991
White Fang
White Fang Jack Conroy 1991
Dad
Dad Billy 1989
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society Todd Anderson 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Lion's Den
Lion's Den Chris 1988
Explorers
Explorers Ben Crandall 1985
Great Performances
Great Performances Self 1971
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Tonight at Noon
Tonight at Noon Lefty
The Last of the Tribe
The Last of the Tribe William Phelan
Revolver
Revolver
Hippies
Hippies Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes

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