1970-11-06 Austin, Texas, USA
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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Blue Moon | Lorenz Hart | 2025-10-17 |
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Black Phone 2 | The Grabber | 2025-10-15 |
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She Dances | Brian | 2025-06-05 |
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Extraña forma de vida | Jake | 2023-05-26 |
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Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short | Self | 2023-06-11 |
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Leave the World Behind | Clay Sandford | 2023-11-22 |
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Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb | Self | 2022-12-30 |
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The Black Phone | The Grabber | 2022-06-16 |
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Luna Moth (Performance Film) | Self | 2022-11-07 |
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Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone | Self | 2022-10-03 |
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Raymond & Ray | Ray | 2022-10-14 |
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Efficient Man | 2022-11-23 |
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The Northman | King Aurvandil War-Raven | 2022-04-07 |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight | Self - Arthur Harrow | 2022-05-24 |
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The Guilty | Sgt. Bill Miller (voice) | 2021-09-24 |
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Zeros and Ones | JJ / Justin | 2021-11-18 |
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Waiting for Godot | Vladimir | 2021-05-06 |
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Before the End | Self - Jesse | 2020-05-24 |
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Tesla | Nikola Tesla | 2020-08-14 |
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Cut Throat City | Jackson Symms | 2020-07-31 |
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The Kid | Sheriff Pat Garrett | 2019-03-08 |
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Stockholm | Lars Nystrom | 2019-04-12 |
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La Vérité | Hank | 2019-10-10 |
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Adopt a Highway | Russell Millings | 2019-11-01 |
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Juliet, Naked | Tucker Crowe | 2018-08-16 |
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Let's Dance | Segment: "Table Manners" | 2018-12-06 |
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The King | Self | 2018-06-22 |
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First Reformed | Pastor Ernst Toller | 2018-05-18 |
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Blaze | Radio DJ | 2018-08-17 |
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The Space in Between | Self | 2017-02-28 |
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24 Hours To Live | Travis Conrad | 2017-10-26 |
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After Before | Self | 2017-02-28 |
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Jolly the Pimp | 2017-07-19 |
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The Phenom | Hopper Sr. | 2016-06-24 |
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Starring Austin Pendleton | Self | 2016-04-01 |
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Maudie | Everett Lewis | 2016-06-16 |
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The Magnificent Seven | Goodnight Robicheaux | 2016-09-14 |
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Maggie's Plan | John Harding | 2016-04-27 |
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Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny | Self | 2016-08-05 |
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Invasion! | Voice of the Cosmos (voice) | 2016-04-01 |
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In a Valley of Violence | Paul | 2016-10-21 |
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10,000 Saints | Les Horn | 2015-08-14 |
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Good Kill | Commandant Tom Egan | 2015-04-09 |
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Born to Be Blue | Chet Baker | 2015-09-13 |
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Regression | Bruce Kenner | 2015-10-01 |
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Twelve Years | Self | 2015-01-06 |
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All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life | Self | 2015-02-10 |
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Seymour: An Introduction | Self | 2015-03-13 |
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Chattanooga Strong | Narrator | 2015-11-13 |
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21 Years: Richard Linklater | Self - Actor | 2014-11-07 |
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Predestination | The Bartender | 2014-08-28 |
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Boyhood | Dad | 2014-06-05 |
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Cymbeline | Iachimo | 2014-09-03 |
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Before Midnight | Jesse | 2013-04-05 |
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The Purge | James Sandin | 2013-05-31 |
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Welcome Nowhere | Narrator | 2013-09-28 |
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Getaway | Brent Magna | 2013-08-29 |
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Sinister | Ellison Oswalt | 2012-03-29 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God | Pat (voice) | 2012-11-16 |
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La femme du Vème | Tom Ricks | 2011-09-11 |
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The Making of Daybreakers | Self | 2010-05-11 |
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Brooklyn's Finest | Det. Sal Procida | 2010-03-04 |
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Daybreakers | Edward Dalton | 2010-01-06 |
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Staten Island | Sully | 2009-02-07 |
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Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made | Self | 2008-04-15 |
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New York, I Love You | Writer | 2008-09-06 |
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What Doesn't Kill You | Paulie | 2008-12-12 |
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Chelsea on the Rocks | Self | 2008-05-23 |
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The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' | Self | 2007-02-07 |
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The Hottest State | Vince | 2007-06-27 |
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Hank Hanson | 2007-09-26 |
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Dead Poets: A Look Back | 2006-01-10 | |
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Fast Food Nation | Pete | 2006-11-17 |
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Lord of War | Jack Valentine | 2005-09-16 |
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Assault on Precinct 13 | Sergeant Jake Roenick | 2005-01-19 |
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The Phoenix Portal | Ben Crandall (archive footage) | 2005-01-01 |
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One Last Thing... | Earl Jameison (uncredited) | 2005-09-12 |
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Before Sunset | Jesse | 2004-06-16 |
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Taking Lives | James Costa | 2004-03-19 |
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pollyDAYS | Self | 2003-08-14 |
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The Jimmy Show | Ray | 2002-01-16 |
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All the Love You Cannes! | Self | 2002-05-16 |
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Chelsea Walls | Sam (voice) (uncredited) | 2001-09-21 |
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Waking Life | Jesse | 2001-10-19 |
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Tape | Vin | 2001-11-02 |
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Training Day | Jake | 2001-10-05 |
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Hamlet | Hamlet | 2000-05-12 |
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Joe the King | Len Coles | 1999-01-22 |
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Snow Falling on Cedars | Ishmael Chambers | 1999-12-22 |
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The Velocity of Gary | Nat | 1999-07-16 |
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Great Expectations | Finnegan Bell | 1998-01-30 |
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The Newton Boys | Jess Newton | 1998-03-26 |
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Gattaca | Vincent Freeman | 1997-09-07 |
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Search and Destroy | Roger | 1995-04-23 |
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Before Sunrise | Jesse | 1995-01-27 |
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At Sundance | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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Reality Bites | Troy Dyer | 1994-02-18 |
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White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf | Jack Conroy (uncredited) | 1994-04-15 |
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Quiz Show | Columbia Student (uncredited) | 1994-08-25 |
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Floundering | Jimmy | 1994-11-04 |
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Alive | Nando Parrado | 1993-01-15 |
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Waterland | Matthew Price | 1992-08-21 |
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Rich in Love | Wayne Frobiness | 1992-09-04 |
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A Midnight Clear | Will Knott | 1992-04-24 |
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Mystery Date | Tom McHugh | 1991-08-16 |
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White Fang | Jack Conroy | 1991-01-18 |
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Dad | Billy | 1989-10-27 |
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Dead Poets Society | Todd Anderson | 1989-06-02 |
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Lion's Den | Chris | 1988-01-01 |
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Explorers | Ben Crandall | 1985-07-12 |
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Revolver | ||
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The Weight | Samuel | |
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Tonight at Noon | Lefty | |
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The Last of the Tribe | William Phelan |