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
2026
- The Weight as Samuel Murphy
- She Dances as Brian
2025
- Black Phone 2 as The Grabber
- The American Revolution as Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)
- Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart
- The Lowdown as Lee Raybon
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- Vietnam: The War That Changed America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- King Hamlet ... (Executive Producer)
- Highway 99: A Double Album ... (Director)
2024
- My Generation as Narrator
2023
- Leave the World Behind as Clay Sandford
- Strange Way of Life as Jake
- Wildcat ... (Director)
- Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
2022
- Moon Knight as Arthur Harrow
- Batwheels as Batman (voice)
- The Black Phone as The Grabber
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Efficient Man
- The Northman as King Aurvandil War-Raven
- The Last Movie Stars ... (Director)
- Raymond & Ray as Ray
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight as Self - Arthur Harrow
- Luna Moth (Performance Film) as Self
- 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
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
- The Good Lord Bird as John Brown
- Cut Throat City as Jackson Symms
- Tesla as Nikola Tesla
- Before the End as Self - Jesse
- Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Desus & Mero as Self - Illustrious Guest
- Adopt a Highway as Russell Millings
- The Kid as Sheriff Pat Garrett
- Stockholm as Lars Nystrom
- The Truth as Hank
2018
- The Purge as James Sandin
- Explained as Narrator (voice)
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- Juliet, Naked as Tucker Crowe
- First Reformed as Pastor Ernst Toller
- Blaze as Radio DJ
- Let's Dance as Segment: "Table Manners"
- The King as Self
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
- In a Valley of Violence as Paul
- Maudie as Everett Lewis
- Maggie's Plan as John Harding
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self
- The Phenom as Hopper Sr.
- Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
- Invasion! as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Regression as Bruce Kenner
- Born to Be Blue as Chet Baker
- Good Kill as Commandant Tom Egan
- 10,000 Saints as Les Horn
- Twelve Years as Self
- Seymour: An Introduction as Self
- All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life as Self
- Chattanooga Strong as Narrator
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Predestination as The Bartender
- Boyhood as Dad
- Cymbeline as Iachimo
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
2013
- The Purge as James Sandin
- Before Midnight as Jesse
- Getaway as Brent Magna
- Welcome Nowhere as Narrator
2012
- Sinister as Ellison Oswalt
- Total Recall as Hauser (long version only)
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Shakespeare Uncovered as Self
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God as Pat (voice)
2011
- Moby Dick as Starbuck
- The Woman in the Fifth as Tom Ricks
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
- What Doesn't Kill You as Paulie
- Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made as Self
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
- Fast Food Nation as Pete
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)
- Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
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
- The Jimmy Show as Ray
- All the Love You Cannes! as Self
2001
- Training Day as Jake
- Alias as James Lennox
- Waking Life as Jesse
- Chelsea Walls as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
- Tape as Vin
2000
- Hamlet as Hamlet
1999
- Snow Falling on Cedars as Ishmael Chambers
- Joe the King as Len Coles
- 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 Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
- Reality Bites as Troy Dyer
- White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Floundering as Jimmy
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
- A Midnight Clear as Will Knott
- Waterland as Matthew Price
- Rich in Love as Wayne Frobiness
1991
- White Fang as Jack Conroy
- Mystery Date as Tom McHugh
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