Ethan Hawke
Known for

Acting

Credits

178

Gender

Man

Birthday

6 Nov 1970 (53)

Place of birth

Austin, Texas, USA

Also known as
Ethan Green Hawke
E. Hawke
إيثان هوك
イーサン・ホーク
อีธาน ฮอว์ก
에단 호크
Ήθαν Χοκ
伊桑·霍克
Этан Хоук
ایتن هاک
ایتان هاک

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ethan Hawke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
Blue Tilt
Revolver
Niềm Tin Lung LayEthan Hawke
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke on The Before TrilogySelf
2023Willie Nelson 90: Long Story ShortSelf
Blue Moon
The Last of the TribeWilliam Phelan
BatsoWarren 'Batso' Harding
2025The Black Phone 2The Grabber
2022Luna Moth (Performance Film)Self
2022Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black PhoneSelf
On The Set of Before SunsetJessie / Self
Tonight at NoonLefty
2023Leave the World BehindClay Sandford
2023Strange Way of LifeJake
2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryEfficient Man
2022The Black PhoneThe Grabber
2022The NorthmanKing Aurvandil War-Raven
2022Moon KnightArthur Harrow
2022Raymond & RayRay
2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon KnightSelf - Arthur Harrow
2022BatwheelsBatman (voice)
2022The Last Movie StarsSelf
2022Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert GottliebSelf
2021The GuiltySgt. Bill Miller (voice)
2021Reservation DogsRick Miller
2021Zeros and OnesJJ / Justin
2021Waiting for GodotVladimir
2020TeslaNikola Tesla
2020Cut Throat CityJackson Symms
2020The Good Lord BirdJohn Brown
2020Before the EndSelf / Jesse
2019StockholmLars Nystrom
2019The KidSheriff Pat Garrett
2019The TruthHank
2019Adopt a HighwayRussell Millings
2019Desus & MeroSelf - Illustrious Guest
2018The PurgeJames Sandin
2018First ReformedPastor Ernst Toller
2018Juliet, NakedTucker Crowe
2018ExplainedNarrator (voice)
2018BlazeRadio DJ
2018The KingSelf
2018Let's DanceSegment: "Table Manners"
2018GQ Presents: Iconic CharactersSelf
2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsJolly the Pimp
201724 Hours to LiveTravis Conrad
2017Talking with Chris HardwickSelf
2017After BeforeSelf
2017The Space in BetweenSelf
2016The Magnificent SevenGoodnight Robicheaux
2016In a Valley of ViolencePaul
2016MaudieEverett Lewis
2016Maggie's PlanJohn Harding
2016The PhenomHopper Sr.
2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is DestinySelf
2016Starring Austin PendletonSelf
2016Invasion!Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
2015RegressionBruce Kenner
2015Good KillCommandant Tom Egan
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015Born to Be BlueChet Baker
201510,000 SaintsLes Horn
2015Seymour: An IntroductionHimself
2015All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to LifeHimself
2015Chattanooga StrongNarrator
2015Twelve YearsHimself
2014PredestinationThe Bartender
2014BoyhoodDad
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2014CymbelineIachimo
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
201421 Years: Richard LinklaterSelf - Actor
2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf
2014dead poets in nychimself
2013The PurgeJames Sandin
2013Before MidnightJesse
2013GetawayBrent Magna
2013Welcome NowhereNarrator
2012Total RecallCarl Hauser (director’s cut)
2012SinisterEllison Oswalt
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
2012Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodPat (voice)
2012Shakespeare UncoveredHimself
2011The Woman in the FifthTom Ricks
2011Moby DickStarbuck
2010DaybreakersEdward Dalton
2010Brooklyn's FinestDet. Sal Procida
2010ConanHimself
2010The Making of DaybreakersSelf
2009Staten IslandSully
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2008New York, I Love YouWriter
2008What Doesn't Kill YouPaulie
2008Chelsea on the RocksSelf
2008Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was MadeSelf
2007Before the Devil Knows You're DeadHank Hanson
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf - Guest
2007The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'Self
2006Fast Food NationPete
2006The Hottest StateVince
2006Dead Poets: A Look Back
2005Lord of WarJack Valentine
2005Assault on Precinct 13Sergeant Jake Roenick
2005One Last Thing...Earl Jameison (uncredited)
2005The Phoenix PortalBen Crandall (archive footage)
2004Before SunsetJesse
2004Taking LivesJames Costa
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2003pollyDAYSSelf
2002All the Love You Cannes!Self
2002The Jimmy ShowRay
2001Training DayJake
2001Waking LifeJesse
2001AliasJames Lennox
2001TapeVince
2001Chelsea WallsSam (voice) (uncredited)
2000HamletHamlet
1999Snow Falling on CedarsIshmael Chambers
1999Joe the KingLen Coles
1999The Velocity of GaryNat
1998Great ExpectationsFinnegan Bell
1998The Newton BoysJess Newton
1997GattacaVincent Freeman
1997The ViewSelf
1997The ViewSelf - Guest
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1995Before SunriseJesse
1995Search and DestroyRoger
1995At SundanceSelf
1995Before Sunrise Behind The ScenesSelf
1994Quiz ShowColumbia Student (uncredited)
1994Reality BitesTroy Dyer
1994White Fang 2: Myth of the White WolfJack Conroy (uncredited)
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
1994FlounderingJimmy
1993AliveNando Parrado
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1992A Midnight ClearWill Knott
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992WaterlandMatthew Price
1992Rich in LoveWayne Frobiness
1991White FangJack Conroy
1991Mystery DateTom McHugh
1989Dead Poets SocietyTodd Anderson
1989DadBilly
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest
1988Lion's DenChris
1985ExplorersBen Crandall
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1953The OscarsSelf
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
Camino RealDirector
Camino RealScreenplay
2024WildcatDirector
2024WildcatWriter
2024WildcatProducer
2022The Last Movie StarsDirector
2020The Good Lord BirdExecutive Producer
2020The Good Lord BirdWriter
2020The Good Lord BirdCreator
2019Adopt a HighwayProducer
2018BlazeWriter
2018BlazeDirector
2018BlazeProducer
2015Seymour: An IntroductionDirector
2013Before MidnightWriter
2013Making a SceneWriter
2006The Hottest StateDirector
2006The Hottest StateWriter
2004Before SunsetScreenplay
2001Chelsea WallsDirector
1993Straight to OneProducer
1993Straight to OneDirector
1993Straight to OneWriter