Ethan Hawke

Acting

Born Nov 06, 1970

From Austin, Texas, USA

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.

Ethan Hawke

Known For

Dead Poets Society

Black Phone 2

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Explorers

The Black Phone

Training Day

Before Sunrise

Gattaca

The Northman

The Magnificent Seven

Filmography — Acting

Dead Poets Society

Black Phone 2

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Explorers

The Black Phone

Training Day

Before Sunrise

Gattaca

The Northman

The Magnificent Seven

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Blue Moon

Leave the World Behind

Sinister

Lord of War

Total Recall

Predestination

New York, I Love You

The Purge

The Guilty

Born to Be Blue

Alive

24 Hours to Live

Taking Lives

Boyhood

Before Sunset

Daybreakers

Getaway

First Reformed

Maudie

Fast Food Nation

Quiz Show

In a Valley of Violence

Before Midnight

Brooklyn's Finest

Great Expectations

Assault on Precinct 13

White Fang

Tesla

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Reality Bites

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Regression

Blaze

The Kid

Waking Life

Dad

Juliet, Naked

The Newton Boys

Good Kill

Raymond & Ray

The Hottest State

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

The Weight

The Truth

Maggie's Plan

Stockholm

Tape

Hamlet

She Dances

Adopt a Highway

What Doesn't Kill You

Cut Throat City

Joe the King

The Phenom

Cymbeline

Staten Island