Ethan Hawke

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

159

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

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Conan

    Conan

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Moon Knight

    Moon Knight

  • Black Phone 2

    Black Phone 2

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Dead Poets Society

    Dead Poets Society

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Sinister

    Sinister

  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Tesla

    Tesla

  • The Purge

    The Purge

  • Explained

    Explained

  • The Black Phone

    The Black Phone

  • Batwheels

    Batwheels

  • Stockholm

    Stockholm

  • Alive

    Alive

  • Blue Moon

    Blue Moon

  • Cymbeline

    Cymbeline

  • New York, I Love You

    New York, I Love You

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • Daybreakers

    Daybreakers

  • Desus & Mero

    Desus & Mero

  • Good Kill

    Good Kill

  • Regression

    Regression

  • The Lowdown

    The Lowdown

  • Blaze

    Blaze

  • Training Day

    Training Day

  • Brooklyn's Finest

    Brooklyn's Finest

  • Adopt a Highway

    Adopt a Highway

  • The Purge

    The Purge

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

  • Floundering

    Floundering

  • Dad

    Dad

  • The Northman

    The Northman

  • Gattaca

    Gattaca

  • Before Sunrise

    Before Sunrise

  • Total Recall

    Total Recall

  • First Reformed

    First Reformed

  • Lord of War

    Lord of War

  • Predestination

    Predestination

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • Reservation Dogs

    Reservation Dogs

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Waterland

    Waterland

  • Alias

    Alias

  • The Good Lord Bird

    The Good Lord Bird

  • 10,000 Saints

    10,000 Saints

  • Leave the World Behind

    Leave the World Behind

  • Staten Island

    Staten Island

  • Zeros and Ones

    Zeros and Ones

  • Before Sunset

    Before Sunset

  • The Guilty

    The Guilty

  • Talking with Chris Hardwick

    Talking with Chris Hardwick

  • Assault on Precinct 13

    Assault on Precinct 13

  • Boyhood

    Boyhood

  • GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

    GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

  • Before Midnight

    Before Midnight

  • Quiz Show

    Quiz Show

  • Bo' Selecta!

    Bo' Selecta!

  • Waking Life

    Waking Life

  • Let's Dance

    Let's Dance

  • Tonight at Noon

    Tonight at Noon

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  • Chattanooga Strong

    Chattanooga Strong

  • In a Valley of Violence

    In a Valley of Violence

  • Taking Lives

    Taking Lives

  • Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

  • The Hottest State

    The Hottest State

  • White Fang

    White Fang

  • My Generation

    My Generation

  • Explorers

    Explorers

  • Tape

    Tape

  • Starring Austin Pendleton

    Starring Austin Pendleton

  • Maudie

    Maudie

  • Joe the King

    Joe the King

  • 24 Hours to Live

    24 Hours to Live

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

    Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Reality Bites

    Reality Bites

  • The Weight

    The Weight

  • She Dances

    She Dances

  • Getaway

    Getaway

  • Cut Throat City

    Cut Throat City

  • Juliet, Naked

    Juliet, Naked

  • The Truth

    The Truth

  • The Kid

    The Kid

  • Fast Food Nation

    Fast Food Nation

  • Raymond & Ray

    Raymond & Ray

  • Maggie's Plan

    Maggie's Plan

  • Strange Way of Life

    Strange Way of Life

  • Born to Be Blue

    Born to Be Blue

  • Revolver

    Revolver

  • Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

  • White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

    White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

  • A Midnight Clear

    A Midnight Clear

  • All the Love You Cannes!

    All the Love You Cannes!

  • What Doesn't Kill You

    What Doesn't Kill You

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Snow Falling on Cedars

    Snow Falling on Cedars

  • 21 Years: Richard Linklater

    21 Years: Richard Linklater

  • The Newton Boys

    The Newton Boys

  • Waiting for Godot

    Waiting for Godot

  • Vietnam: The War That Changed America

    Vietnam: The War That Changed America

  • The Woman in the Fifth

    The Woman in the Fifth

  • Mystery Date

    Mystery Date

  • Shakespeare Uncovered

    Shakespeare Uncovered

  • The Phenom

    The Phenom

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • One Last Thing...

    One Last Thing...

  • Chelsea Walls

    Chelsea Walls

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

    Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • The Last of the Tribe

    The Last of the Tribe

  • Chelsea on the Rocks

    Chelsea on the Rocks

  • The Velocity of Gary

    The Velocity of Gary

  • Welcome Nowhere

    Welcome Nowhere

  • The King

    The King

  • Seymour: An Introduction

    Seymour: An Introduction

  • Hippies

    Hippies

  • Rich in Love

    Rich in Love

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

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

  • Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

    Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

  • The Jimmy Show

    The Jimmy Show

  • At Sundance

    At Sundance

  • Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

    Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

  • The Making of Daybreakers

    The Making of Daybreakers

  • Twelve Years

    Twelve Years

  • Invasion!

    Invasion!

  • The Phoenix Portal

    The Phoenix Portal

  • Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

    Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

  • After Before

    After Before

  • Search and Destroy

    Search and Destroy

  • Dead Poets: A Look Back

    Dead Poets: A Look Back

  • All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life

    All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life

  • The Space in Between

    The Space in Between

  • pollyDAYS

    pollyDAYS

  • Before the End

    Before the End

  • Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

    Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

  • Luna Moth (Performance Film)

    Luna Moth (Performance Film)

  • Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes

    Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes

  • Lion's Den

    Lion's Den

  • Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes

    Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes