Ethan Hawke

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

151

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-11-06 (54 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

  • Black Phone 2

    Black Phone 2

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Black Phone

    The Black Phone

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • 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

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Explained

    Explained

  • Dead Poets Society

    Dead Poets Society

  • Batwheels

    Batwheels

  • Moon Knight

    Moon Knight

  • The Purge

    The Purge

  • The Lowdown

    The Lowdown

  • Desus & Mero

    Desus & Mero

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Sinister

    Sinister

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • The Northman

    The Northman

  • Before Sunrise

    Before Sunrise

  • Lord of War

    Lord of War

  • The Purge

    The Purge

  • Blue Moon

    Blue Moon

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Gattaca

    Gattaca

  • Training Day

    Training Day

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

    Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone

  • Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

  • Predestination

    Predestination

  • Getaway

    Getaway

  • Taking Lives

    Taking Lives

  • Before Sunset

    Before Sunset

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Assault on Precinct 13

    Assault on Precinct 13

  • Reservation Dogs

    Reservation Dogs

  • New York, I Love You

    New York, I Love You

  • The Guilty

    The Guilty

  • Before Midnight

    Before Midnight

  • Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

    Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

  • Alias

    Alias

  • Leave the World Behind

    Leave the World Behind

  • White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

    White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

  • Twelve Years

    Twelve Years

  • Brooklyn's Finest

    Brooklyn's Finest

  • Snow Falling on Cedars

    Snow Falling on Cedars

  • GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

    GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

  • Daybreakers

    Daybreakers

  • Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

    Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

  • Quiz Show

    Quiz Show

  • In a Valley of Violence

    In a Valley of Violence

  • Bo' Selecta!

    Bo' Selecta!

  • Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

    Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

  • Dead Poets: A Look Back

    Dead Poets: A Look Back

  • Alive

    Alive

  • Waking Life

    Waking Life

  • Let's Dance

    Let's Dance

  • Regression

    Regression

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  • The Good Lord Bird

    The Good Lord Bird

  • Chelsea Walls

    Chelsea Walls

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Strange Way of Life

    Strange Way of Life

  • Tesla

    Tesla

  • Adopt a Highway

    Adopt a Highway

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Maudie

    Maudie

  • White Fang

    White Fang

  • At Sundance

    At Sundance

  • Good Kill

    Good Kill

  • Boyhood

    Boyhood

  • Cymbeline

    Cymbeline

  • Explorers

    Explorers

  • The Weight

    The Weight

  • Maggie's Plan

    Maggie's Plan

  • One Last Thing...

    One Last Thing...

  • The Making of Daybreakers

    The Making of Daybreakers

  • The Kid

    The Kid

  • Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

  • Raymond & Ray

    Raymond & Ray

  • Staten Island

    Staten Island

  • Stockholm

    Stockholm

  • Waterland

    Waterland

  • Fast Food Nation

    Fast Food Nation

  • Zeros and Ones

    Zeros and Ones

  • Talking with Chris Hardwick

    Talking with Chris Hardwick

  • The Truth

    The Truth

  • Dad

    Dad

  • The Hottest State

    The Hottest State

  • A Midnight Clear

    A Midnight Clear

  • Born to Be Blue

    Born to Be Blue

  • Vietnam: The War That Changed America

    Vietnam: The War That Changed America

  • Rich in Love

    Rich in Love

  • Mystery Date

    Mystery Date

  • The Woman in the Fifth

    The Woman in the Fifth

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

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

  • Joe the King

    Joe the King

  • Cut Throat City

    Cut Throat City

  • Reality Bites

    Reality Bites

  • Chelsea on the Rocks

    Chelsea on the Rocks

  • The King

    The King

  • My Generation

    My Generation

  • 10,000 Saints

    10,000 Saints

  • Tape

    Tape

  • All the Love You Cannes!

    All the Love You Cannes!

  • 24 Hours to Live

    24 Hours to Live

  • 21 Years: Richard Linklater

    21 Years: Richard Linklater

  • The Phenom

    The Phenom

  • The Jimmy Show

    The Jimmy Show

  • Lion's Den

    Lion's Den

  • The Velocity of Gary

    The Velocity of Gary

  • Shakespeare Uncovered

    Shakespeare Uncovered

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • Blaze

    Blaze

  • First Reformed

    First Reformed

  • The Newton Boys

    The Newton Boys

  • After Before

    After Before

  • Waiting for Godot

    Waiting for Godot

  • She Dances

    She Dances

  • Juliet, Naked

    Juliet, Naked

  • Floundering

    Floundering

  • Tonight at Noon

    Tonight at Noon

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • What Doesn't Kill You

    What Doesn't Kill You

  • Starring Austin Pendleton

    Starring Austin Pendleton

  • Chattanooga Strong

    Chattanooga Strong

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • The Last of the Tribe

    The Last of the Tribe

  • Luna Moth (Performance Film)

    Luna Moth (Performance Film)

  • Search and Destroy

    Search and Destroy

  • Seymour: An Introduction

    Seymour: An Introduction

  • The Phoenix Portal

    The Phoenix Portal

  • The Space in Between

    The Space in Between

  • Welcome Nowhere

    Welcome Nowhere

  • Invasion!

    Invasion!

  • Revolver

    Revolver

  • pollyDAYS

    pollyDAYS

  • All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life

    All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life

  • Before the End

    Before the End