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