Ethan Hawke
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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
Credits
Dead Poets Society (1989)
as Todd Anderson
Black Phone 2 (2025)
as The Grabber
Sinister (2012)
as Ellison Oswalt
The Northman (2022)
as King Aurvandil War-Raven
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
as Efficient Man
The Black Phone (2022)
as The Grabber
Training Day (2001)
as Jake
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
as Goodnight Robicheaux
The Purge (2013)
as James Sandin
Predestination (2014)
as The Bartender
Before Sunrise (1995)
as Jesse
Total Recall (2012)
as Hauser (long version only)
Leave the World Behind (2023)
as Clay Sandford
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
as Jolly the Pimp
Gattaca (1997)
as Vincent Freeman
The Guilty (2021)
as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
Boyhood (2014)
as Dad
Daybreakers (2010)
as Edward Dalton
Blue Moon (2025)
as Lorenz Hart
Lord of War (2005)
as Jack Valentine
Before Midnight (2013)
as Jesse
Before Sunset (2004)
as Jesse
Great Expectations (1998)
as Finnegan Bell
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
as Sergeant Jake Roenick
Alive (1993)
as Nando Parrado
Taking Lives (2004)
as James Costa
New York, I Love You (2008)
as Writer
Explorers (1985)
as Ben Crandall
24 Hours to Live (2017)
as Travis Conrad
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
as Hank Hanson
Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
as Det. Sal Procida
In a Valley of Violence (2016)
as Paul
Tesla (2020)
as Nikola Tesla
White Fang (1991)
as Jack Conroy
First Reformed (2018)
as Pastor Ernst Toller
Reality Bites (1994)
as Troy Dyer
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Strange Way of Life (2023)
as Jake
Stockholm (2019)
as Lars Nystrom
Quiz Show (1994)
as Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
The Kid (2019)
as Sheriff Pat Garrett
Waking Life (2001)
as Jesse
Regression (2015)
as Bruce Kenner
Juliet, Naked (2018)
as Tucker Crowe
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
as Ishmael Chambers
Welcome Nowhere (2013)
as Narrator
All the Love You Cannes! (2002)
as Self
Getaway (2013)
as Brent Magna
Adopt a Highway (2019)
as Russell Millings
Joe the King (1999)
as Len Coles
Raymond & Ray (2022)
as Ray
The Weight (2026)
as Samuel Murphy
Cut Throat City (2020)
as Jackson Symms
Fast Food Nation (2006)
as Pete
Tonight at Noon (—)
as Lefty
She Dances (2026)
as Brian
Dad (1989)
as Billy
10,000 Saints (2015)
as Les Horn
Good Kill (2015)
as Commandant Tom Egan
Blaze (2018)
as Radio DJ
The Woman in the Fifth (2011)
as Tom Ricks
Maggie's Plan (2016)
as John Harding
Valerian (2004)
Actor
Maudie (2016)
as Everett Lewis
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
as Paulie
The Velocity of Gary (1999)
as Nat
A Midnight Clear (1992)
as Will Knott
Tape (2001)
as Vin
The Newton Boys (1998)
as Jess Newton
Cymbeline (2014)
as Iachimo
The Hottest State (2007)
as Vince
Mystery Date (1991)
as Tom McHugh
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
as Self
Born to Be Blue (2015)
as Chet Baker
The Last of the Tribe (—)
as William Phelan
Search and Destroy (1995)
as Roger
Seymour: An Introduction (2015)
as Self
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self - (archive footage)
Hamlet (2000)
as Hamlet
The Truth (2019)
as Hank
Waterland (1992)
as Matthew Price
Let's Dance (2018)
as Segment: "Table Manners"
The Jimmy Show (2002)
as Ray
21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
as Self - Actor
The Phenom (2016)
as Hopper Sr.
The King (2018)
as Self
One Last Thing... (2005)
as Earl Jameison (uncredited)
The Space in Between (2017)
as Self
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
as Pat (voice)
Zeros and Ones (2021)
as JJ / Justin
The Phoenix Portal (2005)
as Ben Crandall (archive footage)
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
as Self
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' (2007)
as Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016)
as Self
Rich in Love (1992)
as Wayne Frobiness
Staten Island (2009)
as Sully
Waiting for Godot (2021)
as Vladimir
I, Object (2026)
as (voice)
Revolver (—)
Actor
Floundering (1994)
as Jimmy
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short (2023)
as Self
Chelsea Walls (2001)
as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight (2022)
as Self - Arthur Harrow
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes (—)
Actor
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022)
as Self
Chattanooga Strong (2015)
as Narrator
After Before (2017)
as Self
Before the End (2020)
as Self - Jesse
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes (2005)
Actor
At Sundance (1995)
as Self
Hippies (—)
as Ralph Waldo Emerson
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life (2015)
as Self
Twelve Years (2015)
as Self
The Making of Daybreakers (2010)
as Self
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone (2022)
as Self
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room (2020)
Actor
Lion's Den (1988)
as Chris
Invasion! (2016)
as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made (2008)
as Self
pollyDAYS (2003)
as Self