Ethan Hawke

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

155

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-11-06 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Austin, Texas, USA

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

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Black Phone 2

    Black Phone 2

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • The Lowdown

    The Lowdown

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Blue Moon

    Blue Moon

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • The Black Phone

    The Black Phone

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Moon Knight

    Moon Knight

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Dead Poets Society

    Dead Poets Society

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Batwheels

    Batwheels

  • The Purge

    The Purge

  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • Sinister

    Sinister

  • The Purge

    The Purge

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Explained

    Explained

  • Gattaca

    Gattaca

  • The Northman

    The Northman

  • Before Sunset

    Before Sunset

  • Leave the World Behind

    Leave the World Behind

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • Before Sunrise

    Before Sunrise

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • Training Day

    Training Day

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • Assault on Precinct 13

    Assault on Precinct 13

  • Desus & Mero

    Desus & Mero

  • Before Midnight

    Before Midnight

  • Waking Life

    Waking Life

  • Predestination

    Predestination

  • Lord of War

    Lord of War

  • Reservation Dogs

    Reservation Dogs

  • Alive

    Alive

  • Quiz Show

    Quiz Show

  • Staten Island

    Staten Island

  • Good Kill

    Good Kill

  • Regression

    Regression

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  • The Guilty

    The Guilty

  • Taking Lives

    Taking Lives

  • The Phenom

    The Phenom

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Explorers

    Explorers

  • Stockholm

    Stockholm

  • Dad

    Dad

  • Daybreakers

    Daybreakers

  • New York, I Love You

    New York, I Love You

  • Getaway

    Getaway

  • Cymbeline

    Cymbeline

  • The Good Lord Bird

    The Good Lord Bird

  • At Sundance

    At Sundance

  • First Reformed

    First Reformed

  • Tesla

    Tesla

  • Boyhood

    Boyhood

  • Alias

    Alias

  • Twelve Years

    Twelve Years

  • Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

    Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

  • The Kid

    The Kid

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone

    Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone

  • White Fang

    White Fang

  • 24 Hours to Live

    24 Hours to Live

  • Brooklyn's Finest

    Brooklyn's Finest

  • Bo' Selecta!

    Bo' Selecta!

  • Maudie

    Maudie

  • GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

    GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

  • Raymond & Ray

    Raymond & Ray

  • Snow Falling on Cedars

    Snow Falling on Cedars

  • Waterland

    Waterland

  • Fast Food Nation

    Fast Food Nation

  • In a Valley of Violence

    In a Valley of Violence

  • Mystery Date

    Mystery Date

  • White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

    White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

  • Adopt a Highway

    Adopt a Highway

  • Blaze

    Blaze

  • Maggie's Plan

    Maggie's Plan

  • Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

  • The Weight

    The Weight

  • One Last Thing...

    One Last Thing...

  • Strange Way of Life

    Strange Way of Life

  • The Woman in the Fifth

    The Woman in the Fifth

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Floundering

    Floundering

  • Born to Be Blue

    Born to Be Blue

  • She Dances

    She Dances

  • The Truth

    The Truth

  • Cut Throat City

    Cut Throat City

  • Zeros and Ones

    Zeros and Ones

  • 21 Years: Richard Linklater

    21 Years: Richard Linklater

  • Chelsea on the Rocks

    Chelsea on the Rocks

  • Rich in Love

    Rich in Love

  • Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

    Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

  • Vietnam: The War That Changed America

    Vietnam: The War That Changed America

  • A Midnight Clear

    A Midnight Clear

  • Dead Poets: A Look Back

    Dead Poets: A Look Back

  • 10,000 Saints

    10,000 Saints

  • Talking with Chris Hardwick

    Talking with Chris Hardwick

  • Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

    Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

  • The Hottest State

    The Hottest State

  • Reality Bites

    Reality Bites

  • Lion's Den

    Lion's Den

  • Chattanooga Strong

    Chattanooga Strong

  • The Newton Boys

    The Newton Boys

  • Joe the King

    Joe the King

  • The Making of Daybreakers

    The Making of Daybreakers

  • Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

    Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

  • Waiting for Godot

    Waiting for Godot

  • Juliet, Naked

    Juliet, Naked

  • The Jimmy Show

    The Jimmy Show

  • All the Love You Cannes!

    All the Love You Cannes!

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • Let's Dance

    Let's Dance

  • Tonight at Noon

    Tonight at Noon

  • The Velocity of Gary

    The Velocity of Gary

  • My Generation

    My Generation

  • The King

    The King

  • Starring Austin Pendleton

    Starring Austin Pendleton

  • Shakespeare Uncovered

    Shakespeare Uncovered

  • What Doesn't Kill You

    What Doesn't Kill You

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

  • Revolver

    Revolver

  • Chelsea Walls

    Chelsea Walls

  • Tape

    Tape

  • Before the End

    Before the End

  • Welcome Nowhere

    Welcome Nowhere

  • Hippies

    Hippies

  • Search and Destroy

    Search and Destroy

  • Luna Moth (Performance Film)

    Luna Moth (Performance Film)

  • The Last of the Tribe

    The Last of the Tribe

  • The Space in Between

    The Space in Between

  • Seymour: An Introduction

    Seymour: An Introduction

  • The Phoenix Portal

    The Phoenix Portal

  • After Before

    After Before

  • All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life

    All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life

  • Invasion!

    Invasion!

  • pollyDAYS

    pollyDAYS