Ethan Hawke
Born: 1970-11-06 in Austin, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Black Phone 2 as Grabber
- Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart
- The Lowdown as Lee Raybon
- The American Revolution as General Anthony Wayne (voice) / John Andrews (voice)
- She Dances as Brian
- Vietnam: The War That Changed America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Highway 99: A Double Album ... (Director)
- King Hamlet ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- Wildcat ... (Director)
- My Generation as Narrator
2023
- Leave the World Behind as Clay Sandford
- Strange Way of Life as Jake
- Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
2022
- The Black Phone as The Grabber
- Moon Knight as Arthur Harrow
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Efficient Man
- Batwheels as Batman (voice)
- The Northman as King Aurvandil War-Raven
- Raymond & Ray as Ray
- The Last Movie Stars ... (Director)
- Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb as Self
- Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone as Self
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight as Self - Arthur Harrow
- Luna Moth (Performance Film) as Self
2021
- Reservation Dogs as Rick Miller
- The Guilty as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
- Zeros and Ones as JJ / Justin
- Waiting for Godot as Vladimir
2020
- Tesla as Nikola Tesla
- Cut Throat City as Jackson Symms
- The Good Lord Bird as John Brown
- Before the End as Self - Jesse
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Stockholm as Lars Nystrom
- Desus & Mero as Self - Illustrious Guest
- The Kid as Sheriff Pat Garrett
- Adopt a Highway as Russell Millings
- The Truth as Hank
2018
- The Purge as James Sandin
- Explained as Narrator (voice)
- First Reformed as Pastor Ernst Toller
- Blaze as Radio DJ
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- The King as Self
- Juliet, Naked as Tucker Crowe
- Let's Dance as Segment: "Table Manners"
2017
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets as Jolly the Pimp
- 24 Hours to Live as Travis Conrad
- Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self
- After Before as Self
- The Space in Between as Self
2016
- The Magnificent Seven as Goodnight Robicheaux
- The Phenom as Hopper Sr.
- Maggie's Plan as John Harding
- In a Valley of Violence as Paul
- Maudie as Everett Lewis
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self
- Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
- Invasion! as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Good Kill as Commandant Tom Egan
- Regression as Bruce Kenner
- Twelve Years as Self
- Born to Be Blue as Chet Baker
- 10,000 Saints as Les Horn
- Chattanooga Strong as Narrator
- Seymour: An Introduction as Self
- All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Cymbeline as Iachimo
- Predestination as The Bartender
- Boyhood as Dad
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
2013
- The Purge as James Sandin
- Getaway as Brent Magna
- Before Midnight as Jesse
- Welcome Nowhere as Narrator
2012
- Sinister as Ellison Oswalt
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God as Pat (voice)
- Shakespeare Uncovered as Self
2011
- The Woman in the Fifth as Tom Ricks
- Moby Dick as Starbuck
2010
- Conan as Self
- Daybreakers as Edward Dalton
- Brooklyn's Finest as Det. Sal Procida
- The Making of Daybreakers as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Staten Island as Sully
2008
- New York, I Love You as Writer
- Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made as Self
- What Doesn't Kill You as Paulie
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Hank Hanson
- The Hottest State as Vince
- The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
2006
2005
- Lord of War as Jack Valentine
- Assault on Precinct 13 as Sergeant Jake Roenick
- One Last Thing... as Earl Jameison (uncredited)
- The Phoenix Portal as Ben Crandall (archive footage)
2004
- Before Sunset as Jesse
- Taking Lives as James Costa
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- pollyDAYS as Self
2002
- Bo' Selecta! as Self
- All the Love You Cannes! as Self
- The Jimmy Show as Ray
2001
- Training Day as Jake
- Waking Life as Jesse
- Alias as James Lennox
- Chelsea Walls as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
- Tape as Vin
2000
- Hamlet as Hamlet
1999
- Joe the King as Len Coles
- Snow Falling on Cedars as Ishmael Chambers
- The Velocity of Gary as Nat
1998
- Great Expectations as Finnegan Bell
- The Newton Boys as Jess Newton
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1995
- Before Sunrise as Jesse
- At Sundance as Self
- Search and Destroy as Roger
1994
- Quiz Show as Columbia Student (uncredited)
- White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
- Floundering as Jimmy
- Reality Bites as Troy Dyer
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Alive as Nando Parrado
- Straight to One ... (Producer)
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Waterland as Matthew Price
- Rich in Love as Wayne Frobiness
- A Midnight Clear as Will Knott
1991
- Mystery Date as Tom McHugh
- White Fang as Jack Conroy
1989
- Dead Poets Society as Todd Anderson
- Dad as Billy
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
- Lion's Den as Chris
1985
- Explorers as Ben Crandall
1971
- Great Performances as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self