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.
Movies (117)
The Weight
2026
She Dances
2026
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Blue Moon
2025
Black Phone 2
2025
Leave the World Behind
2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
2023
Strange Way of Life
2023
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
2022
Raymond & Ray
2022
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
2022
The Black Phone
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
2022
The Northman
2022
Zeros and Ones
2021
The Guilty
2021
Waiting for Godot
2021
Tesla
2020
Cut Throat City
2020
Before the End
2020
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
2020
Adopt a Highway
2019
The Truth
2019
Stockholm
2019
The Kid
2019
Let's Dance
2018
Blaze
2018
Juliet, Naked
2018
The King
2018
First Reformed
2018
24 Hours to Live
2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
The Space in Between
2017
After Before
2017
In a Valley of Violence
2016
The Magnificent Seven
2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
The Phenom
2016
Maudie
2016
Maggie's Plan
2016
Invasion!
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
Chattanooga Strong
2015
Regression
2015
Born to Be Blue
2015
10,000 Saints
2015
Good Kill
2015
Seymour: An Introduction
2015
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
2015
Twelve Years
2015
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
Cymbeline
2014
Predestination
2014
Boyhood
2014
Welcome Nowhere
2013
Getaway
2013
The Purge
2013
Before Midnight
2013
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
2012
Total Recall
2012
Sinister
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
The Woman in the Fifth
2011
The Making of Daybreakers
2010
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
Daybreakers
2010
Staten Island
2009
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
New York, I Love You
2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
The Hottest State
2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
Fast Food Nation
2006
Lord of War
2005
One Last Thing...
2005
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
The Phoenix Portal
2005
Before Sunset
2004
Taking Lives
2004
pollyDAYS
2003
All the Love You Cannes!
2002
The Jimmy Show
2002
Tape
2001
Waking Life
2001
Training Day
2001
Chelsea Walls
2001
Hamlet
2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
The Velocity of Gary
1999
Joe the King
1999
The Newton Boys
1998
Great Expectations
1998
Gattaca
1997
Search and Destroy
1995
Before Sunrise
1995
At Sundance
1995
Floundering
1994
Quiz Show
1994
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
1994
Reality Bites
1994
Alive
1993
Rich in Love
1992
Waterland
1992
A Midnight Clear
1992
Mystery Date
1991
White Fang
1991
Dad
1989
Dead Poets Society
1989
Lion's Den
1988
Explorers
1985
Revolver
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
TV Shows (39)
The American Revolution
2025
The Lowdown
2025
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
2025
My Generation
2024
Batwheels
2022
Moon Knight
2022
Reservation Dogs
2021
The Good Lord Bird
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Desus & Mero
2019
The Purge
2018
Explained
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
Talking with Chris Hardwick
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
Moby Dick
2011
Conan
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Bo' Selecta!
2002
Alias
2001
The View
1997
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Great Performances
1971
The Oscars
1953